I'm sure that if you tried to analyze the questions and conclusions with an unbiased eye, you'd find a number of problems with the questionnaire. Subtle problems. Though many of the questions were worded just fine, quite a few did not lend themselves to a definite yes or no answer, but rather, "sort of, but not exactly, umm, can you reword that, it's too loaded."
Personally, I thought that questions 2 and 3 were repetitive, but I suppose one can argue that each one was needed.
Also, if 0-45 is normal, how does one define normal? Obviously it has nothing to do with the percentage of people holding in that range. I guess he gave it his own, "abnormal," definition. heh.
Finally, one can tell that the creator of the video had in mind Christians specifically, ignoring other faiths. It's hard to prove, but I get a strong sense that it's true anyway.
I have a mathematics background, an interest in science, and an unapologetic impatience for sloppy thinking. This puts me at odds with both right and left. It's high time the rational scientific viewpoint got the rabid proponent it deserves. I fight nonsense so the scientists don't have to. The blog is not necessarily about science, but rather is a scientific view of the world. Rational, civilly expressed, factually supported thought-out opposing views are welcome. Disparaging, irrational, intentionally obtuse, troll-like whack-a-mole, quote-mining posts will be dispatched without hesitation or apology, as will tit-for-tat partisan "the other side does it too" political gamesmanship, and opinions of what topics I should be writing about. We don't do that here.
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I'm sure that if you tried to analyze the questions and conclusions with an unbiased eye, you'd find a number of problems with the questionnaire. Subtle problems. Though many of the questions were worded just fine, quite a few did not lend themselves to a definite yes or no answer, but rather, "sort of, but not exactly, umm, can you reword that, it's too loaded."
Personally, I thought that questions 2 and 3 were repetitive, but I suppose one can argue that each one was needed.
Also, if 0-45 is normal, how does one define normal? Obviously it has nothing to do with the percentage of people holding in that range. I guess he gave it his own, "abnormal," definition. heh.
Finally, one can tell that the creator of the video had in mind Christians specifically, ignoring other faiths. It's hard to prove, but I get a strong sense that it's true anyway.
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