Despite the fact that religions (even sects within religions) are significantly different and have different beliefs.
well not everyone lives in the same place each came up with something diferent
Despite the fact that religions (even sects within religions) are significantly different and have different beliefs.
you must have forgotten the old blogs.Am I on GBATemp.net or r/Atheism?
Got your PM Hyro-Sama.
That’s the biggest problem with religion which has impeded human progress for thousands of years.
Just think of the dark ages in Europe. If religion didn’t exist those would actually be boom years for science and today we’d roam freely in our galaxy and our life expectancy would be ten times longer than what it is today.
I am aware of all of those gahars (even though might be new concepts to you). The problem is that religion would never allow real science to progress and would burn people to the stake if they said anything heretic. That was the reality back then.
And again, yes I am aware of all the art during a period when church was reining supreme.
Got your PM Hyro-Sama.
My only problem with religion is this. Why do you have to force it on other people?
Do you see scientists knocking on your door trying to convert you into a scientist? No.
Do you see scientist waging holy wars in the name of science? No.
That’s the biggest problem with religion which has impeded human progress for thousands of years.
Just think of the dark ages in Europe. If religion didn’t exist those would actually be boom years for science and today we’d roam freely in our galaxy and our life expectancy would be ten times longer than what it is today.
That’s my only problem with religion. I don’t have a problem with people believing whatever they want to believe even if it’s not based on facts. After all people are free to pursue their happiness and live life freely.
I can see that you’re religious gahars and the type of religious guy what would go to war for his belief with no proof but let’s try this another way.
I accept all that you mentioned regarding religion. Ok? They are all true. Then you should already have your answers here, but hey...
Now here is a simple question: Why burn someone for believing in facts? We're talking about a scared, uneducated population here (even most lords and kings were illiterate, after all). Fear and panic, not rationality, prevails. Anything can be twisted to justify such behavior - religion is certainly no exception, but it's not the be-all, end-all either. If anything, this argument makes a scapegoat out of religion rather than accepting that this is an ugly, unfortunate part of human nature.
Do you see science burning people for believing? No. Comparing science and religion in this manner is like comparing apples and dolphins, but okay, I'll bite. How many people have died in the aims of furthering scientific knowledge? And what about all the people forcibly sterilized because "science" deemed it best for the human race?
"Now, Gahars!" I hear you cry. "This is a horrible, baseless argument against science. Holding the horrific actions of a few against the entirety of scientific achievement is tremendously unfair!"
Of course - and writing off the validity of religion and the search for spiritual enlightenment along similar lines is just as bad.
This is the base of the argument. Not details. So don't dance around and jump all over. Just focus on the fundamentals. This is where everything boils down. At death.
When you take someone’s life that’s where things get really serious. So when someone responds to an argument, rather than offer meaningful counterpoints, I should just accuse them of dancing around the issue! That way, I don't have to go through all the trouble of crafting a response! Genius, Engert, genius!
And that's why religion has been impeding human progress. Because they took the lives of people who were observing and noticing that things were different and not what the church said. All aboard to Blatant Oversimplification-Ville! Choo-choo!
I quickly read your pdf about the game of life. Some of the points in that pdf are already done by regular people somewhere in the world without being religious or believing in god. Having said that, that's how religion should be. Theoretically. But practically is another matter.http://gbatemp.net/threads/the-game-of-life.336612/
Religion connotes practicing the teaching of life from God.
exactly it doesnt matter what they believe as long as the general populous is united.... and when that happens you get... religious wars (or more accurate) war in the name of a bearded white man sitting on a cloud... >.>;Despite the fact that religions (even sects within religions) are significantly different and have different beliefs.