(September 24, 2009 at 6:04 pm)Eilonnwy Wrote:(September 24, 2009 at 5:56 pm)fr0d0 Wrote:(September 24, 2009 at 4:46 pm)amw79 Wrote: Hitchens has spoken of religion as man's first, and consequently worst, attempts at science and philosophy, and I think that just about nails it....
And I think that's missing the mark so much it'd only possible if you really wanted to.
Of course it's not missing the mark. Think about older religions, how elemental things were attributed to gods. Anything was attributed to god that could not be explained. What is lighting?Well it's something Zeus throws down at you. How does the sun move? Apollo's chariot carries it from one end to another. Now that science has replaced most of these faulty superstitions, god has escaped to be "transcendent" and ultimately unfalsifiable bullshit.
Thanks Eilonnwy, for replying in my absence and articulating the point I was trying to make. But much more succinctly!!
