(November 10, 2017 at 2:29 pm)alpha male Wrote:(November 10, 2017 at 2:20 pm)emjay Wrote: Well from my perspective it's hard not to see it as a delusion when many... not all but many... of its adherent's display all the hallmarks of delusion in their treatment of their beliefs;
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/matt-j-ro...11148.html
Quote:Calling religion delusional has become an increasingly popular strategy for its critics. To my ear, there’s more to this than just a benign slight — there’s at least the hint of the pathological. Religion can be delusional, but to think it inherently so is to misunderstand both religion and delusion...
https://www.theguardian.com/science/brai...s-at-least
Quote:Religious beliefs are typically incompatible with scientific evidence and observable reality, but aren’t considered to be delusions. Why not? ...
NO they are NOT compatible not yours, not any.
Religious people accepting science does not make the religion itself a scientific method. Cherry picking are what ALL religions do.
When they cant flat out debunk science, they will cherry pick the parts they like, and ignore all the conflicting stuff. It is nothing but compartmentalizing.
Scientific method is NOT compatible with ANY religion at all.
If any one religion was really an equal "method" to scientific method, which it is NOT, then the world would all be on the same page.
There is no Allah theory of gravity.
There is no Vishnu theory of evolution.
There is no Buddha law of thermodynamics.
There is only made up religions humans have invented because they like the ideas, and there is the COMPLETELY independent scientific method.