r/whenthe • u/shadow_fen you should join r/goldentrump • Jun 28 '26

the daily whenthe Delete! Delete! Deleeeeeeeeete!

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u/Bungo_pls Jun 28 '26

Reality is biased against conservative beliefs.

A rational person would want their beliefs to reflect reality. Conservatives choose their preferred fantasy.

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u/GuthukYoutube Jun 28 '26

Conservatives make the argument that both sides should be given equal weight

Even if one side has all the facts and logic, the other side should be given fair weight because ... Uh?

Their arguments rests on you feeling bad for them

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u/Mercurion77 Jun 28 '26

The earth is either billions of years old, like chemistry tells us, or 6000 years old because some guy said so. Both opinions are equal according to them

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u/Infinite-Radiance Jun 28 '26

Ironically enough the history behind all that would smack them so silly they'd have whiplash. Western science has been historically driven by Christians attempting to understand the world via the gospel, and running into all the evidence forced the church into discussion of alternative interpretations more in line with reality. I wont be excusing anything the Church has done vis a vis Heliocentrism/anti-intellectualism in general of course, but it's so striking to me that some of the people who confirmed the former back in the day literally were the people who thought it was 6000 years old, and now we have the entire flat earth/young earth ""debate"" still somehow going on today.