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To: Coyoteman
Belief gets in the way of learning. Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love, 1973

Sure it does. I graduated first in my college class with a 4.0 GPA.

And this was AFTER my conversion to Christianity and turning away from evolution.

Evolutionists and atheists aren't the only people capable of learning anything.

27 posted on 10/21/2006 8:43:06 PM PDT by Jorge
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To: Jorge
Sure it does. I graduated first in my college class with a 4.0 GPA.

Nobody said you were stupid. You just believe things that are not so, which prevents you from looking at science with an open mind. Let me guess, your degree was in Italian Literature...?

28 posted on 10/21/2006 8:45:43 PM PDT by Alter Kaker ("Whatever tears one sheds, in the end one always blows one's nose." - Heine)
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To: Jorge

What college and major?

Belief certainly doesn't need to get in the way of learning, but it can get in the way of accurate conclusions. Of course, it's impossible to totally exclude belief of any sort, so all conclusions will invariably be influenced by some bias.


30 posted on 10/21/2006 8:47:12 PM PDT by Young Scholar
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To: Jorge
Belief gets in the way of learning.

Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love, 1973

Sure it does. I graduated first in my college class with a 4.0 GPA.

And this was AFTER my conversion to Christianity and turning away from evolution.

Evolutionists and atheists aren't the only people capable of learning anything.

Read the posts again. You said that " I don't believe it validates evolution anyway."

Not, there is evidence that this is not so. Not, the evidence argues against it. You said you don't believe it.

Your ability to learn about this fossil, and the hundreds of other discoveries made each year, is precluded by your prior belief.

GPA is nice, but by your own admission you have closed your mind to the discoveries of science which do not fit with your belief system.

That's pretty sad. It must be tough to read the newspaper in the morning knowing that there might be some new discovery you will have to wave away on the basis of your prior belief.

34 posted on 10/21/2006 8:55:10 PM PDT by Coyoteman (I love the sound of beta decay in the morning!)
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