Arguing from Ignorance: God, Life & The Universe
This video delves into our propensity to invoke the supernatural when our understanding of the Universe reaches an impasse, and how our reasons for which are oftentimes based on illogic and logical fallacies.
"I know that I am mortal by nature and ephemeral, but when I trace at my pleasure the windings to and fro of the heavenly bodies I no longer touch Earth with my feet: I stand in the presence of Zeus himself and take my fill of ambrosia."
– Claudius Ptolemy, ca. 2nd century CE
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Sources:
Christian denominations analysis:
http://www.gordonconwell.edu/resources/documents/StatusOfGlobalMission.pdf
Claudius Ptolemy:
http://i.imgur.com/6jelU.jpg
Hitchens, C. (2007). God is not great: how religion poisons everything. New York, NY: Hachette Book Group.
Miller-Urey experiment:
http://phys.org/news/2014-01-21st-century-miller-urey-life.html
Pew Research Center study:
http://www.pewforum.org/2012/12/18/global-religious-landscape-exec/
Professor Dawkins:
https://richarddawkins.net/2014/11/biologist-dawkins-discusses-illusion-of-design-at-stephens/
Sagan, C. (1980). Cosmos. New York, NY: Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House, Inc.
St. Thomas Aquinas:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Aquinas
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Other Sources:
Original text: https://www.minds.com/blog/view/649074386657095684
Thumbnail image:
Screenshot from Family Guy S04E27 - Untitled Griffin Family History (2006)
Outro track:
Warrior Concerto by The Glitch Mob
"I know that I am mortal by nature and ephemeral, but when I trace at my pleasure the windings to and fro of the heavenly bodies I no longer touch Earth with my feet: I stand in the presence of Zeus himself and take my fill of ambrosia."
– Claudius Ptolemy, ca. 2nd century CE
__________________________________________
Sources:
Christian denominations analysis:
http://www.gordonconwell.edu/resources/documents/StatusOfGlobalMission.pdf
Claudius Ptolemy:
http://i.imgur.com/6jelU.jpg
Hitchens, C. (2007). God is not great: how religion poisons everything. New York, NY: Hachette Book Group.
Miller-Urey experiment:
http://phys.org/news/2014-01-21st-century-miller-urey-life.html
Pew Research Center study:
http://www.pewforum.org/2012/12/18/global-religious-landscape-exec/
Professor Dawkins:
https://richarddawkins.net/2014/11/biologist-dawkins-discusses-illusion-of-design-at-stephens/
Sagan, C. (1980). Cosmos. New York, NY: Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House, Inc.
St. Thomas Aquinas:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Aquinas
__________________________________________
Other Sources:
Original text: https://www.minds.com/blog/view/649074386657095684
Thumbnail image:
Screenshot from Family Guy S04E27 - Untitled Griffin Family History (2006)
Outro track:
Warrior Concerto by The Glitch Mob