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In reply to the discussion: Atheists use science like believers use faith in times of stress, says study [View all]Brainstormy
(2,380 posts)26. It IS definitely bullshit
On so many levels. For one thing, the "stress" of a rowing competition is completely unlike the stress of say, facing death for a condition for which science currently offers no cure or other hopeless situations in which many even non believers might turn to God and religion. And praying to a supernatural being is completely unlike thinking about science. The study did nothing but gauge how different groups feel about science, or religion. It's yet another attempt to illustrate that atheism or agnosticism is a form of faith. Which is bullshit.
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Atheists use science like believers use faith in times of stress, says study [View all]
Phillip McCleod
Jun 2013
OP
more of the usual bs trying to equate "science" with "religious faith in science."
mike_c
Jun 2013
#3
Why do you think the rowers in the high-stress group expressed a significantly stronger belief ...
Jim__
Jun 2013
#25