How much longer, in the bright light of science, can religion hang on to it's dark and ancient beliefs?

Question

Haven't you pretended long enough? 2000 years??

I seek the truth. What do you seek?

Science loves change and correction. Religion hates it.

Answer 1

Personally I practice a spiritual philosophy that is older than that but remember, "religion is the opiate of the masses". It's essential to politicians that we flock to some thing non-scientific. Unfortunately,as you realize, too many sheep are eager to continue not being responsible for their karma.

Answer 2

I sometimes wonder if we are truly smarter than our fathers and grandfathers. When I think of the birth of the industrial revolution or even the discoveries of Isac Newton or Albert Einstien, I wonder are we smarter or have we simply discovered ways to enhance their discoveries. If we are smarter why haven't we developed a relacement for calculus or replaced the theory of relativity. So then why should we be in a better position then they to judge the events of 2000 years ago. At the end of the day religion is a faith based system of beliefs that can't actually be affected by scientific discoveries or ever deeper understandings of our physical world. By example, on a physical level you and I share the same physical bits as human beings. Our body parts are transplantable and our genetic structure at the dna level is infinitesimally different. Yet, as people we are likely to be vastly different. Why? What makes you and I different? What is personality and where does it come from? Could it be the human manifestation of a sole? In other words, science can define the body much like any other mechanism yet the operator of that machine can't be located by science. Finally, theories abound that might explain bits and pieces of the creation of the universe and some sort of life beginings, even evolution, but nothing scientific even approaches how humans came to be. DNA has pretty much put the last nail in the coffin of an evolution from apes so where do we go from there? Until science can explain more completely some reason why people are different and where we came from as a species I'm comfortable with believing in a higher power.

Answer 3

First of all, religion is older than 2000 years. Way older. Christianity is only 2000 years old.

secondly, as bright as that light is, it flickers- nothing is certain in science. And while religion isn't certain either, it is much easier to believe in, becasue a person can make religion into whatever you need. Science however is hypothosi and theory, and is constantly changing.

People need more stability than that, they need something that can be relatively constant, ad in religion, in spirituality, that can be found. The bible, on the whole, doesn't change. Neither does any other religious doctrine.

And, it isn't neccessarily pretend. Yes, there isn't all that much that can prove tthe exitence of God or Gods, but there isn't anything to DIS-prove it either. Therefore, it may not be pretend- besides, belife isn't neccesarily pretend- is it pretend when a little kid believes in Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny?

Answer 4

Science is only just barely beginning to reach a level where it can only briefly comprehend What God has done and hasn't even learned to ask how. Oh and my beliefs are backed by concrete evidence and are not by any means DARK. In fact, proven science ( not mere theory ) makes up a great deal of my supporting evidence. Reference - super-string theory "The Elegant Universe" Mark Green. The scientific community recognizes the possibility of the creation of matter. Just one tiny fragment of a clue for ya there junior. Yahweh's word has never changed, but Isaac Newton invented calculus and was wrong. What oh! Is that bright light beginning to dim. Hmmmm, Einstein, oh yes, close, oh so close but then again so tragically wrong ( His model doesn't work in the quantum ). The temple guards couldn't even arrest Jesus without his permission. Ohhh, the Hebrews left Egypt one day with all of the Egyptians gold. That is not a scientific, but an HISTORICAL fact. I wonder why those nice Egyptians decided to give the slaves all of their gold and just let them leave one day, again HISTORICAL FACT. There is soooo much more that I could pick you apart with including you own science but I just don't have the time. To answer your question - No 2000 years is not enough time for someone like you to come to the truth but I'm praying for you. If you really want to know truth, ask God himself and take care to pay attention WHEN he answers. He alone gave me the proof I needed, when I finally chose to listen.

Answer 5

The history of religion is a long history.Religion will continue to exist as long as life and death continue to be a mystery. Religion is a natural tendency of man. It has been helpful to man/science in his attempt to know the unknown. Darkness is the reality, the truth. Light is artificial. Bright light of science is to see the darkness , the truth. People have failed to understand that religion will have to be judged critical standards in this age of science and rationalism. Nobody can afford today to live in darkness and uncertainty. Instead of carrying the burden of the darkness of the past and remaining unconcerned with the uncertainty of the future, we would naturally prefer to construct our lives on reliable foundations in the present.Religion will have to be relevant to the realities of today.Indeed, we have never tried to attain in depths of spiritual experience.So far we have never experienced it, never perceived it and never experimented upon it, we call it dark and ancient beliefs.But the truth is the other side of horizon for which science has not thought of.

Answer 6

We all seek the truth.

A seeker like you ought to exploit all your resources, from science to religion to ancient history.

Our world has been built over time, and if you fail to recognize the importance of religion and history, you can never see below it's surface.
And if you fail to seek religion in conjunction with science, then you risk never knowing the truth, which you seek, because even in 2000 years the scientific method has not disproved religion nor anything it stands for.

My hypothesis that Jesus will return still stands as a reasonable and decently supportable hypothesis.
Prove it false and prove your own theories right or else religion will reign eternal.

Answer 7

Actually, math found its birth in the middle east, we use arabic symbols as a result, and not roman numerals, which were cumbersome. I'm not sure if religion had anything to do with it, but I'm sure that they were godly people, and they had excellent astronomers as well. The tornado of strife exists there now, but it is also a mystical gateway, which we cannot understand or explain. Also, the rudimentary art of hospital and medicine began in monasteries. Schools also began as holy places, since they were respected as sites of knowledge and where many languages could be learned. It has only been since the advent of the industrial revolution that religion has taken a back seat. Other seekers of knowledge needed patrons to sustain them in their endeavors.

Answer 8

There are aspects of religion that satisfy or help control Mans desire. Ritual, for example. There are a myriad of different rituals performed around the world and participation in many of these gives one a sense of where they fit in the scheme of things. Science doesn't pretend to replace those aspects. It could be construed as a replacement because of categorization (kingdom, phylum...species, etc...) But it doesn't provide replacement for our relationship with each other; human to human.

Answer 9

Using violence and their begging backwards morality religious people can still bring a new Dark Age to the world. They are electing a theocratic fascist government and transforming the world into a war torn wasteland. The only hope for mankind is scientific advancement, education, and people who'll stand up for real values and real morality based on reason and human knowledge, not superstitions created and perpetuated for millennia IN SPITE of the facts reality.

"Can't see a man turn into a monkey?" You've got to be joking. We didn't pull it out of our anuses, we derived that particular fact from hundreds of bits of real evidence of over a million years of history, in the last 100 years of searching only. You look up the evidence, bones, fossils, tools, cave paintings, &c. and come up with a better explanation and science will listen to you! Why won't religion listen to me?

Answer 10

I'm far from a Christian, but I think belief is more powerful than most think; I also think belief and religion can coincide with science peacefully. Many forget that religion has, many times before, changed itself to align with new knowledge. To put it in scientific terms, beliefs go through natural permutations.