|
While we're still on topic here, I'm going to add in another tidbit. Another thing I believe separates science and religion is purpose. The problem I see with religion is that it already provides a finite answer, or a destination with no journey. You see, religion already tries to preach its teachings as the true, ultimate solution to the question of mankind. On the other spectrum, science provides us that journey, the quest to find out why we're here and what we're doing. If religion gave us the one, true answer, then the whole universe would be a pointless exercise. If you're at your destination, why make the journey? If you know the answer, why ask the question?
|
You bring up a good point. Thing is, ever since the dawns of time man has always believed different things. Like how each religion claims it to be true. As if there were multiple pathways leading to a forest and each said something awaited them at the end, but each told how if you should choose the other, you will not have the outcome you wanted or expected. While science, is not choosing any of the paths, but is working around the forest to see if they can uncover anything about it.
|
Why would you assume that I'm atheist? Thats an allegiance to an idea. That is irrational. Morals and ethics are thought to come from cultural practices around the world to keep people in line and obey their leaders and not just kill everyone. Its necessary for survival since we are a weak species. With humanity, unlike any other species, working together in a very complex fashion is a VITAL advantage. And morals precisely create the mental help to get people to work together. Again this is not a fact. Its a theory and I do not have allegiance to it. Just because you don't know for sure whats happening behind a brick wall doesn't mean there isn't something there. You're just proving my point of allegiance. Since there isn't a concrete, factual answer to that question (we cant observe the history of the earth directly) a god from some religion must have had something to do with it. To me directly jumping to that conclusion for some reason with no concrete evidence rooted in facts is a form of irrationality.
|
My apologizes if I insulted you by jumping to conclusions about your personal beliefs. There is something more special about humanity than other species. There are probably nameless amounts of weak, intelegent species out there. But why us? Why are
we the only ones to have a unifying force? If octopi learned to communicate with each other, they could easily be the most dominant species. They can take down sharks easily. But there's no push for them to work together. Why are we the only species with culture and ethics? It can't possibly be for no reason if none other couldn't.