RE: Atheism is a religion.
July 18, 2014 at 3:33 pm
(This post was last modified: July 18, 2014 at 3:38 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
(July 18, 2014 at 11:36 am)ManMachine Wrote:Thump Wrote:I disagree. The purpose of science is interrogating the Universe. The purpose of religion is assuaging man's angst at the fact of mortality. That some people make science the central point of their epistemology doesn't mean that they use science to feel spiritual.
The universe doesn't need interrogating by humans. We are only serving our own needs.
Nowhere in my post did I say or imply that the Universe needs anything from man. However -- the Universe also doesn't need music, but I'm pretty happy it's there.
More to the point, simply because humans engage in science doesn't mean that it fulfills the same function as religion. Science seeks to describe the Universe outside of man; religion seeks to place man in the Universe.
