Re:Detailed data on AP CS pass rates, race, and gender for 2013
by TallGuyShort on Monday January 13, 2014 @05:02PM
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No, but I've been through 8 years of religious education and can hold an intelligent conversation about why evolution and the Big Bang are the same conclusions I would reach as a scientist, so I get a bit miffed when people confuse my faith for irrationality.
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Re:Detailed data on AP CS pass rates, race, and gender for 2013
by vezzy-fnord on Monday January 13, 2014 @06:15PM
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I get a bit miffed when people confuse my faith for irrationality.
By definition it is. Religion contradicts rationalism. What you're doing is compartmentalizing. You're applying certain thought processes and methods of reasoning to everything besides your religion.
Regardless, this is not an attack on your belief and I never intended to come off as hostile. What I had in mind were the fundamentalists and fanatics who insist that lack of faith leads to decadence.
Re:Detailed data on AP CS pass rates, race, and gender for 2013
by TallGuyShort on Monday January 13, 2014 @06:52PM
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>> Religion contradicts rationalism
>> You're applying certain thought processes and methods of reasoning to everything besides your religion
No - I have reasons for believing everything I do. They're not easily verifiable or repeatable by others, hence not scientific, but I don't just suspend belief or believe because I want to.
Re:Detailed data on AP CS pass rates, race, and gender for 2013
by vezzy-fnord on Monday January 13, 2014 @07:05PM
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Thus unsubstantiated. They hold no weight and should not be used to justify decisions, especially not political ones.