Skeptic Project

@lofi

"I fully agree with you there, the New Age crap is definitely hogwash...ever seen What the Bleep Do We Know? That movie would have been hilarious if it wasn't meant to brainwash.

Danny, can you think of another ideology that might be equally as absurd? You clearly practice conspiracy theoryISM. Do you yourself practice religion? Would you be able to tell me in clear words what sets that religion apart making it "true"?

I ask these questions because you are able to see the absurdity of your brother's new ageism, yet you don't see the absurdity of NWO/CT ideology or even traditional western religion.

You seem smart enough to at least experience some cognitive dissonance when considering these questions.

Think about it..."

It's all about faith. Atheist put there faith in science and "reasoning" as I do with Christianity and my choice to figure out "what the truth is." You call what I do Conspiracy Theory’s", but in reality, I'm much like many of you, I'm trying to figure out what's going and what we as people can do to better our country (that's the first priority), then we focus on the world (if they want it.) But first, we should have sufficient enough evidence to prove it; I guess that's where skeptics and truthers bump heads. That and, I'll agree SOME of the evidence is faulty, but let's not jump to conclusions that skeptic’s evidence is 100% right or without its own bias.

@Muertos

"I'm not sure I even understand what that means or what it is supposed to mean."

They prey on children. The victims get younger and younger, and that's past pathetic.

The point is, that skeptics DON'T NEED EVIDENCE unless they are making a positive claim. They need YOUR evidence. The skeptic does not have the burden of proof, the person making the claim does.

Atheists do not put their faith in science. In fact, faith and the scientific method are like oil and water. Atheists simply do not believe in the existence of a god. You can be an atheist for irrational reasons, if you so choose (a lot of new agers are atheists). They might believe in god if there was conclusive evidence of its existence. After all, faith is belief without evidence.

Now, how is your faith any different from your brother's faith in new age mumbo jumbo? What sets your faith apart from his? What makes his more absurd than yours?

>>"It has history, there's proof that jesus was real and was on this earth. Where's the proof in the New Age "Let's all hold hands and sing and wait for a comet!"? None at all. "

Faulty analogy. More like if you said Jesus was real, then the planets are real. NOW what's the difference? Planets are older than Jesus, so there's your history.

It has history, there's proof that jesus was real and was on this earth.

There some reason to think a person that the Jesus character was based on existed, that's about it. There's no reason to think the tales attributed to him actually happened.

>> Why not?

Because there's no proof other than the Bible and vague outside mentions of some guy performing healings and so forth. You can find that now with gurus in India and other places.

Danny wrote:

Why not?

Well what historical evidence do we have that the stories are true?

One of the stories in Matthew says that the dead physically rose out of their tombs like some kind of zombie movie and went wandering around downtown Judea. You'd think that might be something we could verify, but only the writer of Matthew found that epic tale interesting to mention apparently even the other gospel writers didn't seem to care.

The stories ABOUT Jesus make Jesus a myth, even if at some point there was some guy that inspired the stories. There were various people around that time that we know fit a similar description, like the Essene Teacher of Righteousness.