Is modern day religion mostly about preserving bigotry and scientific misconceptions?

Answer 1

yes ,and a little no. science covers far wider range of knowledge .It just do not answer "what is Me" .mostly churches are dens of bigotry and narrowmindedness .

Answer 2

I can only speak for the Christian religion, were bigotry is abhorred and scientific knowledge has been found to support our existence. No scientific misconceptions are supported. Please realize that many Christian churches have their own ideas and concepts that may or may not be in conflict with Biblical events. This is the individual church or pastors concept and does not represent the feelings of all Christians.

Answer 3

I agree with the above answers and would add this: as society breaks down and what 'everyone' used to know becomes the knowledge of just a few, religion is one of the few public voices to speak against abuse. Scientists have lost, in the last decade, the ability to think in moral terms beyond 'professional ethics'. If it is wrong to experiment on living animals, it is not the scientists generally who initiate awareness campaigns. Likewise it was scientists who promoted atomic warfare - those scientists who spoke against it were few and far between. Surely it is necessary for someone among us to think about and speak on behalf of the essential values of humanity, and goodness. It was never the role of science as such to do so, but scientists were part of a culture where it was expected that EVERYBODY took care of those matters. That doesn't hold today; the compartmentalization of thinking means that scientists don't do it.

Answer 4

I have been thinking the same thing. Yet, the churches I have attended don't promote such. I did leave a church because it seemed that they promoted people to cure their own depression--not use the medical solutions. Yet, I have been to other churches that promoted science and religion together--the question may be too broad.