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The video in question, right at the end (42:30 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJNw82Neocc
Now, this doesn't take away from his advise as a builder or anything, but it still made me stop and think. On one hand I've followed Scott and his videos for a couple of years now, and I've enjoyed them a lot. I've known for a while that he's a mormon, and that's not a problem. In my book, a persons faith is their own private matter, and it wasn't as if he was preaching in his videos. Until now.
And being a Christian and being a creationist are two different things and carry different types of baggage if you will. I'm not entirely sure how to feel about this.
icouldntthinkofabetterusername2
I watched some of his videos at some point, he knows a lot of stuff, but there was some ‘bootstraps’ thinking going on and that turned me off.
dwolvin
It's OK to ignore imaginary friends or other people, it's a problem when you want to deal with them and they don't value you or your family.
SuperMarketAdventure
Just so you are aware, the creationism comes along with the mormonism! Most Mormons are creationists, as the Adam and Eve story is taken as a literal event that actually happened.
Now you know!
BrokenAnimal
Thank you! I was not aware of that. I learned something today.
TiredBanana
Mormons believe something that was almost literally pulled out of a hat. Idk how much logical thinking you expect from such folk. Just keep enjoying the woodworks and ignore his religion.
DrProfessorRocketSurgeon
It wasn't just "pulled out of a hat"... it was given by the magic rocks that were kept in the hat.
TiredBanana
My bad. That makes much more sense.
getadogupya
What did he say that got you riled? (Sorry, don't want to go to youtube). There are degrees of creationism, from somewhat rational, to batshit insane.
BrokenAnimal
He basically said that Darwinian evolution was impossible and that it was much more likely that an intelligent creator guided everything. So, not the most extreme interpretation, but creationism nonetheless.
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getadogupya
Ah, fair enough... well on the batshit side of the scale then.
icouldntthinkofabetterusername2
Can you give an example of ‘somewhat rational creationism’?
getadogupya
God created the basic rules of physics set the universe in motion. I just mean that believing in a creator, despite the lack of evidence, doesn't necessarily mean you are a science denying ratbag.
icouldntthinkofabetterusername2
Thanks, yeah, that’s not too bad. Still an unnecessary assumption instead of an honest “I don’t know what caused the universe (if that question even makes sense)”, but at least it doesn’t have the kind of baggage that leads to science denial like you said.