What is the word for someone who has an opinion about religion, but doesn’t know the difference between a myth or a parable and a historical event?
Well it’s actually two words: atheist fundamentalist
(an alternative description would be: ignorant person)
What is the word for someone who has an opinion about science, but doesn’t know the difference between a myth or a parable and a science textbook?
Again it’s actually two words: religious fundamentalist
(an alternative description would be: ignorant person)
I’d like to quote Michael Shermer:
“Myths are about the human struggle to deal with the great passages of time and life—birth, death, marriage, the transitions from childhood to adulthood to old age. They meet a need in the psychological or spiritual nature of humans that has absolutely nothing to do with science. To try to turn a myth into a science, or a science into a myth, is an insult to myths, an insult to religion, and an insult to science. In attempting to do this, (young-earth) creationists have missed the significance, meaning, and sublime nature of myths.”
I couldn’t agree more.