Illogical antique religious belief systems and superstition, are they an affront to science & reason?

Question

When people say something is true simply because they feel it is true regardless of any evidence to back up those feelings...that makes them dangerous and deluded doesn't it? not only a htreat to our lives but to our science and education...it is a return to medieval wretchedness.

Answer 1

They do! They not only perpetuate the lies and deceits of these beliefs but hinders our search for the real TRUTH .They poison the minds of our children by brainwashing their young minds with superstitious beliefs, in so doing, these children will pass these beliefs to their own children and passing these myths as truths. So this vicious cycle must end somehow

Answer 2

Antique religious belief systems are not necessarily illogical.
Purpose of religion is to act as the medium to enlighten oneself or reach god; to help people to get on with their spiritual journey.

Science and religion, both have their own use. Religion gives an aesthetic touch to the fields science has not been able to explore or explain. Its abstract.

a beautiful painting and colourful discription may not be accurate picture of a scene. If you see painting of Ajanta caves they have smooth curves and lines. Are not they beautifull? Of course real human figure have flaws and not that smooth.

But religion should not try to take over the territory of science.
Religion tried top explain the unknown according to its limitations when science as a kid. Now as science is an adult , religion should gracefully stop acting as its guardian.

When religion becomes organised it does the opposite. A group of people take authority and start telling people what to do, claiming it in name of God. They are not fighting for religion , but the power they had through it.

On the other hand , those talking in the name of science , should also do not try to condemn religion all together and undermine its acheivement in past ages. Yes religion has had negative impact too, so have science. Its not the fault of religion or science. Both are tools. People believe what they want.

I have seen so called sceintific logic being used in the same twisted manner to refute belief. There was no other reasoning than that that person wanted to prove himself better than believers. Nothing to do with science. Just about EGO on both sides.

Answer 3

Christianity and science do not conflict (despite what evolutionists might argue over). The Bible references many scientific things, such as about Orion and Pleiades .. things mere man would never have know then, when the Bible was written. Only God could know of such things, obviously. There are many belief systems in this world, unfortunately. Superstitions are just that, man made thoughts turned into beliefs, which should be called instead, super stupid. :-)

Answer 4

See I used to think like that too but I think over time I've changed my mind...but not in the way you think [I'm still not very religious]...I believe that people should be allowed to believe in whatever they like so long as they don't impose it on other people...I mean I have views that may be very different from, say a conservative, but if I push my views on them how different am I from those that push it on me?
Besides things like hope and faith (not necessarily religious) may not have a scientific basis but they are very healthy for a human mind...it is the mind's way of dealing with difficult situations and staying sane (basically surviving. Therefore in itself I don't think it is an affront to science or reason (if u consider psychology a science...I do) but in terms of when it is socially used to manipulate people, stop exploring whatever you can and used as an intimidation technique it is a most horrible tool.

Answer 5

EarthAngel,
I talked to a real scientist about that very thing. He said that the two aren't even connected. There was a lot of unscientific things that were being said about Christianity. To me, the most intelligent thing for a TRUE SCIENTIST, or one dedicated to that which science has found and claims to know only what science has found, should just say that whatever God is or isn't, I don't know. Period.

Scientists have not proven, or disproven God. So there is nothing scientific to say about it.

Answer 6

I do not see how my belief in God makes me unstable in any way. or a threat to any education or science. People have believed in God for a long time and the theory of evolution still came out. Where do you get this from? Are you afraid of something in christianity? Why the major put downs? Maybe you should rethink your own feelings, we are not a threat to anyone or anything.

Answer 7

There is a deeper, broader world which science and reason can not yet fully explain. This is where religions, and yes, even superstitions come in - an attempt to bridge the gap between what we know we know, and what we know we don't know.

Answer 8

I agree that science and religion should not be related, unless in a life matter, such as crime or judgement. But it's all in the persons head really. Religion is a mind thing, I feel, science is more proving what we think we know. But it is definitely a weird thought hmmm...

Answer 9

Absolutely.

Answer 10

No, God invented Science and is above all scientific law. Things can be true without proof.