Religion – your views

[Adsolution]

Music to my ears!

Indeed.

Those are pretty much my exact views, unfortunately I'm not able to put things into words quite that well.

*Rises hand up*

I'm not following.

[Haruka]

I'm also an atheist, mostly because first of all, I never saw god. And second: I believe in science.

[Adsolution]

I'm also an atheist, mostly because first of all, I never saw god. And second: I believe in science.

Ah, I follow now.

[Haruka]

But what's funny is that when someone is in a situation of dispair, he/she can grab on anything: even in religion.

[Adsolution]

But what's funny is that when someone is in a situation of dispair, he/she can grab on anything: even in religion.

This is true, even if they've been an Atheist all their life.

[Haruka]

But what's funny is that when someone is in a situation of dispair, he/she can grab on anything: even in religion.

This is true, even if they've been an Atheist all their life.

Yeah, I can witness this by myself in certain situations.

[DesLife]

I'm also an atheist, mostly because first of all, I never saw god. And second: I believe in science.

There's no such thing as "believing in science".

[Adsolution]

I'm also an atheist, mostly because first of all, I never saw god. And second: I believe in science.

There's no such thing as "believing in science".

I think she meant "believing in the scientific explanation."

[Hunchman801]

I'm also an atheist, mostly because first of all, I never saw god. And second: I believe in science.

There's no such thing as "believing in science".

Firstly, and secondly science and religion are not incompatible.

[Adsolution]

I'm also an atheist, mostly because first of all, I never saw god. And second: I believe in science.

There's no such thing as "believing in science".

Firstly, and secondly science and religion are not incompatible.

If going by the literal meaning of religion then yes, they are incompatible. Often though people use the term "religion" outside of worshiping a supernatural deity and just "believing in a supreme power," which has a shot at having a scientific answer, and it may be the same answer that we are striving for as well: How and why the universe is. However there's nothing to negate the possibility of if our universe was created by someone or something within another universe.

If that's the case then we have something even more interesting to strive for: the origin of every universe that ever was. Maybe we cannot possibly reach any information outside our own universe.

If I'm sounding ridiculous it's because I'm in one of those tired, dreamy night time highs.

[Hunchman801]

I'm not sure what you mean by “literal meaning of religion”, but if you meant “literal interpretation of religious texts”, then yes science and religion are incompatible, but the former doesn't necessarily (and fortunately quite rarely) imply such a strict understanding of holy scriptures.

[Haruka]

I think she meant "believing in the scientific explanation."

Yes, I'm sorry if I wasn't quite clear.



... Sorry, I had to.

[Adsolution]

I'm not sure what you mean by “literal meaning of religion”, but if you meant “literal interpretation of religious texts”, then yes science and religion are incompatible, but the former doesn't necessarily (and fortunately quite rarely) imply such a strict understanding of holy scriptures.

I meant the literal definition of religion:

re·li·gion/riˈlijən/
Noun:

• The belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, esp. a personal God or gods.

Whereas people I've noticed commonly misuse the work "religion" when referring to their beliefs of another creator - which at first sounds like religion, but isn't.

[spiraldoor]

I want to know what Kurui saw.

[Tobbe]

I want to know what Kurui saw.

[Adsolution]

Someone had fun in art class.

There's no need to quote the entire image here. -Tobbe

Aright.-RayFan9876

[Hunchman801]

I meant the literal definition of religion:

re·li·gion/riˈlijən/
Noun:

• The belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, esp. a personal God or gods.

Then you are wrong, such a belief is not necessarily incompatible with science.

[Danone]

And i am pointing out that until science can't find a answer for how the universe is created then science is talking nonsense. (You get what i mean)

What the hell are you saying?

[Haruka]

I meant the literal definition of religion:

re·li·gion/riˈlijən/
Noun:

• The belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, esp. a personal God or gods.

Then you are wrong, such a belief is not necessarily incompatible with science.

Yes. It doesn't you can't find scientists that believe in a superior identity.

[Rsandee]

Well, my views sure have evolved since last summer.
I came to the conclusion that the idea that God would care about us believing in him is just stupid.
He's like a father that abandoned his child at birth.