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Science departs from religion because it's experimentative, based on repeatable observations, thrives on doubt and is quite open to surprises. Religion on the other hand is primarily rote learning such as in madrassas and sunday schools. In science you're encouraged to suspend belief, in religion you're coerced into belief through all kinds of narratives/promises/scare tactics that seem to corroborate an idea.
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Rank: Member Joined: 1/15/2010 Posts: 625
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The fact of the matter though is that the majority of the world is not smart enough to live without religion. So it is somewhat a necessary evil. The masses need something simple that they can follow and be used to guide their actions. If religion was to be suddenly expunged from the world, there might be mass confusion afterwards. Religion is basically similar to watching a movie, you know it's not really true, but you have to go with it (ie assume that people are actually dying in the flick) in order to enjoy the movie.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/1/2011 Posts: 8,804 Location: Nairobi
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mv_ufanisi wrote:Science departs from religion because it's experimentative, based on repeatable observations, thrives on doubt and is quite open to surprises. Religion on the other hand is primarily rote learning such as in madrassas and sunday schools. In science you're encouraged to suspend belief, in religion you're coerced into belief through all kinds of narratives/promises/scare tactics that seem to corroborate an idea. In a way science then becomes a religion of sorts. In fact all of the above characteristics that apply to religion apply to science. Only that now science is a kind of religion that can be shared across cultures, and new myths may come at a higher turnover.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 10/9/2006 Posts: 1,502
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 Swenani wrote:Tokyo wrote:kaka2za wrote:Tokyo wrote:God is a long dead human originally from Middle East. No evidence whatsoever to prove otherwise You could be right. Your god is dead but Jehovah lives forever. Where is evidence The Bible Which bible work to prosper
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Rank: User Joined: 8/15/2013 Posts: 13,237 Location: Vacuum
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Tokyo wrote:Swenani wrote:Tokyo wrote:kaka2za wrote:Tokyo wrote:God is a long dead human originally from Middle East. No evidence whatsoever to prove otherwise You could be right. Your god is dead but Jehovah lives forever. Where is evidence The Bible Which bible King James version If Obiero did it, Who Am I?
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Rank: Member Joined: 11/19/2009 Posts: 3,142
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mv_ufanisi wrote:Science departs from religion because it's experimentative, based on repeatable observations, thrives on doubt and is quite open to surprises. Religion on the other hand is primarily rote learning such as in madrassas and sunday schools. In science you're encouraged to suspend belief, in religion you're coerced into belief through all kinds of narratives/promises/scare tactics that seem to corroborate an idea. You are attempting to divide the inseparable. In science you are encouraged to suspend belief? I can quite easily take you to task on that and you won't be able to answer at all. For example, I believe the big bang happened. Am I religious?
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Rank: Member Joined: 1/15/2010 Posts: 625
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Muriel wrote:mv_ufanisi wrote:Science departs from religion because it's experimentative, based on repeatable observations, thrives on doubt and is quite open to surprises. Religion on the other hand is primarily rote learning such as in madrassas and sunday schools. In science you're encouraged to suspend belief, in religion you're coerced into belief through all kinds of narratives/promises/scare tactics that seem to corroborate an idea. You are attempting to divide the inseparable. In science you are encouraged to suspend belief? I can quite easily take you to task on that and you won't be able to answer at all. For example, I believe the big bang happened. Am I religious? viva la difference Science: the intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment. Religion: the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods.
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Rank: Member Joined: 1/22/2015 Posts: 682
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I don't allow myself to get too worked up about religion.
From my experience most religious people are only casually religious. They only have a passing knowledge of vague summaries of their religious texts, and on a day to day basis, they make their decisions based on circumstance rather than following what their god instructs. Not very different from a non believer.
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Rank: Member Joined: 11/19/2009 Posts: 3,142
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mv_ufanisi wrote:Muriel wrote:mv_ufanisi wrote:Science departs from religion because it's experimentative, based on repeatable observations, thrives on doubt and is quite open to surprises. Religion on the other hand is primarily rote learning such as in madrassas and sunday schools. In science you're encouraged to suspend belief, in religion you're coerced into belief through all kinds of narratives/promises/scare tactics that seem to corroborate an idea. You are attempting to divide the inseparable. In science you are encouraged to suspend belief? I can quite easily take you to task on that and you won't be able to answer at all. For example, I believe the big bang happened. Am I religious? viva la difference Science: the intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment. Religion: the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods. It seems your object is 'God' and not 'belief'. I studied what has not yet been rehearsed, observed or recreated by anyone anywhere and now I know, I believe it happened as has been explained. If I believe in the big bang, I am good to go.
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Rank: Member Joined: 11/19/2009 Posts: 3,142
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Mike Ock wrote:I don't allow myself to get too worked up about religion.
From my experience most religious people are only casually religious. They only have a passing knowledge of vague summaries of their religious texts, and on a day to day basis, they make their decisions based on circumstance rather than following what their god instructs. Not very different from a non believer. I agree.
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