9 in 10 Americans Continue To Believe in God (punishment, afterlife, soul)
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Once again, pure leftist spin, as expected, on your part.
Once again, pure denial of the facts on your part, as expected.
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Originally Posted by Arjay51
Look it up in a non-leftist dictionary for the meaning of allow. Libs spin it to mean what they want and change definitions all the time.
Another standard right-wing tactic. When you don't like the facts, argue that they come from a "lefist" source.
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Originally Posted by Arjay51
Wrong, your logic is non-existant. You seem to admit that what I cite has happened, but that is okay because you approve of it. No such thing as a "bad warrant", merely poor excution of said warrant and invasion of your personal space.
I don't approve of bad warrants. What I approve of is their necessity. I don't like the idea of the police being able to enter my home without cause. But apparently you do, which is funny given your supposed concern for privacy.
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Originally Posted by Arjay51
Actually, they do council toward abortion. Miss the undercover "gotcha" interviews by those who destroyed Acorn?
So apparently, in your mind, informing someone of their options and how to go about executing them is the equivalent of counseling. Good grief. And BTW, those undercover interviews were done by a group with a history of taking things out of context in order to misrepresent their meaning. The people who "exposed" ACORN were also the people who tried to paint Shirley Sherrod as a racist, which was later debunked.
When I refer to "God", I mean the god of the Bible. When I refer to 'god', I mean any god, or simply the concept of a god (unless I specify a particular god).
Of course we don't know all there is to know, since we are still finding out new things. Chances are we never will, but we can try.
As for all knowledge being "based on scientific study", I'd have to know how you define 'knowledge' and 'scientific study'. For example, is philosophy 'knowledge'? History? I would say that wherever it is applicable, the scientific method is the best method.
I would say that wherever it is applicable, the scientific method is the best method.
What I find amusing is that the people who look down upon science or say that's just like religion employ the scientific method without even realizing it. Imagine you ate something and then an hour later you felt sick. You might wonder if it was the food. So you decide to test this by eating it again (presumably when you're feeling better) to see if you have the same reaction. Well that's basically how the scientific method works too and yet we have people saying science is based on faith.
Of course the scientific method is the best so far. We have come in leaps and bounds in the past 200 years thanks to this method of posing hypotheses and verifying evidence.
Without it we would not have our modern world.
What has religion offered in terms of advancement?
Nothing. It is stuck forever in ancient myths and untruths. It has not added one iota of assistance in moving mankind forward.
What has religion offered in terms of advancement?
Nothing. It is stuck forever in ancient myths and untruths. It has not added one iota of assistance in moving mankind forward.
I disagree. Religion has offered quite a lot. Most wars have been waged for religious reasons. War, or at least the prospect of war, has lead to great advances in technology. Religion has also enabled people to increase their wealth. Look at L. Ron Hubbard. So don't say religion hasn't been good for mankind.
Catman,
Thanks for your responses.
What I'm curious about is if we (some atheists & God-believers) are simply defining God differently.
I don't believe in the traditional definition of God.
I think God is what you hinted at... this striving for what we think is best, no matter what philosophy or religion we subscribe to or don't.
God is love... love is not just that frilly, kissy, huggy emotion.
IMO Love is wanting & striving for what we think is best, through trial & error.
Love is motivation, which everyone has in one way or another.
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Originally Posted by DennyCrane
What I find amusing is that the people who look down upon science or say that's just like religion employ the scientific method without even realizing it... yet we have people saying science is based on faith.
I don't look down on science. I just don't make it God.
I realize that science has its' place & limits as does spirituality, which is why I think we benefit most by harmonizing both intellect & intuition.
Let's clarify 2 definitions... Faith: Strong belief based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof. Hypothesis: A proposition made without any assumption of its truth.
Hmm... those 2 are similar in lacking proof.
"Science does not know it's debt to imagination." RW Emerson
Let's clarify 2 definitions... Faith: Strong belief based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof. Hypothesis: A proposition made without any assumption of its truth.
Hmm... those 2 are similar in lacking proof.
Well you sort of run into a problem there when you consider that "Faith" is the endpoint for religion and "hypothesis" is the starting pointfor science.
And by the way, that is not the definition of Hypothesis. Here's Webster:
1. assumption or concession made for the sake of argument b : an interpretation of a practical situation or condition taken as the ground for action
2.a tentative assumption made in order to draw out and test its logical or empirical consequences
There is no requirement that it be made on the basis of no evidence. Almost all hypotheses are made after a period of observation.
Faith requires no observation. None. It is received.
I disagree. Religion has offered quite a lot. Most wars have been waged for religious reasons. War, or at least the prospect of war, has lead to great advances in technology. Religion has also enabled people to increase their wealth. Look at L. Ron Hubbard. So don't say religion hasn't been good for mankind.
I was being slightly facetious with my post.
Our modern world is steeped in the history of our forebears, complete with their religion, philosophy, art and political systems. Everything is so intertwined that it's difficult to seperate at times. I see the world kind of evolving into a new reality, an enlightened age so to speak....
without the need for age old superstitions.
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