Blogs: Pandammonia 
The world that revolves around Caity Ross.
Archive for the ‘science’ tag
Science v religion
Yeah, I’d pretty much agree with this post.
To reply to Teresa, who commented on this post, I turn to my friends and family for help and support when life is difficult. I’m saddened by the fact that some people don’t (seem to/think they) have friends and family that they can rely on in times of trouble.
To answer Bats, who also commented on the post, yes, scientific theory changes; it changes when new evidence or a new proof comes along. You missed the point that religion also changes when scientific theory changes. Look how we don’t need gods to explain the sun any more, or the moon. We don’t need gods to explain war (although gods are the cause of a lot of them) or famine or anything else various ancient civilisations had gods to explain any more. We use science to explain these things. Even (some) modern religions acknowledge these things – doesn’t even Christianity (ignoring the Creationists) accept the Big Bang theory and evolution now?
I agree with SlimCady’s comment, barring the last paragraph, which I find a little harsh. Some “religious types” do “offer [something] of merit to society”; these are the people who do good and charitable works, are kind to people, help people in times of need and so on. It’s only unfortunate that they need to do it because some mystical being told them to, rather than thinking for themselves.
No title
Yeah, I’ve been saying this for ages.
You just have to look at the god systems people had back in the days before people understood things that we understand now, thanks to science. For example, the Roman/Greek gods of the sun, of the moon, war etc.. Man seems to want to know about everything, to explain it all. That’s what science does, or at least tries to. Obviously, we don’t know everything yet. Some people use gods to explain the rest.
Some people use gods for comfort. People don’t want to believe that their loved ones are gone forever. Some sort of special status is put onto humans that allows us to have eternal life, once we’re dead.
That’s another thing. Why do humans give themselves such special status? Why are animals who kill humans, such as bears and tigers, killed, when all they’re doing is what comes natural to them? Saying that, in some places, if a human kills another human, then the killer human must also die. Surely the person who kills the killer should be killed? But they aren’t, because this killing was legal. We’re just another species on this big old earth, no better than any other species.