[S-man10]

(Original post by liftorrot)
Are you an atheist now ?
Just wondering

My blood always belonged to Lord Xenu

[mmmpie]

(Original post by S-man10)
My blood always belonged to Lord Xenu

Blasphemer! May you be stricken by His Noodly Appendage!

[liftorrot]

(Original post by S-man10)
My blood always belonged to Lord Xenu

I take it you have

[S-man10]

(Original post by liftorrot)
I take it you have

introduce yourself?

No, I belong to Scientology

[Stricof]

[liftorrot]

(Original post by S-man10)
introduce yourself?

No, I belong to Scientology

I used to frequently debate Atheism vs theism on here

[Alix23]

In RS general we have to frequently argue our religious viewpoints for no apparent reason, but anyways, I'm here and practised in the art of explaining and supporting atheism

[MostUncivilised]

(Original post by Alix23)
In RS general we have to frequently argue our religious viewpoints for no apparent reason, but anyways, I'm here and practised in the art of explaining and supporting atheism

And yet you're strangely positive about Christian brainwashing camps and reflexively defensive about the most cult-like state on Earth, North Korea.

Fascinating.

[Hype en Ecosse]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/...th-in-humanity

<3

[G8D]

[SMed]

[Hype en Ecosse]

The above made me go check out Reddit.

[Srxjer]

I almost feel bad for /r/islam haha.

[Hype en Ecosse]

(Original post by Srxjer)
I almost feel bad for /r/islam haha.

I feel bad for Reddit HQ. r/Atheism putting them at risk.

r/Christianity will be pleased though.

[Stiff Little Fingers]

Dunno if it's originally from reddit, but facebook tops reddit's recent stuff:

[Hype en Ecosse]

My aunt is the bane of my existence. She's the ultimate believer in all sorts of spiritualism and pseudoscience. My dad suffers from joint pain, so she's always giving him advice. Some of this sterling advice has included:

-Feng Shui
-Chiropractic
-Acupuncture
-Glucosamine supplementation
-Chondroitin supplementation
-Everything apart from actual medicine.

Not to forget about her belief in the likes of psychics, spiritualists, ghosts, demons, etc.

The worst part about it all is that I get the two classic condescending responses when I attempt to reason with her:
"Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it's not true."
"Science doesn't know everything."

[Gofre]

(Original post by Hype en Ecosse)
"Science doesn't know everything."

I love this old chestnut. Gives me the opportunity to quote Dara O'Brian.



I don't know how I'd cope with a relative like that. The closest I have is an uncle who believes that wearing a Power Balance wristband improves his golf swing

[Hype en Ecosse]

(Original post by Gofre)
I love this old chestnut. Gives me the opportunity to quote Dara O'Brian.



I don't know how I'd cope with a relative like that. The closest I have is an uncle who believes that wearing a Power Balance wristband improves his golf swing

I forgot to mention astrology, too. Astrology is another thing she believes in. She doesn't believe in homeopathy, but simply because she had never heard of it until I brought it up. I hope it doesn't lead to her researching it and believe that's true, too. T_T
I should get her to read Bad Science.

I had a chat with my dad about her advice earlier. Showed him a couple of Cochrane meta-analyses and a big study done in the BMJ for the glucosamine and chondroitin thing. He nodded his head in submission and I told him: "if she ever makes a scientific claim again; you come to me first."

I can understand people wearing lucky items. Although it's all confirmation bias and placebo, if they believe it works, then it will appear to work. And for sports and such, can be nothing but a good thing. Not like they're fueling an evil pharmaceutical industry or anything by spending lots of money on useless supplements. I had a similar weird thing where I felt like I played Halo better without socks on.
It's obviously *******s, but it led to me playing without socks anyway.

[Gofre]

(Original post by Hype en Ecosse)
I forgot to mention astrology, too. Astrology is another thing she believes in. She doesn't believe in homeopathy, but simply because she had never heard of it until I brought it up. I hope it doesn't lead to her researching it and believe that's true, too. T_T
I should get her to read Bad Science.

Haha my school offered a GCSE in astronomy after school for the first time when I was in year 10, two girls dropped out after the first class when they realised "it wasn't the thing Mystic Meg did". My nan bought me a homeopathy encyclopaedia she found in a charity book because she knew I liked science, I didn't have the heart to tell her it was ridiculous.

I had a chat with my dad about her advice earlier. Showed him a couple of Cochrane meta-analyses and a big study done in the BMJ for the glucosamine and chondroitin thing. He nodded his head in submission and I told him: "if she ever makes a scientific claim again; you come to me first."

My family are under similar orders after my mum genuinely started contemplating taking my brother to a chiropractor in the place of a physiotherapist. Although it's more of a "speak to an actual doctor" order than "do what I say" order.

I can understand people wearing lucky items. Although it's all confirmation bias and placebo, if they believe it works, then it will appear to work. And for sports and such, can be nothing but a good thing. Not like they're fueling an evil pharmaceutical industry or anything by spending lots of money on useless supplements. I had a similar weird thing where I felt like I played Halo better without socks on.
It's obviously *******s, but it led to me playing without socks anyway.

Yeah I don't judge him too badly on it, I did tell him it was bogus and he was happy to say that could be the case, it just feels like it works for him. Hopefully it won't act as gateway quackery

[Hype en Ecosse]

(Original post by Gofre)
My nan bought me a homeopathy encyclopaedia she found in a charity book because she knew I liked science, I didn't have the heart to tell her it was ridiculous.

I'm the same with my gran. I couldn't imagine arguing with her about anything. Whatever she says I just nod and agree. Ooft. Wouldn't want to mess with her anyway, the woman would kick my ass.

My family are under similar orders after my mum genuinely started contemplating taking my brother to a chiropractor in the place of a physiotherapist. Although it's more of a "speak to an actual doctor" order than "do what I say" order.

That chiropractor one sounds really bad.

My dad's one of those that hates going to see the GP, he always feels like he's being a nuisance if there isn't something majorly wrong with him. I did ask him when's the last time he saw a doctor about his knees and it was years ago with a locum, as opposed to our family GP. So I've told him that he's to go see the doctor soon if it's bothering him.