I think its getting a little tiresome of who some of you guys will bring up some aspect about a belief that you think automatically disproves that belief. In this point in time, no religion or belief system can be disproved or confirmed as true. I think there needs to be less questions that start "how can *insert religioin* be true when..." because you just wont get anywhere. You might think a certain belief system has to be false or true, but I'd bet my life savings to a dollar that you don't know everything there is to know about it.
2007-02-18 07:34:34 · 24 answers · asked by this Mike guy 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I know it is ok to make arguments when we know a lot but not all of something, all I was getting at was that it was annoying how some will say for instance "God doesn't exist, if he did than why does he let holocausts happen".
2007-02-18 08:03:48 · update #1
Annoying, isn't it?
Nicholas: This is where the problems originate, some of you seem to believe this is a debate board. It's not, its for legitimate questions and answers, not debates. Its suppose to go like this: Someone asks a legitimate question under a particular topic, i.e., religious questions would be here, in the religious section. Then someone will give an answer. It's not a debate board. There are many message boards on the net where you can find a debate board, but this is not it. Your idea that this is a debate board is what causes the problems here, people don't seem to comprehend the difference between questions and answers, and debates. Maybe there would be less trolling and hatemongering here if you guys understood the concept.
2007-02-18 07:48:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
If i ask a question--is that a quest for knowledge or is it a way to ring a bell in some area i don't know about.
Many people think that: BECAUSE A QUESTION IS ASKED--SOMEONE IS OUT TO GET THEM OR WHAT THEY HOLD DEAR. Many times they are correct--sometimes they are wrong. We all have a belief system. I can respect you and your belief system and i expect the same from you. I think my system of belief is great the best otherwise i would not believe it. The problem comes when i tell you your belief system stinks and can't be true. When i know nothing about your system. It is called respect-toleration-accept people for what they believe. You can show what you believe by the way you live..
2007-02-18 16:11:45 · answer #2 · answered by j.wisdom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The problem is not beliefs; everyone is entitled to theirs. The problem is that so many people do not understand the difference between belief and fact. It's a major failing of the educational system. When someone tries to pass off a belief as scientific fact, or equates beliefs with scientific facts, it shows gross ignorance. Such people deserve to be corrected, if not reviled and condemned.
2007-02-18 15:40:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Take the belief in Creationism for instance.
Native American cultures believed in one creator. They just felt that the creator wanted them to live in harmony with all creations.
In the Middle East, where the popular American God originated, they feel the Creator wanted blood sacrifices, up until the day the middle eastern Creator decided to send his son to earth to be killed as the final sacrifice.
Beliefs can be similar, it´s often the specifics that cause conflict
2007-02-18 15:43:17 · answer #4 · answered by Honest Opinion 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are we to reject everything that we have no full and complete knowledge about? Then why believe the sun will rise in the morning, when we do not have a full understanding of solar physics?
When presented with a preponderance of evidence and logical inference, why is it not rational to believe in something if we leverage our formal educational studies and presuppositions?
Your argument is logically flawed when balanced against the many things around us that we accept as factual despite our full understanding.
2007-02-18 15:41:15 · answer #5 · answered by Ask Mr. Religion 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your life saving is safe, people know what they have encountered in their lives, everything else is at best second hand speculation. Still truth exists, and it is the duty of all intelligent people to seek it. One way of doing that is discussion and argument, and such discourse shouldn't be stopped, it's a positive thing.
2007-02-18 15:43:36 · answer #6 · answered by blogbaba 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When other people's beliefs stop hurting us.
Theists, especially christians, try to control and restrict us based on their views. If all christians stop crusading against science, culture, art, sex and sexuality, religious freedom and such, and stop telling everybody else they're going to be tortured throughout eternity unless they join you, I assure you that you won't encounter nearly as much hostility.
Just reading the replies so far demonstrates my point.
2007-02-18 15:47:53 · answer #7 · answered by eldad9 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A person who has truth has no need for it to be validated.
IF everyone knew everything, there would be very little to talk about.
I'd rather see poorly worded questions, than a person who believes they have nothing to learn.
2007-02-18 15:47:09 · answer #8 · answered by vicarious_notion 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It all comes down to faith. We are all free moral agents to believe what we want to believe. My Wife and I are Jehovah's Witnesses and we believe with 100 % certainty that Jehovah God exist and that HE is our creator. But we will never knock others if they chose not to believe. It all comes down to FAITH in what ever you believe. I like your question and your comments. We need to respect others beliefs even if we think they are wrong.
2007-02-18 15:45:33 · answer #9 · answered by Jason W 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When I was ten, I don't need to know all there is to know about Santa Claus to know that he didn't exist. Too bad it's so difficult for adults.
2007-02-18 15:41:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋