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blackbelteddragon  ·  3767 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Religion's use.

Hi Guys It's me. I see merit to both of your sides. I've stated before I do not believe in a God(s) at this current point. I am open to the idea of Religion. I personally have only ever had experience to the Catholic church. I personally like the idea of a group of people with good ideas and promoting begin good people, But I've already found that and it's not what you'd call a Religion in the traditional sense. I am referencing DFTBA/Nerdfighteria or whatever version you call it. I shat not explain it but I implore you to check it out. The way I see it there is no one concrete definition of Religion, it take many forms like sexuality, issues with gender/race, or like any grand idea be it moral/scientific. Religion has many levels it can be analysed on and would take years to do so. So let me tell you this, Science and Religion are not like black and white (complete opposites) nor are they black and white. Before I go let me ask you something, Albert Einstein one of the best and famous scientists, what was the one thing he denied for most of his life, what was the one thing he could not except. That God does not place dice with the universe. He couldn't except that that a scientist could not know every thing. His blind faith in science caused him to act on scientifically. He denied quantum mechanics right up until his death in 1955, long after the world scientific community had accepted it as useful and experimentally valid. Just remember that science cannot exist without faith, and Religion cannot exist without science





briandmyers  ·  3767 days ago  ·  link  ·  

>> science cannot exist without faith

I suppose it depends on exactly how you define faith, but I don't see this as true at all.

Faith, generally, is believing X with no evidence. Science does not require this kind of faith.

I also don't see how religion requires science - religions existed for ages before the principles of science were discovered.

caelum19  ·  3766 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Just a tip, surround things in "|" to quote.

EDIT: Member for 900+ days, nevermind then...

briandmyers  ·  3766 days ago  ·  link  ·  

:-) old habits die hard