2007-08-27 09:42:58 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes - ignorant people!
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2007-08-27 09:45:44 · answer #1 · answered by Gladiator 5 · 1⤊ 5⤋
Religion can obstruct truth, but God does not obstruct it.
There is no truth without God!
Religion is an attempt to seek and know God.
Science is an attempt to gain knowledge of our
natural world. Both have a purpose.
Science blocks truth also.
2007-08-27 16:51:22 · answer #2 · answered by Nickel-for-your-thoughts 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Depends on which religion. Totalitarian regimes that punish deviant thought certainly obstruct truth, as George Orwell explained in an extended parable. Islamist regimes that call for the death penalty for Danish cartoonists are at least as effective in preventing productive thought.
In contrast, Jews and Christians cherish rational thought and constructive criticism, and they have historically developed the freedoms codified in the First Amendment. As Jesus himself complained, "If I said something wrong, testify as to what is wrong. But if I spoke the truth, why did you strike me?" (John 18:23)
2007-08-27 16:57:38 · answer #3 · answered by Bruce 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any thought process that refuses to be open-minded and skeptical will obstruct truth.
I think the answer depends on which religion.
2007-08-27 17:05:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think this is what does it:
"Law is life itself and not the rules of its conduct. Evil is a transgression of law, not a violation of the rules of conduct pertaining to life, which is the law. Falsehood is not a matter of narration technique but something premeditated as a perversion of truth. The creation of new pictures out of old facts, the restatement of parental life in the lives of offspring--these are the artistic triumphs of truth. The shadow of a hair's turning, premeditated for an untrue purpose, the slightest twisting or perversion of that which is principle--these constitute falseness. But the fetish of factualized truth, fossilized truth, the iron band of so-called unchanging truth, holds one blindly in a closed circle of cold fact. One can be technically right as to fact and everlastingly wrong in the truth."
2007-08-27 16:53:35 · answer #5 · answered by Holly Carmichael 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is Truth... religion is man's interpretation of God and concequently the rational system of belief built on the interpretation. God however is not confined only to the rational, thus some truth's are too complex for us to grasp at the moment. In short however, religion is man's best attempt at propagating spiritual truths and thus train people to seek truth and be truthful.
2007-08-27 16:57:16 · answer #6 · answered by DoorWay 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Another 'gem' of an answer from Fireball 226!
Actually, nothing obstructs truth more than religion. It blocks all rational and reasonable thought.
2007-08-27 16:49:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
There IS one thing that TRULY obstructs Truth - people building straw men, then tearing them down publicly to ridicule and mock what they don't understand.
2007-08-27 16:53:50 · answer #8 · answered by no1home2day 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Truth is a relative term... So, the obstructions to those relative truths must also be relative.
2007-08-27 16:51:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Giant yellow signs that say "No Truth Zone" obstruct it slightly more.
2007-08-27 16:48:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
if religion is a man-made, false construct, then yes
if "religion" is the man-made shell which holds the truth of Christ's life, death, and resurrection from the dead, then NO WAY. In fact, if Christ was who He said He was, then learning about Him is the most expedient and sure-fire way to understand Truth, since He was the son of God.
2007-08-27 16:47:18 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋