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Old 04-22-2008, 09:46 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Threat to rationality says UK Guardian.
Is religion a threat to rationality and science? | eG weekly | EducationGuardian.co.uk

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Old 04-22-2008, 02:11 PM   #2 (permalink)
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But, oddly, the more we use science to explore nature, the more we find things we do not understand and cannot explain. In reality, both religion and science are expressions of man's uncertainty. Perhaps the paradox is that certainty, whether it be in science or religion, is dangerous.
Yeah, except one is real and another is a Dungeons and Dragons Fan Club. Now, don't get me wrong, i love D&D, used to play it myself, great entertainment with a certain measure of philosophical depth, but i wouldn't build a civilization based on it. I really wish it were otherwise, but magic does not work in real world...

And anyone who says that science is about certainty is either don't quite get the concept, or is lying. Lol, i'm perfectly willing to discard the theory of evolution if someone shows me a better one that i can test in the lab...
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Yeah, except one is real and another is a Dungeons and Dragons Fan Club. Now, don't get me wrong, i love D&D, used to play it myself, great entertainment with a certain measure of philosophical depth, but i wouldn't build a civilization based on it. I really wish it were otherwise, but magic does not work in real world...

And anyone who says that science is about certainty is either don't quite get the concept, or is lying. Lol, i'm perfectly willing to discard the theory of evolution if someone shows me a better one that i can test in the lab...
Of course magic works in the real world silly...how do you explain pulling the rabbit outta the hat???

But seriously, you make a really good point, I personally think that I evolved from a large bird that resembles todays ostriches.
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Of course magic works in the real world silly...how do you explain pulling the rabbit outta the hat???

But seriously, you make a really good point, I personally think that I evolved from a large bird that resembles todays ostriches.
Ah, yes, those rabbits. The bane of scientific thought.
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"In reality, both religion and science are expressions of man's uncertainty"

Hunh?
Religion is an expression where man has given power to an entity to control and explain.

Science is an actual examination of physical facts.

The word "both" doesn't belong in the same sentence as religion and science.

I like roasted rabbit.
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It is a threat to a lot more than those.

Imagine a corporation deliberately making you feel guilty, then selling you a cure for guilt.
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Old 04-23-2008, 01:52 PM   #7 (permalink)
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It is a threat to a lot more than those.

Imagine a corporation deliberately making you feel guilty, then selling you a cure for guilt.
Kinda like a 'support the troops' magnet on an SUV?
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