tell ppl wat you think!!!!!!!!!
2007-03-14 05:49:32 · 16 answers · asked by Charlottie 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Where have you been? This answers forum should change its name to "Some religion, some spirituality, mostly atheists"
2007-03-14 05:53:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
My thoughts on religion? I think it works fine for most people. People will always have some need for ritualized expression, awe, and dogma. We humans are silly like that. Of course, religion isn't the only way to get your kicks for these things.
And there are indeed non-theistic religions out there, so atheism and religion are not, contrary to popular belief, mutually exclusive.
2007-03-14 12:52:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Science shows us that great complexity does not just arise spontaneously. It is inconceivable that even the simplest bacterium could exist without something being responsible for the complexity of its structure, its biochemistry and so on. It would take the lifetimes of a billion universes for it to appear spontaneously, by pure chance - in fact it is probably safe to say that it simply could never happen.
This goes all the more for human beings. It's surely no coincidence that the only thing that we regard as truly intelligent - the human brain - is also the most complex thing in the known universe. Intelligence requires enormous complexity, far beyond anything that could conceivably exist without something being responsible for its existence.
By the same reasoning, it's infinitely more unlikely still that an intelligent entity capable of designing and creating an entire universe and everything in it could just exist from nowhere, from nothing, without anything being responsible for its existence.
Complexity, and especially the massive complexity required for intelligence, can therefore only arise from an antecedent, non-intelligent process - In the case of life on Earth, this means biological evolution.
So, to the extent that science allows us to reliably distinguish between plausible ideas and implausible ideas, it effectively rules out the possibility of an intelligent entity as the uncaused cause of everything that exists.
Hope this helps.
2007-03-14 12:53:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
The worst thing you can do to man, is hinder his ability to use his mind for his own welfare. Religion is the most successful at crippling him, thus religion and those that promote it, are absolutely slow but steady murderers. And that is worse than a serial killer.
2007-03-14 12:56:08 · answer #4 · answered by Real Friend 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Religion is an instrument to keep people from using their own mind and reasoning, by providing them with pre-fabricated opinions and beliefs. While this comes as a relief to some people, others find it a bit restrictive.
2007-03-14 13:02:06 · answer #5 · answered by NaturalBornKieler 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think Brandon from American Idol is cute as a button, simply adorable, and I just want to pinch his little cheeks. I just wish he'd go all Lenny Kravitz!
Oh, this is about religion....*thinking*
Amen!
2007-03-14 13:07:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Religion is a smile on a dog.
However, my religion/philosophy is vaguely similar to Zen.
2007-03-14 12:52:27 · answer #7 · answered by Dharma Nature 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think people who type in all caps or use more than one exclamation point need to stick to comic strips.
2007-03-14 12:54:25 · answer #8 · answered by Dave P 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Why?
An Agnostic
2007-03-14 12:51:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Why? I already do. I don't just need one post to do it in. How is your post a question?
2007-03-14 12:55:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋