tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416690019192389583.post3464141644672357007..comments2023-06-16T15:53:30.833+01:00Comments on What's this all about Vicar?(Formerly, Why do we have to do this Sir?): Finishing with Miracles"Sir"http://www.blogger.com/profile/03459619874470824848noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416690019192389583.post-35042425723768926352011-07-16T12:44:43.387+01:002011-07-16T12:44:43.387+01:00Sorry Annon,
But I'm still not mak...Sorry Annon,<br /> But I'm still not making the link between literacy and a pre-disposition to believe in the miraculous. Surely it's about religious upbringing. I tend to think American Southern Baptists are as much likely to be predisposed to believe in miracles as immigrant Catholics. <br /><br />As far as the Daily Mail is concerned, it is a paper for those who want their political and social opinions formed for them without recourse to objectivity and fact, but I'm not convinced there is a huge following amongst them for the miraculous.Sirhttp://whydowehavetodothissir.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416690019192389583.post-59682634299153647772011-07-16T05:24:10.423+01:002011-07-16T05:24:10.423+01:00An interesting comparison at this juncture might b...An interesting comparison at this juncture might be the videos I've posted under "Rick Perry's Army of God" on the Blue Truck. I don't think seeing demons crawling up Jezebel's "skinny legs" - ! - quite counts as miraculous; but it is amazing what literate but nevertheless deeply credulous people will believe.<br /><br />Which is par for the course in Texas, I am very sorry to say.Russ Manleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416690019192389583.post-36421809827192693642011-07-16T04:19:05.818+01:002011-07-16T04:19:05.818+01:00No, I mean they can't read Spanish well, their...No, I mean they can't read Spanish well, their original language. It has nothing to do with color.<br /> Or they could be pre-disposed to look for things that aren't there. Or hear creaking floorboards as ghosts. Or a weird water stain as the shadow of the virgin Mary. <br /> I'm guessing "relatively backwards" means the US equivalent of "Daily Mail" vs "Guardian" reader.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416690019192389583.post-2380298155785716292011-07-14T07:40:18.314+01:002011-07-14T07:40:18.314+01:00What does "relatively backwards" mean? A...What does "relatively backwards" mean? Are you suggesting the Catholic south of Europe? There is still a strong sense that some people are predisposed to accept the miraculous by virtue of their religious upbringing. Is that more common in Catholicism or amongst the Southern Baptists? Possibly. But, to use Hume's terms, that doesn't make them primitive, nor lacking in scientific knowledge.<br /><br />If by semi-literate you mean lacking in English language aquisition, that doesn't make them primitive. Beware racial stereotypes."Sir"https://www.blogger.com/profile/03459619874470824848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416690019192389583.post-78969342066569622011-07-13T21:07:45.752+01:002011-07-13T21:07:45.752+01:00Then why do semi-literate immigrants in the US see...Then why do semi-literate immigrants in the US see the virgin Mary on tortillas and not wealthy college professors?<br /> Even Terry Eagleton says that miracles are more common in relatively backwards places south of the Alps than in your country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com