Is thesistic religions teaching ignorance?

Question

I want to hear opinions from both sides (nontheistsand theists; Christians, Atheists, Muslims, etc)

So post your opinions

Answer 1

Religion thrives on ignorance. Agnostic.

Answer 2

Please do use the spell check, it will catch many simple typos like your spelling of "theistic".

Yes, I believe that many religions are deliberately trying to teach ignorance and servitude over critical thinking and rational thought. Many of the Fundamentalist sects in the United States are openly against teaching sciences and want only the bible and their own brand of religion taught in schools.
There are multitudes of quotes from the religionists showing this.

edit: Earl D. and Lost Cause miss the point that it was science that discovered Pluto to start with and the reason the had trouble with the planet definition is that they have discovered asteroids that are larger. So now it is not counted as a real planet but only as a planetoid. Oh well, what does the Bible say about it. Nothing. Because the ancient Sheep Ranchers who wrote the Bible thought the Earth was flat, and that heaven was not far away and was blue because there was water on the other side of it.

Answer 3

Well, some basically lead people to be ignorant, but most do not.

Even in science, many of the things we take fro granted aren't really "proven," they are just the best model to explain the set of data we have. For example, the model we use for the atom can't be proven, people have been making models of the atom for quite a while, and as we gather new data on atoms, we revise our model, coming up with the best explanation available.

We cannot fully account for the the data we have about our universe. Science, at this point, cannot explain all of the physical universe. Also, a great many people feel that there is something beyond the pure physical. For example, many people believe that a thought has a component beyond being a mere chemical reaction, also, anyone who believes in a concept like "human rights" believes in something beyond the purely physical, even if that something does not nearly resemble the typical concept of "God." Religions put forth models for the universe which are more complete, though based on less stringent methods of discovery. These models attempt to account for the entirety of the universe, and for the emotional and spiritual and otherwise abstract aspects of our lives.

This is not ignorance at all, this is an attempt to understand.

Answer 4

Yes. Religion discourages scientific inquiry by simply claiming that anything not already known is god's province and should be left alone. Good thing the scientific community doesn't listen to them much anymore.

Earl D: the difference is, they admitted they made a mistake and fixed it. Religion would have just kept doggedly calling it a planet no matter what, cause that's god's will.

Answer 5

Yes, ignorance of scientific method. Adversely, sheilding someone from the theories of religion is also creating ignorance. Both should be explained objectively and it left to the individual what works or doesn't work for them.

Answer 6

Well, not directly. If you teach theism, you teach faith. Faith is irrational, because it involves belief without proof or evidence. Irrationality can be a source of ignorance. Teaching theism can therefore be a source of ignorance, and if not ignorance, then certainly irrationality.

Answer 7

No they're teaching theology. It varies widely.

Do schools teach ignorance? They once taught EVERYONE that Pluto was a planet.

Is that perpetrating a myth in hindesight.

Answer 8

You can't "teach" ignorance. You can avoid teaching anything useful -- that's ignorance.

Answer 9

Do you mean Theistic religions?

Answer 10

Are theistic religions teaching ignorance?


Always have, always will.