Ailitardif, Star Breaker wrote:
Yes. We don't have all of the answers yet. I am 100% open to these answers as well. In the meantime, I don't see how faith in god has to be harmful.
It's not harmful, it's just a non-answer. This is why the supernatural should never be used as a naturalistic explanation. It is my opinion that they are non-overlapping magisteria. Religion should not enter into science, science should not enter into religion. One deals with facts, the other deals with beliefs.
Ailitardif, Star Breaker wrote:
Again, I am not supporting teaching faith as science. I do not believe that religion should be forced on anybody.
Then you'll receive no argument from me on that front.
Ailitardif, Star Breaker wrote:
I think the problem comes in when people treat their belief as set in stone and are not open to possibilities that are different.
As I said before, my beliefs have changed a lot over time and I expect them to continue to evolve over time.
What's set in stone? I used to be a Catholic, but now I don't believe in any gods, but I am open to the possibility. If one god or many gods can be conclusively and satisfactorily proven then I'll accept their existence. I'm saying that until that moment arises assuming supernatural causes for natural phenomena is not useful.
Edited, Apr 27th 2011 11:27am by Nilatai