out of it?
2007-12-07 05:56:32 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
We should admit that it is unknowable for now.
But there is no question that does not have an answer.
If humans do not know something, that does not mean it can't ever be known.
2007-12-07 06:00:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Exactly. The God of the Gaps is the death of science. Once you plug God in any perceived hole in your knowledge, it effectively ends the questions.
It makes no sense to live in a natural universe where you have a framework/model of natural laws and their interaction which can explain the majority of the observed phenomena, and then go off to assign supernatural causes to whatever hard stuff you don't currently understand, or at least not completely.
And by sheer coincidence the god in the god of the gaps argument always turns out to be the culturally accepted version of god in the argument maker's life.
2007-12-07 14:02:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, absolutely. We should be inquisitive and question everything. Why blindly accept what other people believe to be the truth?
We should all do our own discovering to learn what is best for ourselves and stop telling others that what they believe is wrong.
Perhaps we've all become so consumed with Creationism vs. Darwinism (Evolutionary Theory) that we are no longer seeking other possiblities.
2007-12-07 14:10:09 · answer #3 · answered by Welcome to Colorful Colorado 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer can be known - Religion is just a placeholder.
Sadly, many people can't seem to let this placeholder go, and have now mistakenly taken it for truth.
2007-12-07 13:59:47 · answer #4 · answered by Blue 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I guess I need an example. What question did you have in mind that cannot be answered, and which might spawn a religion?
HTH
Charles
2007-12-07 14:01:57 · answer #5 · answered by Charles 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Surely knowing if something can be known is unknowable until it's known?
How much wood...
2007-12-07 13:59:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
If an answer isn't currently known, I don't mind speculation. I don't think that taking speculation as true is a good first step.
2007-12-07 14:01:22 · answer #7 · answered by Rev. Still Monkeys 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no
but you are lost without knowing your context.
My religion tells me where I came from and where am heading to ,so am contexualized(not lost.Hint;you can be happy but lost).
It tells me that this life is a test,an exam,a bridge where god can give us hints(but not obvious evidence of his existence) like a professor in an exam room,giving students hints to help clarify the questions but not to give them the answer,otherwise it will not be an exam.
Am definitely certain you will find your answer here:
http://www.islamreligion.com/articles/49/
2007-12-07 14:00:54 · answer #8 · answered by Hope is Positive 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
We believe in things we cannot see everyday. Air, wind, gravity, oxygen...it takes faith to believe that it is possible. I believe that we will know all one day. There are many "wild theories" blowing around in the world today..however, there is also some truth. To know the truth, you must have faith and seek...I know this is not all that there is...where there is smoke, there is fire.
2007-12-07 14:04:06 · answer #9 · answered by loveChrist 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Let make a wild theory out of it. Just like Evilution.
k1
2007-12-07 14:00:37 · answer #10 · answered by Kenneth G 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋