Fundamentalists are fundamentalists I guess...

Ever talk to a die-hard fundamentalist christian? If you live in the west, or in the US, the answer is probably yes. No matter what you say, no matter how cogent your argument, you are not going to shake them from what they believe.

I have found that such ways of thinking exist in other aspects of life as well. Ask a biologist probing questions about evolution, you will probably be insulted and told to go study. Ask questions about the possibility of non-einsteinian physics occuring inside our universe but outside of our ability to witness them to an astronomer or physicist, more often than not they will ignore you as a fool.

Why is this? Wouldn't it be more effective to cogently answer such questions? Are such questions threatening to the scientific community's beliefs? I know that when I ask a question and I'm told something to the effect of,"because I said so" or,"because that's the way it is" I immediately think back to our friendly fundamentalist christian who is looked down on for being closed-minded.

"Go read your bible" "God said so"
"Go read a textbook" "The evidence all points to..."

How different are these things?

Before you go into "evidence" I'd like to invite you to a game. I call it the evidence game. You tell me what makes a given set of evidence acceptable in all circumstances. Please begin with proving history as true through evidence, and let's start with... I dunno... how about Babylon? Should be easy enough.

Not how "they" know, but how YOU know, would be preferable, but if you only know because you "believe" "them", then how "they" know will have to suffice, won't it?

On a side note, I'm not trying to promote either side, but point out that such closed-mindedness is not only moronic, but somewhat frightening when it comes to scientific pursuits. Shouldn't all sides be considered? If something can't be disproven, should we consider it such because we don't like it?