Schrodinger's Zebra
And a dandelion dies in the wind
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There appears to be quite a well-funded media campaign (advertising posters and online) centred around the phrase /tagline 'TryPraying' (or 'trypraying').
See http://www.trypraying.co.uk
What I find odd about this it's a Christian religious group's attempt to deliberately-attract atheists and sceptics into religion via a seven-day personal bootcamp of experiencing the purported power of praying to the God of Judeo-Christian tradition.
I'm going to call this movement pseudo-rationalised covert evangelism.
I feel the whole concept is a disturbing blend of self-parody and misdirection.
It uses a deliberately-understated communication style to make what are some outrageously-flawed claims (in addition to the implicit 'miracles in a week or a full refund')
It's Atheist reprogramming background material starts off with a statement that I'm broadly in support of...
.....but it then goes off into some of the most self-indulgent religious circularities ever possible. In particular, I love the last sentence in the paragraph below:
It continues with an astounding unassailable assertion:
I find the whole 'TryPraying' movement humourously horrifying, and would welcome some opinions from the Forum.
I don't think I've heard of this before (or perhaps I have, but have blocked it out as singularly unimportant). It does seem rather odd... are they short of church members, one has to wonder?
It is somewhat ironic that they require evidence that god doesn't exist. It doesn't sound like they're really being welcoming to those from the 'dark side', does it.
For what it's worth I am agnostic... I referred to myself as athiest for a long while until I discovered the concept of being agnostic which suits my position much better... I don't know if there is a god or not.
Anyway, since my teenage years, I have held by the wise words of Roger Taylor on the subject...
**warning - contains a swear word**