We all instantly believe everything we read in books. In a thousand years, half the things we know as "facts" will be proven false. There are probably a thousand more elements in the universe than we know about, a million more animal species. I bet in a thousand years many of the ideas we believe in now will seem ridiculous!
2006-12-23 11:36:24 · 19 answers · asked by ddzaszcxascs 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
All I am going to point out to you is your quote about. . ."we all instantly believe everything we read in books. . ." Um the bible is a book.
2006-12-23 11:38:26 · answer #1 · answered by cclleeoo 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I think it is fair to critique (ridicule is too much) anyone who professes to know the truth when they have not used good critical thinking, and cannot provide any evidence to support how they formed their opinion.
Science is far from perfect. Science knows this about itself. This is why science is better than religion in terms of describing reality. It is objective and is designed to change and improve over time. These are strengths, not weaknesses.
Religion, in contrast, should never have to change. It is beyond question. This is why religion begins to look so silly when there are indisputable new scientific findings that contradict religion. Remember the flat earthers?
While we cannot expect science's descriptions to be perfect, there can be almost no doubt that its explanations, which are at least based on evidence and reason, are better than the completely unsupported explanations of religion. We can't be absolutely sure that our conclusion are absolutely right, but they are the very best we can do for now.
We don't all instantly believe everything we read in books. But some, especially fundamentalists, seem to do so. Critical thinking is the better approach. Question authority, ask for supporting evidence, and consider alternatives.
2006-12-23 11:54:58 · answer #2 · answered by HarryTikos 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dear Frank...
You have a good question in my opinion and my answer is this...As you have noticed in the news and newspaper articles that Our dearly beloved Gov. wants to seperate Church/State. Why? because the Gov. presumably doesn't want us "We The People" to have our trust in God and Church anylonger but have all our trust in "man" in the "HOUSE" so do speak. I'm a woman so I'm alittle biased but "man" is the one that starts most of these "wars/conflicts" and whom is seated in the "house"? A man! the one We are suppose to trust and to have Faith in. I'm laughing...in a sarcastic point of view because I have no more Faith in the system anymore. I would like to BUT with everything that has gone on within this year alone in Congress and the White House and Gov. officials..how can one have trust anymore? I mean really? And whats so ironic is, they have all been MEN! Get a woman in the White House and let's see what she can do...I bet she won't start anymore wars! or get involved in one...lol. But nevertheless... I don't believe everything that is written either except for the "Good Book".. and to be frank scholars are debating on some of the "Good Books" text since alot of the books/chapters had been left out...why? Man again decided on what to place in the Good Book and what to omit...lol so here again Man had his hand in the bucket. And yes I have to agree with you at some point that in yrs down the road that many of the ideals we had believed in will sound ridiculous and that is why we should still have OUR FAITH IN GOD no matter what happens.
2006-12-23 12:03:07 · answer #3 · answered by shuggabhugga05 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who will "instantly believe everything we read in books"? Where did you get such a notion? But you believe in the bible, right? A book?
I'll bet in a thousand years, your religion will seem as ridiculous as worshipping leprechauns.
As for putting faith in "man", we can easily see that men exist. If your god exists, all you have to do is prove it. I'm not taking your word for it, and I'm not taking the word of some bronze-age goatherders either.
2006-12-23 11:44:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I don't instantly believe everything I read in books or other wise except the Bible. The Holy Spirit gives me discernment to decipher right and wrong, true or untrue, worth learning or not, etc. I do not care what the rest of the world puts down or raise up unless it is Jesus. I make my own decisions and I choose to trust God and lean not unto my own understanding, but to allow my Heavenly Father to instruct me. I stand firm in my faith and put very little faith in man, except those that I know lean on Jesus. This world is a wicked, wicked place. This earth is not my home. I have a heavenly home waiting for me.
2006-12-23 11:52:07 · answer #5 · answered by ruthie 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We don't rely on Santa to give presents to our kids.
We put our faith in real people to solve real problems, so we get it wrong sometimes.
We don't instantly believe what we read in books, we challenge what is written to increase our knowledge. Unless of course its a religious tome, then we blindly believe everything it says, no matter how fanciful.
And in a thousand years the biggest laugh of all will be that we were so simple minded we believed in sky gods.
Just like we laugh at our ancestors for believing in thunder gods.
2006-12-23 11:45:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It has all been prophesied that this would happen more than two thousand years ago. It will always be that way as long as mans ego overpowers his reason. I have worked with animals for most of my life and I can honestly say that they have more intelligence than man. Animals don't pollute their atmosphere or wilfully destroy their habitat. They don't force man out of their homes. If this idea dies out in a thousand years it will be ridiculous!
2006-12-23 11:48:51 · answer #7 · answered by I have been a study of horses li 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As time progresses, the amount of fables will decrease. While you're probably right that in a few thousand years, the beliefs we hold today will most likely be folley, everything will be finely tuned with less and less to debunk.
Hopefully, religion and god will be just a fable to tell one's children in that time with reliance and faith placed soley on man.
2006-12-23 11:41:13 · answer #8 · answered by umwut? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
both faith in man and faith in god have there problems, there isnt anything worth having faith in anymore
if you have faith in god , you get the situation with the priests molesting children
and if you believe in man , you end up having the new world leaders bombing each other over oil and religions.....who else is there besides man and god that we can turn to?
i have faith in family and friends, its the only thing that can be true and proven true
2006-12-23 11:42:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
they think a person can be holy and at the same time not restrict them to be spiritual because they believe"you got my back i got yours" when in fact people are not really interested in one another,just their own circle. life to them should be whatever they would want to do.
2006-12-23 12:05:39 · answer #10 · answered by christina p 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋