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Permalink Reply by Rudy V Kiist on December 19, 2009 at 1:04pm

Or Prime Minister (^_-)

Permalink Reply by sacha on December 19, 2009 at 3:10pm

excellent article. I often wonder how the "progressives" shun religion-based pseudoscience and embrace new-age pseudoscience.

Permalink Reply by Фелч Гроган on December 19, 2009 at 10:30pm

I get more impressed with Ebert with every article. The man is truly blossoming into a fine tuned no-bullshit carmudgeon. He unloaded on Bill O'Reilly not too long ago too.

"New Age beliefs are the Creationism of the Progressives" says it all.

Permalink Reply by Glenn Sogge on December 20, 2009 at 4:13pm

I hadn't seen your post, Adriana. Apologies to all for the unnecessary electrons wasted.

Permalink Reply by Prog Rock Girl on December 28, 2009 at 6:09pm

I've known people on, let's call it the left side of spirituality, who make most of the same arguments that atheists make, and make fun of Christianity but then go on to believe something equally ridiculous, somehow thinking they're an exception and all the criticisms of religion don't apply to them.

Permalink Reply by Jim DePaulo on June 5, 2010 at 1:53pm

I can't understand Atheists who reject the horse crap of religion and then embrace some nonsense woo-woo that is equally delusional. It's as if they need a substitute religion.

Permalink Reply by Rudy V Kiist on June 5, 2010 at 5:06pm

Personally I think the problem is humans in general can't accept those 3 words, "I don't know". They'll always be things in life even science can't explain and people can't accept that. Just watched an interview with Morgan Freeman who's doing a series on space related stuff (technical term) and he, and of course many others, refer to the things that are still a mystery in space "the god factor". He almost seemed to imply we know just about everything already and anything unknown is because of god. I think that sums up many people's thinking.

Permalink Reply by Фелч Гроган on June 5, 2010 at 9:31pm

Freeman also thinks the Haiti quake was caused by global warming.

Permalink Reply by Jim DePaulo on June 5, 2010 at 10:28pm

One of the human survival traits is pattern recognition and subsequently pattern seeking. Another trait of humans is when they can't find pattern or cause - they make shit up.

Permalink Reply by Фелч Гроган on July 29, 2010 at 4:26am

Ebert rocks. He unloads on Bill O'Reilly here.