"I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world."
~ Richard Dawkins
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Nobody understands the world except in a superficial way.
The true dichotomy is not between religion and science. It is between arrogant self-delusion under the name of science or religion, and the perception of fundamental human ignorance concerning reality.
WilliamFleming
Level 8
Jan 26, 2019
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The Scientific Method is a way of predicting results, and it's stood the test of time. Is that what you mean by "science"? What better way is there of learning about reality?
@Sayetsu I much appreciate the scientific method, and I am grateful for the knowledge and technology that science has brought. However, all human knowledge is superficial. Science does not even address, let alone answer the deep questions of existence.
I am too often aware of my own ignorance. It's probably too late for me to become a biologist, a physicist, a meteorologist, an oceanographer, a botanist, or any of the dozen things I wish I knew more about.
But that doesn't stop me from picking up the tidbits of knowledge that I can find here and there, nor from increasing my understanding wherever I can, nor from trying to use that knowledge to what little extent I can to improve the world around me. It would be a poor substitute to sit in church and simply pray for someone to take care of it all for me.
Paul4747
Level 8
Jan 26, 2019
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Wide knowledge may be better than knowing a great deal about one small speciallity, there is something to be said for enjoying the benefits of science and letting the specialists do the work.
I believe the same! And, I think it puts our focus on someone outside ourselves too much. We make our own life from all our experiences and knowledge!
Freedompath
Level 9
Jan 26, 2019
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Faith...
Nardi
Level 7
Jan 26, 2019
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I prefer Knowledge.
Faith just means blindly believing without evidence. Knowledge beats faith into a cocked hat any day of the week, twice on Sunday.
Would you please make a case for it?
@Sayetsu No need for a case. Faith is not reason, devises no way to acquire knowledge other than hope or belief. There is no need to make a case other than suggest that you understand reason and the scientific method for determining reality. Hoping that religion of any kind is a valid way of understanding reality does not make it real.
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