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help with a scientific study of religions
May 26, 2010 at 4:08 am
Hi,
I'm an atheist physicist and I'm doing a fun-research on the locality of Gods! Basically, I intend to show that the distribution of prophets of similar religions, say Abrahamic religions, suggests that god was created through some cultural processes. For example all of the prophets in Qur'an or Bible were sent to a small region on the earth as opposed to a uniform distribution which needs to have some in America and Australia!!!
Well, as a raw data I need the names of all of the prophets mentioned in Abrahamic religions (including Islam) and the location where they were supposed to become prophet.
Anyone can help me with that?
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RE: help with a scientific study of religions
May 26, 2010 at 4:32 am
"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post
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RE: help with a scientific study of religions
May 26, 2010 at 4:46 pm
I can't seem to find an easy reference and I don't think I have the time ATM either.
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RE: help with a scientific study of religions
May 28, 2010 at 1:53 pm
(May 26, 2010 at 4:50 pm)Minimalist Wrote: A "scientific study" of religion is an oxymoron.
Just consider when they do a "religious study" of science.
Quote:The scent of frying astronomers long ago ceased to ascend to Yahweh. -- H L Mencken
Gotta disagree with you on this one, min. Imo many religious phenomena can be studied as part of psychopathology (abnormal psychology). The border between religion and insanity is unclear to me- very possibly it doesn't exist at all.
Theres also sociology and anthropology, of course, but they don't count as science imo.
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RE: help with a scientific study of religions
May 28, 2010 at 5:54 pm
How do you define a religious "phenomena?"
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RE: help with a scientific study of religions
May 28, 2010 at 6:17 pm
(May 28, 2010 at 5:54 pm)Minimalist Wrote: How do you define a religious "phenomena?"
Essentially, any phenomenon that a religious person interprets as having religious meaning or content.
Some examples: visions of angels, god speaking to someone, committment to a set of 'truths' that demonstrably conflict with reality, speaking in tongues etc
These are bizarre experiences and/ or irrational states of mind. Thus best studied from a psychopathological standpoint.
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