If I strongly believe that every baby is born as a boy, and only after three years a tiny little piece of half of the babies will fall off, and they become girls; there is not one biologist on this planet who will respect my beliefs.
Those beliefs will be laughed at, ridiculed and mocked. Those beliefs are harmless...
Well, unless 200 million others start to believe the same thing, write a book about it, claim it's God's work, the beliefs will become valid in our laws and every newborn baby girl will be looked at as evil. Then, all of a sudden it's a religious belief that needs to be respected.
Yes, I know this is a ridiculous example. Let's do another one. Just as ridiculous.
If I were to believe that a God pushes a soul into a clumb of cells, and with that calls that same clumb of cells 'life', and I would get 200 million people to believe the same nonsense, is that a valid basis to create a law that forbids stem-cell research?
2007-05-02 15:08:09 · 9 answers · asked by ? 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
All religious nature beliefs are not respected and that is good. However, it is a good thing that we all talk about these spiritual things because I believe that how we relate to God now on earth will determine where we spend eternity.
No matter what is the subject, it is hard to make people to agree. If mortality was not 100% we would not believe that we die...so we have a lot of stuff that we can learn from the past. Laws are here to protect us, and that is a good thing.
2007-05-02 15:57:22 · answer #1 · answered by SeeTheLight 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because everyone is striving to have their own beliefs recognized by the Gov't... which is why so many are screaming for others to respect their beliefs. It's still a young nation and it's struggling with one religion competing with another. It's annoying as hell and there are times when I wished they'd all just shut the hell up... but that's why they're going on about respect.
No, I don't believe it's a valid basis. Personally, I would like to see the research go on (I know, there are going to be tons of people who are going to scream about anyone agreeing with that one). I don't care what a persons beliefs are... but to make laws that force everyone to at least accept only those beliefs is ridiculous. These are the same people who agree with spreading Democracy... Freedom to other nations... but seek to take it away from their own neighbors without even looking into what it's about.
2007-05-02 15:45:44 · answer #2 · answered by Kithy 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You can do stem-cell research without doing _embryonic_ stem cell research.
It's not just a religious thing. I took Human Development (life-span development) from a secular, liberal university this semester. Life-span psychologists look at life from conception, not birth.
Several of my professors this semester said that the more research becomes available, the more likely it is that abortions will be restricted after the first trimester. Not for religious reasons, but because the more we find out about the development of the fetus, the less we can see it as a "clump of cells."
2007-05-03 04:53:27 · answer #3 · answered by Contemplative Chanteuse IDK TIRH 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If I were to say that above the earth was a sphere that was holding back water...and that rain comes when that the flood gates of that sphere were opened up. That would be pretty ridiculous to most people.
Or if I said that eating any sea animal without scales or fins...should be illegal because they are unclean.
Or if I said that people shouldn't wear clothes made of mixed fibers (like cotton and polyester).
Or if I said that it is okay to own slaves so long as they are of a different race and from a different land.
Who would follow me?
Who would claim that I am infallible?
2007-05-02 15:12:35 · answer #4 · answered by Julian X 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Here's another one for your list. Two hundred years from now, if the conditions were made in advance, we could actually have a commune of people that truly believe in the Flying Spaghetti Monster. All you have to do is convince two people that it is the truth, and they could have kids and raise them to believe. It could spread like wildfire after that. I guess then, Olive Gardens would have to be converted to have temple status and the appropriate tax breaks that go along with it.
2007-05-02 15:18:46 · answer #5 · answered by seattlefan74 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Because this is a relativistic culture where nobody wants to offend anyone else. So once you say that's what you firmly believe in (please say your first example is not) nobody wants to offend you. The top two topics people say are bad to talk about are reiligion and politics. These are the most important aspects of your life, too, which makes it seem ridiculous not to talk about them, right?
2007-05-02 15:13:41 · answer #6 · answered by Atticus Finch 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i have self belief in God yet I do agree faith is synthetic. We were given all of it incorrect we do not attempt to act like God intending to love, to make peace and to help one yet another as one. fairly, we attempt to be God. now and again i imagine the purely ones who were given it excellent were The Beatles. sure, The Beatles...
2016-11-24 22:08:12 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since when don't we mock religions?
Don't you pay attention to the questions on here?
2007-05-02 15:16:00 · answer #8 · answered by Kharm 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
respect for the masses only? true.
one of the reasons i think faith not religion is MUCH better.
2007-05-02 15:11:46 · answer #9 · answered by Loathing 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋