(September 27, 2009 at 7:01 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: And with respect, I think that you grossly misunderstand religion right there.
I am just rejecting claims that religious 'experts' (be it theologians or whatever), in any way 'get it'.
fr0d0 Wrote:I don't deny that people have mistakenly made claims of knowledge falling into the empirical realm. This is always error and always specifically conflicting with the nature of religion. The two things cannot co-exist logically.
And you seem to claim that no Religion ever makes any claims about the universe. The bible never ever does for instance....I don't see how you can be so absolutist about this, Religion never claims and never has done, anything over reality? You may define Religion outside of that, but saying that the earth was created in 6 days, whether metaphorical or not is a claim about the universe. And can be interpreted to be in conflict with science - Creationism for instance.
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