Religion

oilpro2

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28. So what does your logic say? "it has SOME capacity"?

Wed Apr 18, 2012, 06:30 PM

Apr 2012

To fill what void? Philosophy and science requires that truths be proven, (religion: not so much, not at all, really) or they are left up to the individual, not the state to proclaim.

If you don't think a suggestion of ignorance "mass stupidity" can apply to the questions we cannot answer, why are you insisting that religion, rather than the unanswered questions of both science AND religion deserve different than equal status in a governing body that favors religion over science in any settling of the dipute, in any preference one over the other?

If BOTH science and religion have a "void to fill", why is religion offered a preference over science's admitted void of answers? Let me hear your argument for one over the other, then tell me which gets preference today in the USA.

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Why atheists care about religion. [View all] cleanhippie Apr 2012 OP

And religious beliefs become legislation with discrimination, persecution, and prosecution against no_hypocrisy Apr 2012 #1

I think you hit directly upon the shared sentiment of most non-believers. cleanhippie Apr 2012 #2

Agreed. LeftishBrit Apr 2012 #5

Interesting and insightful perspective! oilpro2 Apr 2012 #3

I have no doubt that they strongly disagree... cleanhippie Apr 2012 #6

Seems like we have had moderate theists as Presidents for a long time, who oilpro2 Apr 2012 #11

I'm not sure *I* agree dmallind Apr 2012 #13

I disagree with this - not because I'm religious which I'm not LeftishBrit Apr 2012 #4

Well done and I agree. cbayer Apr 2012 #7

+100. Right on. Starboard Tack Apr 2012 #8

Have to disagree here, mr blur Apr 2012 #9

All we can do is educate, and encourage critical thinking about all beliefs. trotsky Apr 2012 #10

Problem is though... LeftishBrit Apr 2012 #12

I'm in between here. dmallind Apr 2012 #14

I think you are overstating your case. LTX Apr 2012 #18

So my repeated refernces to mass media were skimmed over or.........? dmallind Apr 2012 #21

You are, of course, free to feel persecuted. LTX Apr 2012 #27

Pretty easy to feel that way when it's a fact. eqfan592 Apr 2012 #34

Of course. "Legitimate" was a poor choice of words. mr blur Apr 2012 #16

Is any consideration of the questions surrounding the immaterial or incorporeal LTX Apr 2012 #15

You didn't ask me, and there is no standard "atheist answer" but I'd say dmallind Apr 2012 #17

I think you and I are pretty much on exactly the same page here. eqfan592 Apr 2012 #19

Except I didn't ask about the supernatural or divine. I asked about the immaterial or incorporeal. LTX Apr 2012 #20

Define something that is immaterial or incorporeal, relevant to religion dmallind Apr 2012 #23

Can you point me to the mathematics particle? LTX Apr 2012 #25

"because science has been unable to address them satisfactorily"... oilpro2 Apr 2012 #24

Except that religious belief indisputably persists. And rather widely at that. LTX Apr 2012 #26

So what does your logic say? "it has SOME capacity"? oilpro2 Apr 2012 #28

I've made no argument about governmental preference (or whatever else it is you seem fixated on). LTX Apr 2012 #29

So when Obama, or Bush, or Clinton, or Bush, or Reagan or Carter said... oilpro2 Apr 2012 #33

Let me repeat. I've made no argument at all about governmental preference. LTX Apr 2012 #35

Yeah, people want to believe an answer that makes them feel good. trotsky Apr 2012 #31

That's a very cool answer. When someone's imagined deity goes over into oilpro2 Apr 2012 #22

That last point is unmitigated drivel. rug Apr 2012 #30

Scientology Documentary Banned robertch Apr 2012 #32