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The Perfect Letter

AprecheApreche
edited May 2008 in Flamewars
I forgot to read the JREF newsletter last few weeks, so I caught up today. While reading, I came across this letter.

In case you don't want to read the letter, here's the deal. This guy was typing Genesis into his computer, probably in Microsoft Word. Because Word has an automatic spelling and grammar check, it was underlining words automatically. The guy was obviously incredibly ignorant because he thought that this automatic underlining was god speaking to him.

This is such a great example because it so perfectly illustrates the kind of thinking religious people have. They see something in the world that they personally do not comprehend. When they witness natural phenomena that they do not understand, they attribute them to supernatural forces. They don't comprehend evolution, so they attribute the creation of life to some creation event. They don't understand real medicine, so they cling to phony homeopathy ideas that make sense to them.

I think this is just such a great example to get this point across, at least on a forum, because I hope you all understand automatic spell check.

Comments

  • NeitoNeito
    And this guy really needs some proofreading. It's so full of Capitalization and nutterspeak I can't understand it.
  • VigaViga
    Am I evil for laughing hard at this? XD
  • RochelleRochelle
    Am I evil for laughing hard at this? XD
    No, not at all.
  • SailSail
    edited May 2008
    That letter has incredibly poor grammar too. I wouldn't necessarily pin this as a result of religious thinking, just very low intelligence.
    Post edited by Sail on
  • ......
    I was incapable of following whatever the hell that guy was writing about from about "What has developed so far." After that it becomes something incomprehensible by the human mind. Perhaps God guided his hands in that paragraph?
  • edifolco25edifolco25
    edited May 2008
    That IS God talking to him. That's God saying, "Get your dumbass a dictionary!" :-D
    Post edited by edifolco25 on
  • JasonJason
    What, no defense put up by the indignant Christians on the board?
  • HungryJoeHungryJoe
    edited May 2008
    You might think he's an idiot, but what if God thinks he's a genius and we are the idiots? I think I remember some early Christian sect using the same dialect displayed by this scholar. How else could he have known this dialect but through either hard fought scholarship or divine intervention? I'm torn between respect for the recent advances of Christian scientists to account for divine intervention through quantum entanglement effects and fear that they might be on the path to Hell for not respecting faith. What do you think?
    Post edited by HungryJoe on
  • Victor FrostVictor Frost
    Am I evil for laughing hard at this? XD
    No, not at all.
    I think anyone can appreciate the humor of this.
  • jccjcc
    You might think he's an idiot, but what if God thinks he's a genius and we are the idiots? I think I remember some early Christian sect using the same dialect displayed by this scholar. How else could he have known this dialect but through either hard fought scholarship or divine intervention? I'm torn between respect for the recent advances of Christian scientists to account for divine intervention through quantum entanglement effects and fear that they might be on the path to Hell for not respecting faith. What do you think?
    Gotta work on your impersonation skills. That doesn't sound like me at all. :P
  • SailSail
    Gotta work on your impersonation skills. That doesn't sound like me at all. :P
    Yeah, you didn't use enough ":)"'s.
  • jccjcc
    Gotta work on your impersonation skills. That doesn't sound like me at all. :P
    Yeah, you didn't use enough ":)"'s.
    Sail knows where it's at. :)
  • HungryJoeHungryJoe
    edited May 2008
    Gotta work on your impersonation skills. That doesn't sound like me at all. :P
    Yeah, you didn't use enough ":)"'s.
    You're right.
    You might think he's an idiot, but what if God thinks he's a genius and we are the idiots? :) I think I remember some early Christian sect using the same dialect displayed by this scholar.:) How else could he have known this dialect but through either hard fought scholarship or divine intervention? :) I'm torn between respect for the recent advances of Christian scientists to account for divine intervention through quantum entanglement effects and fear that they might be on the path to Hell for not respecting faith.:) What do you think? :)

    :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) I love Jesus :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
    Post edited by HungryJoe on
  • SailSail
    Now you're getting somewhere.
  • HungryJoeHungryJoe
    Now you're getting somewhere.
    Is it me getting somewhere, or is it God getting somewhere? :)
  • CramitCramit
    I have to believe that this was written as a joke...I pray it was a joke...
  • HungryJoeHungryJoe
    edited May 2008
    What, no defense put up by the indignant Christians on the board?
    Actually, I think the Christians could make some hay out of the oft-used argument that this is just anecdotal evidence of one stupid guy and so it shouldn't even be considered.

    Where is the statistical evidence that Christians are stupid? Where is the statistical evidence that Christians explain things that they can't understand with faith and religion? Until such evidence is produced, anecdotal evidence such as this doesn't prove anything and should be ignored.
    Post edited by HungryJoe on
  • DiagorasDiagoras
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