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RE: Why does science always upstage God?
September 26, 2021 at 7:52 am
“In the end, religion isn't the biggest idea that man has ever had. Science is. Religion is an attempt at reassurance where science is a commitment to exploration. Religion is fearful; science is unafraid. Science pushes back the darkness; religion invites it in.” (Phillip Adams)
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RE: Why does science always upstage God?
September 26, 2021 at 8:07 am
Science doesn't give you donuts and coffee after meetings.
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RE: Why does science always upstage God?
September 26, 2021 at 10:13 am
(September 25, 2021 at 11:53 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: Why does it have to be one or the other?
So many religious people argue that it doesn't, but then you get to the details and it's clear that it does. I guess the basic problem is that religion is based on the words in a book that has been declared absolute, so there is no way to grow and change ideas. But science does allow growth and change and wouldn't be much use without it.
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RE: Why does science always upstage God?
September 26, 2021 at 10:49 am
Guilt and fear only happens in science when something goes terribly wrong. In religion it's often a regular Sunday event that for some reason people pay for.
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RE: Why does science always upstage God?
September 26, 2021 at 11:57 am
(September 26, 2021 at 8:07 am)brewer Wrote: Science doesn't give you donuts and coffee after meetings.
Growing up Catholic the only thing we got was the little choke-inducing wafer that glued itself to the roof of your mouth more often than not.
When I worked a project at a huge old Baptist church in Dallas I was shocked to see a general ledger account for donuts. And there seemed to be some sort of contest for who could find the most expensive, fanciest donuts around. Damned Protestants.
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RE: Why does science always upstage God?
September 26, 2021 at 12:02 pm
god is a 0 trick unicorn in a preposterous circus.
Logic sees through this sham.
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RE: Why does science always upstage God?
September 26, 2021 at 10:19 pm
the fundamental fact that is often lost sight of is religion is a class of organically evolved intellectual virus that through trial and error, and brutal survival of the fittest winnowing, that have left a surviving body of specimens which are extremely well and thoroughly adopted to exploit every facet of the peculiarities of human cognition and emotional need. It is well to say science always upstage god. but that only true in the sphere of predictive explanation of reality. while religion uses explanation of reality as one means to gain entry, that is not its end goal, nor is it its only means of securing entry.
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RE: Why does science always upstage God?
September 27, 2021 at 11:05 am
(September 24, 2021 at 12:22 pm)ayost Wrote: You say the existence of God is inconsequential to you, yet here you are on the atheist forums attempting to suppress knowledge about God.
Seems like this forum would be the last place Nudger would be if he wanted to suppress knowledge about God.
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