RE: The Christian mindset
November 2, 2008 at 10:32 pm
(This post was last modified: November 2, 2008 at 10:34 pm by Daystar.)
(November 2, 2008 at 10:08 pm)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: Yes but science progresses scientifically. Science is science. Religion isn't science and it doesn't progress scientifically.
Well, saying that science is science means no more to me than saying religion is religion. I happen to think that they are both man made and subject to interpretation. Let me give you and example of Evidence from the Bible and faith in science.
No one can say for sure what color any dinosour's skin color is, but I can tell you with a great deal more confidence that Jesus Christ looked nothing like what he is generally thought to look like. (1 Corinthians 11:14-15)
(November 2, 2008 at 10:08 pm)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: And this is the ignorance of religion I'm afraid.
Well thats what I think anyway.
The ignorance of religion, in my opinion, is when it is assumed that something is fact and becomes an exclusive pardigm. Religion is repeating the mistakes of history.
If you look at where religion was in the 'dark ages' (literal and figurative) you will see where science is headed. I see Science as science and yet 'science' has the potential to make the same mistakes. Personally, the thought of some underpaid teacher being prescribed some Biblical agenda makes me want to puke, that is old school and it didn't work. They tried to shove religion down the throats of children like they do with 'science' now and I have no doubt - with joy at the results history tells repeating itself.
Evolutionists are really surprisingly shortsighted. Watch Expelled and even a somewhat lame attempt is not surprisingly obvious. Look at the history of ALL religion and you see the same pattern. Look at Taoism. It started out as an attempt to escape the period of China's history known as the "Warring States Period." A simple approach to leave worldly politics and get back to nature. Then immortality - alchemists poisoning themselves with lead to acheive everlasting life - magic, Christianity and now they are a bunch of superstitious priests for hire to bless supermarkets!
Why? The same as Xianity with the emporer Constantine. It became the state religion. Science wants to be the next state religion and true science - just like true Taoism and Christianity will suffer greatly for it.
I'm so excited! Just as I am at the prospect of any and all religion falling into its own smug selfrighteous little grave.
