oldmanintheskydidntdoit
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For some reason I clicked on the Amazon Link Denise gave on her latest screed. Well, TBH I thought there would be a few funny reviews on her book but it's not out yet.
The blub says
| Quote | | Many scientists ignore hard evidence that challenges their materialistic prejudice, clinging to the limited view that our experiences are explainable only by material causes, in the obstinate conviction that the physical world is the only reality. But scientific materialism is at a loss to explain irrefutable accounts of mind over matter, of intuition, willpower, and leaps of faith, of the "placebo effect" in medicine, of near-death experiences on the operating table, and of psychic premonitions of a loved one in crisis, to say nothing of the occasional sense of oneness with nature and mystical experiences in meditation or prayer. Traditional science explains away these and other occurrences as delusions or misunderstandings, but by exploring the latest neurological research on phenomena such as these, The Spiritual Brain gets to their real source. |
mind over matter - See James Randi and claim your million! Or do skeptics in the room make it stop working?
intuition- Yeah, cos material explanations just don't cut it there! If you get it wrong, does it still count?
willpower- Huh? I gave up cigarettes a couple of years ago, did god help me?
leaps of faith - What, like "somebody will buy my book"
"placebo effect" - A sugar pill contains god?
near-death experiences - Documented after death experiences would be somewhat more convincing.
psychic premonitions of a loved one in crisis - There are alot of people in the world and people worry about loved ones. Co-incidence will suffice.
sense of oneness - Pass the bong Dr Dr Dr Dembski
mystical experiences in meditation or prayer - Oh, so meditation and prayer are the same thing? Even if people who meditate might not actually believe in god? What does that do to the premise of the "book"?
Gah.
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I also mentioned that He'd have to give me a thorough explanation as to *why* I must "eat human babies".
FTK
if there are even critical flaws in Gauger’s work, the evo mat narrative cannot stand
Gordon Mullings
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