[OT] [I mean totally OT] Re: What can you "new"

[Christopher Wright]

Walter Bright wrote:
> BCS wrote:
>> And it's not just in theology that I find this a problem; take a look 
>> at the (not unbiased) documetery Expelled 
>> (http://www.expelledthemovie.com), people are getting ostrosized for 
>> questionig the party line on evolution. Some of these people aren't 
>> even getting past "maybe" without getting shot down.
> 
> This is hardly limited to religious beliefs. It happens with political 
> correctness, too. Look at the recent slashdot article where Dyson dares 
> to question global warming: 
> http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/28/1558225

I'm waiting to see him publish on the subject. Until then, it's only a 
matter of his personal opinion, and not sufficient for debate.

> My own theory is that the shriller a person cries to suppress "wrong" 
> beliefs, the more that person fears their own beliefs might be the ones 
> that are wrong.

Also the more assiduously one tries to convert others to their belief.