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For me, its all down to faith and what you believe
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The problem is despite religious teachings, faith is not a virtue:
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I believe that there is a country called Japan , I've never been there . I've bought items with 'Made in Japan' on them . I can see the world map and its stuck there just to the right of another imaginary country called China. I go on faith that all this information about Japan is true based upon what other sentient beings around me that I can see believe in it also.
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There are huge differences between this and a belief in God, primarily evidence and probability. This is the line that seperates science from religion.
You cant be 100% sure the Earth orbits the Sun. That doesnt mean you have to take in on faith. We have extremely good reasons to believe the Earth goes round the sun. We have extremely good reasons to believe Japan exists, without ever going there. The same cannot be said of God/Relgion.
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Time-warp back a few thousand years to the middle east . Some guy tries to explain that hes just seen a burning bush which was talking to him and said he should bring his son back up the hill and kill his son to honour the burning bush . In a modern context this guy would belong in the 'One flew over the cuckoos nest' academy and probably be in there before his feet touched the ground.
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The problem with the claim of a burning bush talking to you is it defies the laws of the universe. A bush cannot speak. Fact. I already used the following paragraph so i apologize to those who have already read it but i cba coming up with a new one.
If you are meeting a friend and he tells you he walked to meet you, he could be lying, but you dont really question him on it, since not only is it a very plausible answer to the question of how he got there, but even if he lied and actually took the bus, who cares? If your friend instead claims he flew without the aid of technology, then walked across water, then teleported the rest of the way, you immediately become dubious about this claim, because it goes against the laws of the universe.
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Religion does the same thing , it preys on the weak minded to do the behest of those 'In the Know'
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In the case of science, if by weak minded you mean those who dont understand it, then whats science says to the ignorant is you should do x,y,z. And here are the reasons why. That last scentence is the difference here between science and religion, religion says something and just expects blind obedience. With science you can test it claims and show they are valid. In other words, science gets results.
I apologize by the way if i misinterpreted what you were saying, im probably just being a moron again but i had no idea what the main point you were trying to convey was
2011-10-22, 06:47 AM
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