Tom Bombadil
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So how do you view yourself. Are you the rational scientific type or are you a religious spiritual person.
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Science Vs Religion
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Rangdo
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I don't believe anything that can't be explained scientifically.
Publius Ovidius
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Ok then, how do you explain how a bee can fly?
Hungry Joe.
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Believing in anything requires faith so they are not mutually exclusive. There are scientists who believe that science can prove the existence of God. Personally I believe what I want to believe depending on what mood I'm in.
REDLAND
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I love the odd drop of science !!
Hungry Joe.
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ChapmansThe Saviour said:
Great thread by the way Voroshilov. This one could run and run.
Meade's Ball
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I like science. I don't understand it, but i trust that it exists and that it has my best interests at heart.
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Sorrel
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Is it a light I see before me? Yes, it's a light bulb. Powered by electricity, transported from power stations over the land in pylons.
Or I guess I could pray for the light, and sit in the dark. Hmmm. Tough choice. Science for me, I think.
Or I guess I could pray for the light, and sit in the dark. Hmmm. Tough choice. Science for me, I think.
lincs seagull
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it just that the bible is a story book with morals
there are people out there who believe all the race came from adam and eve
that the ark had two of every animal
that moses parted the red sea
it is impossible and the people who wrote the bible knew that so why do people believe it to the letter.
scince explains away all these myths
there are people out there who believe all the race came from adam and eve
that the ark had two of every animal
that moses parted the red sea
it is impossible and the people who wrote the bible knew that so why do people believe it to the letter.
scince explains away all these myths
Soton Seagull
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Science, as I am sure it exists.
Hungry Joe.
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It is possible to be a rational person and still be spiritual. I believe in the 'soul' and other things that science can't yet explain but I'm not religious.
Publius Ovidius
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Its all about faith.
At the end of the day, if you believe in something that gives you comfort when say a relative or friend dies or is seriously injured or terminally ill, then there is nothing wrong with that whatsoever. If you believe that a book provides moral guidance on how you would like to live your life or how you would treat or have other treat you, then fine.
If you believe that science explains the mysteries of how we came to be here or, how something as supremely complicated as the human body works then again fine.
Its very trendy and clever to rubbish religion and people who hold religious beliefs, because we have so much strife in the world that is caused in some way in the name of religion ( or your particular type of religion) and also religion tends to be a be and end all belief.
At the end of the day, when you die, you will find out if there is a God, unfortunately you won't be able to tell anyone about it, therefore as I said its a matter of faith.
It is interesting how many religions have the idea of a great crossing when you die...crossing of a great lake in Norse mythology, crossing into heaven ( or hell) in the Christian and Islamic religions. scientifically I suppose you could argue that as the brian shuts down, it releases chemicals that aid death...maybe that is what poeple are getting at.
At the end of the day, if you believe in something that gives you comfort when say a relative or friend dies or is seriously injured or terminally ill, then there is nothing wrong with that whatsoever. If you believe that a book provides moral guidance on how you would like to live your life or how you would treat or have other treat you, then fine.
If you believe that science explains the mysteries of how we came to be here or, how something as supremely complicated as the human body works then again fine.
Its very trendy and clever to rubbish religion and people who hold religious beliefs, because we have so much strife in the world that is caused in some way in the name of religion ( or your particular type of religion) and also religion tends to be a be and end all belief.
At the end of the day, when you die, you will find out if there is a God, unfortunately you won't be able to tell anyone about it, therefore as I said its a matter of faith.
It is interesting how many religions have the idea of a great crossing when you die...crossing of a great lake in Norse mythology, crossing into heaven ( or hell) in the Christian and Islamic religions. scientifically I suppose you could argue that as the brian shuts down, it releases chemicals that aid death...maybe that is what poeple are getting at.
Tom Bombadil
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I am firmly in the science camp. I get very annoyed by the harm religious belief does. e.g
The pope prohibiting contraception.
President Bush withdrawing aid from aid organsations because they offer abortion advice.
Islamists flying planes into buildings
Hindu's burning alive muslims because of a dispute over the site of a religious building
Zionists driving people from their homes and taking their land
The pope prohibiting contraception.
President Bush withdrawing aid from aid organsations because they offer abortion advice.
Islamists flying planes into buildings
Hindu's burning alive muslims because of a dispute over the site of a religious building
Zionists driving people from their homes and taking their land