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In reply to the discussion: Los Angeles Times: Thinking can undermine religious faith, study finds [View all]BadGimp
(4,009 posts)32. Thank you Professor Obvious!
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Los Angeles Times: Thinking can undermine religious faith, study finds [View all]
Better Believe It
Apr 2012
OP
analytical thinking requires freedom from restraints....nothing can limit the levels of Humanity
opihimoimoi
Apr 2012
#7
So which corporate owned newspapers don't "suck" and do you read, if any?
Better Believe It
Apr 2012
#20
Define "suck" and do all of the articles that appear in the L.A. Times "suck"?
Better Believe It
Apr 2012
#40
If I wanted the corporate slant on current events in L.A. I'll read the Times.
U4ikLefty
Apr 2012
#41
I could stop reading any and all articles that appear in capitalist owned mass media.
Better Believe It
Apr 2012
#43
No. I'm just wondering if one can avoid capitalist indoctrination while reading the mass media.
Better Believe It
Apr 2012
#45
Actually there's been a lot of study done on the two systems of processing information
Bolo Boffin
Apr 2012
#17
Did your gut reaction or conscious reasoning lead you to misunderstand what I said?
AdHocSolver
Apr 2012
#31
As much as I understand this, the LA Times article is overstating what the study shows.
Bolo Boffin
Apr 2012
#19
Well, if two PH.D's believe God built the Earth that proves I must be wrong!
Better Believe It
Apr 2012
#23
"Smart" and "being able to think" are pretty damned synonymous, don't ya think?
Zalatix
Apr 2012
#46
When I have spoken to both fundamentalist Christians and fundamentalist Muslims,
woo me with science
Apr 2012
#22
There are some nature/earth based ones that don't seem to involve begging a god for stuff
Liberal_in_LA
Apr 2012
#50
Belief based on "faith" rather than facts does get in the way of reality.
Better Believe It
Apr 2012
#47