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scottalanmiller

@DustinB3403 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@scottalanmiller scientology

Exactly. A little, local, niche cult. They get publicity because of celebrities being easy targets for cults. But other than that, no one knows them.

scottalanmiller

Also worth noting, Scientology is often not even legally accepted as a religion, let alone socially. In the EU, for example, they are classified as a business rather than a religion.

More like a Chick-fil-a than a church, per se.

scotth

@scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@Obsolesce but is there any major religion that makes scientific claims? This is something people say all of the time, but I actually don't think it's a thing. People who claim to be religious and claim to follow a religion often make their own claims about scientific things and lie about it being based on their faith, but that's extremely different than the religion itself saying it. There are plenty of tiny cults that have sprung up around any number of false "scientific" beliefs, that is obvious. But of major world religions, I'm pretty sure that this kind of stuff is just avoided.

Example... a region or local sect claiming to be Christian might claim X about dinosaurs, but Christianity as a whole has no opinion on the matter and leaves it entirely to science.

Discovery of the Barometer

Although tangential, I find this interesting that the discovery of the barometer is a good example of how science in the shadow of religion can shine through. If I remember correctly, there was, at the time, the belief that there was no such thing as nothing, and by extension, a vacuum. "God created everything, he didn't create nothing." Yet, it was by creating a vacuum or nearly so, that the barometer was created. It helped change the thinking of the time.

scottalanmiller

@scotth said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@Obsolesce but is there any major religion that makes scientific claims? This is something people say all of the time, but I actually don't think it's a thing. People who claim to be religious and claim to follow a religion often make their own claims about scientific things and lie about it being based on their faith, but that's extremely different than the religion itself saying it. There are plenty of tiny cults that have sprung up around any number of false "scientific" beliefs, that is obvious. But of major world religions, I'm pretty sure that this kind of stuff is just avoided.

Example... a region or local sect claiming to be Christian might claim X about dinosaurs, but Christianity as a whole has no opinion on the matter and leaves it entirely to science.

Discovery of the Barometer

Although tangential, I find this interesting that the discovery of the barometer is a good example of how science in the shadow of religion can shine through. If I remember correctly, there was, at the time, the belief that there was no such thing as nothing, and by extension, a vacuum. "God created everything, he didn't create nothing." Yet, it was by creating a vacuum or nearly so, that the barometer was created. It helped change the thinking of the time.

Yeah, that's really an example of a social belief at the time, though, and not a religious one. People blamed religion, but the core religion itself had no opinion, people in Europe at the time believed it and just pointed to their religion and made something up to back up their non-religion based belief.

That's what makes it hard to separate. In that case Christianity didn't disbelieve in "nothing", just some people who claimed to be Christians didn't believe it, and then blamed Christianity for their own made up beliefs.

We see that all the time now. Individuals or small groups or larger cults that cling to a belief that they created and isn't originating in the main world religion itself. Most are tiny like isolated to a city or state, some are huge like Catholicism. But even Roman Catholics are considered a Christian splinter sub-cult by Orthodox groups that excommunicated them long ago.

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wirestyle22

Some younger girls in my family were talking about the different kinds of girls that exist. VSCO girls, E-girls, etc. I did not know what a VSCO girl was until last night. What useful piece of information was pushed out of my brain to make room for this.

coliver

@wirestyle22 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

Some younger girls in my family were talking about the different kinds of girls that exist. VSCO girls, E-girls, etc. I did not know what a VSCO girl was until last night. What useful piece of information was pushed out of my brain to make room for this.

I don't know what either of those are?

wirestyle22

@coliver said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@wirestyle22 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

Some younger girls in my family were talking about the different kinds of girls that exist. VSCO girls, E-girls, etc. I did not know what a VSCO girl was until last night. What useful piece of information was pushed out of my brain to make room for this.

I don't know what either of those are?

Don't look it up

scottalanmiller

@wirestyle22 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@coliver said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@wirestyle22 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

Some younger girls in my family were talking about the different kinds of girls that exist. VSCO girls, E-girls, etc. I did not know what a VSCO girl was until last night. What useful piece of information was pushed out of my brain to make room for this.

I don't know what either of those are?

Don't look it up

LMAO

scottalanmiller

@coliver said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@wirestyle22 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

Some younger girls in my family were talking about the different kinds of girls that exist. VSCO girls, E-girls, etc. I did not know what a VSCO girl was until last night. What useful piece of information was pushed out of my brain to make room for this.

I don't know what either of those are?

VSCO GIRL- Wears oversized t-shirts or sweatshirt with Nike shorts. Has Vans, Crocs, Birks, and wears a shell necklace. She also wears tube tops and Jean shorts. She always has a hydroflask. She can't leave home without a scrunchie and her favorite car is a jeep