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Pretty sad

posted 10 years ago by ghigau
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The one thing I most admire about religion is the comfort it brings to many people. However, to see so many people embracing willful ignorance was very sad for me. Take the comfort, reject the silliness of religion, I say.

There did not seem to be a viewpoint for this film. People are permitted to indict themselves with their own words. The director/producer is painfully without intervention in the clips. That allows the film to be what the viewer makes it. Those who do not see that creation science is an oxymoron have the opportunity to be ditto heads. It is sad that the film does not promote the one thing that makes humans unique -- rationality. Adam and Eve existing hand in hand. That is flat-earth ignorance at its worst, and the film should say so.

[–] Mngirl1974 10 years ago

Well said

[–] smcbee27 10 years ago

Very well said.

[–] wgfaej 10 years ago

Ditto.

[–] aliholly9389 10 years ago

"Take the comfort?" Must there be an answer for everything?

[–] jjk2814 10 years ago

Only moments before watching this special, I had had a wonderful discussion about the clear and present existence of God in my life...

But this documentary is nauseating...

I am a Christian. I also believe in Darwinism.

Somehow...apparently, this special missed the literal millions, if not billions, of people all over the world who are capable of understanding empirical evidence AND decide their own beliefs beyond said evidence.

A good documentary seeks out educated opinions on both side of the debate. This show only featured men and women of science speaking well and clearly and nearly countless die-hard creationist saying the EXACT same thing over and over again without any true response to the points previously stated in every interview that preceded any creationist interview.

Then...the filmmaker has the audacity to spend ten minutes speaking to people who have experienced horrible events and found God to someone juxtapose the discussion of science and reason.

I could say more, I could say less...but I cant even bring to words how idiotic this whole effort is...

[–] pj-now 9 years ago

I had had a wonderful discussion about the clear and present existence of God in my life...

The rest of what you said is worthless drivel as a result.

Watch "The Atheist Experience" on YouTube. Or, better yet, call them up when they're live and talk to them about the "clear and present existence of God in your life". Do you think this God-being could spend a little less time with you and more time not having children suffer from Cancer???? UTTER NONSENSE and you tried to make it sound okay.

[–] jjk2814 9 years ago

Using words like "worthless drivel" and then citing a dime-a-dozen youtube "documentary" to counter actual human interaction and conversation makes your response far more worthless.

It's amazing to me that atheist can play the victim and somehow expect credibility beyond their own insecurities.

I am genuinely sorry that you feel the need to resort to direct insults to respond to a critical analysis of a documentary. There are matters of opinion and matters of faith. Neither ever need to be countered with insult.

[–] kelzan 9 years ago

Did anyone else laugh when the bald guy said God could count the hairs on his head? So can I: zero. 😀

I was hoping for more when I saw this but the documentary was not a complete disappointment. It does give give some insight to the Creationist mindset. One guy even said if the Bible said 2+2= 5 he'd believe it.
They fit the evidence around a predetermined conclusion which is the opposite of what real science does.