Posted on 03/04/2005 4:20:23 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
......... A few years ago, European scientists snickered when studies in the United States — for example, at Harvard and Duke universities — showed a correlation between faith, prayer and recovery from illness.
Now 1,200 studies at research centers around the world have come to similar conclusions, according to "Psychologie Heute," a German journal, citing, for example, the marked improvement of multiple sclerosis patients in Germany's Ruhr District because of "spiritual resources."
Atheism's other Achilles' heels are the acts on inhumanity and lunacy committed in its name.
"With time, [atheism] turned out to have just as many frauds, psychopaths and careerists as religion does. ... With Stalin and Madalyn Murray O'Hair, atheism seems to have ended up mimicking the vices of the Spanish Inquisition and the worst televangelists, respectively," Mr. McGrath wrote in Christianity Today.
The Rev. Paul M. Zulehner, dean of Vienna University's divinity school and one of the world's most distinguished sociologists of religion, said atheists in Europe have become "an infinitesimally small group."
"There are not enough of them to be used for sociological research," he said.
Mr. Zulehner cautioned, however, that the decline of atheism in Europe does not mean that re-Christianization is taking place.
"What we are observing instead is a re-paganization," he said.
The Rev. Gerald McDermott, an Episcopal priest and professor of religion and philosophy at Roanoke College in Salem, Va., said a similar phenomenon is taking place in the United States.....
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"What we are observing instead is a re-paganization," he said.
Einstein's "genius" - number 2 fraud, second only to evolution theory
That's a strange comment. I wish I had the time to figure out what you mean.
1. Ironic that an Episocopal priest is quoted about the problems of Christianity in the US, since IMHO, ECUSA is doing the most damage..
2. Europe is being "re-paganized"...? Excuse me, since when do pagans erect all those funny shaped buildings witht he minaret thingees..
Bad Ju Ju.
What did Albert do to you?
Should this keep up, can it be long before God will be blamed for global warming?
Einstein's "genius" - number 2 fraud, second only to evolution theory
To recognize a fraud, it's necessary to know what is and what is not the case. Since you say Einstein was a fraud, perhaps you can tell us where he goes wrong in explaining, say, the photoelectric effect. And—while you're at it—tell us how he managed to fool every physicist who has come after him into believing that his account of the photoelectric effect is correct.
I think you misplaced your ""s. Einstein's genius is an undisputable fact of reality.
I think the quotes belong around the "Truth" in your handle.
Einsteins genius was true genius. More important is the fact that he had the common sense to know that there were lots of things he didn't know.
Look up:
special theory of relativity
general theory of relativity
the photoelectric effect
brownian motion
just for starters.
SHEESH.
"Thou shalt have no other gods before me."
Anyone else notice the misleading title? The article talks about frauds of ATHEISM. The title refers to frauds in SCIENCE. Despite the contentions of some of the anti-science crowd here, science is not equivalent to atheism.
Food for thought. Thanks, Cincinatus' Wife.
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Some of the smartest people I know are Atheist, but only a fool says there is no God.
Who are you referring to as the anti-science crowd?
There is a small, but vocal, group of people on FR whom I have encountered in past debates that tends to equate science with atheism. That's the crowd I refer to.
Oh, please don't get him started. {Eyes roll}
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