(September 26, 2009 at 7:05 pm)amw79 Wrote: And your misunderstanding is plainly evident within this. Religion has explicitly tried to explain natural empircal phenomenon (evidence) by means of resorting to a "god(s) did it" conclusion. As has already been mentioned, disease (attributed to gods retribution). Lightning (attributed to gods wrath, or Thors hammer).Religion hasn't. People have. People got it wrong.
Religion has over history, explicity tried to explain the origins of the universe, life, man, morality by stating it was the work of god. You may be an 'enlightened' believer, but you cannot erase the history.
(September 26, 2009 at 7:05 pm)amw79 Wrote: So fr0do, for example, are you claiming that religion's attempted monopoly on the origin of morality, is an claim/statement of "meaning and reason" as opposed to an empirical scientific claim.Absolutely. Of course.
Religion concerns itself with meaning and reason. Science concerns itself with understanding the evidence.