Bhodi wrote:..(snip)..Dale Murphy. He was a real class act. We were not supposed to ask for his autograph, but we all followed him around and he was very gracious to us. I was upset when he did not make the Hall of Fame, he was certainly not a superstar, but he was a fantastic guy.
+1
(by the way, my former ward, before moving here, was Webb Bridge)
Seek freedom and become captive of your desires...seek discipline and find your liberty I can tell if a person is judgmental just by looking at them what is chaos to the fly is normal to the spider - morticia addams If you're not upsetting idiots, you might be an idiot. - Ted Nugent
DrW wrote:Believers are clearly not "mentally flexible" compared to rationalists. In fact, believers are generally mentally inflexible in that they are often unable alter their basic beliefs even in the light of overwhelming evidence that is contrary to those beliefs.
The fact that believers are forced to engage in "mental gymnastics" to justify their unfounded and sometimes delusional beliefs does not mean that are mentally flexible. It just means that they will be sore the next morning.
I think you have this upside down as usual. A believer who accepts a heaven with a God and angels is very mentally flexible. It is you who refuse to see beyond your hard senses. And then insult all of those who can see. The physical universe is but one small part of the spiritual realm. If you wish to ignore this, it is your choice.
I looked at the youtube video. I found it entertaining. I too think the church leadership has done a terrible job with church history. But since my beliefs do not depend on accurate history as defined by man I sit on the side lines of this debate. I think the leadership has built their own trap. The RCC did the same thing. It is a fault of all men to defend something even in the face of facts. I have found that you to do the same. We all have our ivory towers, your towers are just not religious in nature.