Hi, I agree that science doesn't have answers to many questions yet, but it is resolving one by one. Bear in your mind that it knows almost everything from the birth of the universe some 15000000000 years to the present and many billions of years into the future...As far as Religion or religious texts/people, they don't have better answer for almost ALL OF THE QUESTIONS other than "its God's will & u can't question him." right? Eg. From the origin of the universe to the present/the future. LOL!
Overall good but I don't agree that science and religion can co-exist. On the side of explainng natural phenomena, religion contradicts with science and promulgates superstition. Unless that particular religion makes no attempt to explain natural phenomena then that particular religion can co-exist with science. For example, Liberal Christianity can co-exist with science because it acknowledges that the description of many events in the Bible are mythical, but not Evangelical or Fundamentalist
"Unless that particular religion makes no attempt to explain natural phenomena then that particular religion can co-exist with science."
You say Liberal Christianity has no contradictions, well you obviously don't know the history of Christianity. Christianity since the beggining with Judaism never attempted to explain natural phenomenom, and early churches and judicial priests took Genesis alleorigal not literal. Do some research.
Be honest with a child who asks whether you believe there is no god. There is nothing anymore wrong with informing a child who asks that you believe there is no god than there is in informing that same child about why you believe there is no Santa Claus! Informing children who invite your opinion about your atheist beliefs could and often will inspire in them a potential to think critically about god-beliefs. Only we can free ourselves of god-beliefs and other supernatural-beliefs!
Really? If true, I dont see how its ironic. If not for strong family and regional religious indoctrination of children and others I think more people than do would abandon superstitious beliefs. Atheist or agnostic: 16% US gen pop and only 3% US prison pop. The higher ones educational attainment the less likely they are to believe in a god.
I dont know much about Dennet aside from his work in philosophy and Cognitive Science. What did he write and when was he was an apologist?
First of all Atheists make only 2% of the population, and what you said about jail cells means nothing. So because a person is in jail they're bad? MLK was in jail, I'm guessing he was bad, also those statistics are misnomers, Religion is correlation not causation. Also, the studies on higher education and disbelief are flawed, you forget to see the causation and not the correlation, Atheism has no causation in higher education, and education has no effect on religious belief.
It's not a line of thinking, it's a rule of thinking. You obviously are uneducated and don't understand social demographics and you try to interpret them the way you wishfully want to.
Your line of thinkign is ignroant and hypocritical, for example 1 in 9 black men in the ages 25-29 are black, while this same age group in whites is 1 in 59! Does that mean being Black is the causation of going to jail, now just think rationally and scientifically, is what you're saying right?
@ogirv101 "Atheism has no causation in higher education, and education has no effect on religious belief." This is as much a claim as the one you are refuting. It would be sufficient enough to cast doubt on the interpretation of your opponent and then assert the argument invalid but this statement is itself requires justification.
Do you honestly think that atheism has no influence on pursuit of higher education? A man who does not accept God as an explanation has to search further the answers.
On Dennet, I accidently confused him for Diderot, I really just skim read through your comments, sorry for the mistake. It was diderot who was influential in the enlightenment and started the encyclepedia.
One celebrates education and common sense the other does not.
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Hi, I agree that science doesn't have answers to many questions yet, but it is resolving one by one. Bear in your mind that it knows almost everything from the birth of the universe some 15000000000 years to the present and many billions of years into the future...As far as Religion or religious texts/people, they don't have better answer for almost ALL OF THE QUESTIONS other than "its God's will & u can't question him." right? Eg. From the origin of the universe to the present/the future. LOL!
vijay1700 9 months ago
Religion awnsers the why part of the question, Science awnsers the When and How. I think it can't be put into a more simple manner.
ogirv101 2 years ago
Overall good but I don't agree that science and religion can co-exist. On the side of explainng natural phenomena, religion contradicts with science and promulgates superstition. Unless that particular religion makes no attempt to explain natural phenomena then that particular religion can co-exist with science. For example, Liberal Christianity can co-exist with science because it acknowledges that the description of many events in the Bible are mythical, but not Evangelical or Fundamentalist
yellowlynx 3 years ago
"Unless that particular religion makes no attempt to explain natural phenomena then that particular religion can co-exist with science."
You say Liberal Christianity has no contradictions, well you obviously don't know the history of Christianity. Christianity since the beggining with Judaism never attempted to explain natural phenomenom, and early churches and judicial priests took Genesis alleorigal not literal. Do some research.
ogirv101 2 years ago
Be honest with a child who asks whether you believe there is no god. There is nothing anymore wrong with informing a child who asks that you believe there is no god than there is in informing that same child about why you believe there is no Santa Claus! Informing children who invite your opinion about your atheist beliefs could and often will inspire in them a potential to think critically about god-beliefs. Only we can free ourselves of god-beliefs and other supernatural-beliefs!
JohnHasSeriousQ 3 years ago
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"Only we can free ourselves of god-beliefs and other supernatural-beliefs!"
Not everyone is a deluded anti-theist like you, to all anti-theists, I say:
Get a life and a functional brain.
ogirv101 2 years ago
Well my favorite philosopher D. Dennet says his friend Lucile says youre wrong and that she is always right. So there!
JohnHasSeriousQ 2 years ago
I know who D. Dennet is, ironically he was an apolgeticist and fervent Christian.
ogirv101 2 years ago
Really? If true, I dont see how its ironic. If not for strong family and regional religious indoctrination of children and others I think more people than do would abandon superstitious beliefs. Atheist or agnostic: 16% US gen pop and only 3% US prison pop. The higher ones educational attainment the less likely they are to believe in a god.
I dont know much about Dennet aside from his work in philosophy and Cognitive Science. What did he write and when was he was an apologist?
JohnHasSeriousQ 2 years ago
First of all Atheists make only 2% of the population, and what you said about jail cells means nothing. So because a person is in jail they're bad? MLK was in jail, I'm guessing he was bad, also those statistics are misnomers, Religion is correlation not causation. Also, the studies on higher education and disbelief are flawed, you forget to see the causation and not the correlation, Atheism has no causation in higher education, and education has no effect on religious belief.
ogirv101 2 years ago
If you're convinced by that line of thinking you are welcome to it. Again, my friend says you're wrong; end of story!
So when was Dennet an apologist, liar!?
JohnHasSeriousQ 2 years ago
It's not a line of thinking, it's a rule of thinking. You obviously are uneducated and don't understand social demographics and you try to interpret them the way you wishfully want to.
Your line of thinkign is ignroant and hypocritical, for example 1 in 9 black men in the ages 25-29 are black, while this same age group in whites is 1 in 59! Does that mean being Black is the causation of going to jail, now just think rationally and scientifically, is what you're saying right?
ogirv101 2 years ago
@ogirv101 "Atheism has no causation in higher education, and education has no effect on religious belief." This is as much a claim as the one you are refuting. It would be sufficient enough to cast doubt on the interpretation of your opponent and then assert the argument invalid but this statement is itself requires justification.
Do you honestly think that atheism has no influence on pursuit of higher education? A man who does not accept God as an explanation has to search further the answers.
KentRigeI 1 year ago
@ogirv101 LOL ! Yes! If a person is in jail he is bad ! LOL !
xxRockst4r 1 year ago
On Dennet, I accidently confused him for Diderot, I really just skim read through your comments, sorry for the mistake. It was diderot who was influential in the enlightenment and started the encyclepedia.
ogirv101 2 years ago