Science and Religion

There is a fear in this day of technology that scientific knowledge will be the end of religion.

Those who believe this do not understand religion.

Science is an assortment of facts and theories about the universe based on empirical evidence.

Religion is a code of conduct built with superstition and legend.

Science can never disprove God and religion just as much as religion can not ignore science. Science can, and this is what scares people, disprove superstition. Did God create the world in 7 days? Empirical evidence states otherwise. However, this does not prove that God did not create the world. This does not prove that there is no God, it only proves that it did not occur literally as described. The importance in religious superstition is the message behind the story, not the story itself. Much like the parables of Jesus, religious superstition is to educate. Look at the story of the three men who were thrown in the fiery oven. It is a story of faith, a story used to teach those that God will save those who are faithful and moral. Now, scientifically, a man cannot be set on fire and be unharmed as these three are. Did the story happen? Not according to science. Is it important that the story happened? No, it is not. The message still comes across to the reader.

Whether or not the stories in the Bible are fiction or not, the important part is the message, which science has nothing to do with and will never touch.

In other news, I am an admitted agnostic.

I can neither accept nor reject the concept of God. I see no reason to believe in Him, and yet science fails to disprove His existence. I could take the easy way out and continue to be a Catholic as I was raised, however, it is against my nature to believe in something which has no hard supporting evidence.

The danger in science and religion is that science does not prove God, not as much as it disproves God.

There is no evidence for me to justify belief in God, nor is there evidence for me to justify the rejection of God. The danger is that most people, when seeing no reason to accept God, would immediately reject. But I suppose 12 years of catholic education won't allow this to happen to me.

Another point I can't get over is the Bible itself. Lets look at the testaments. The OT is filled with God's wrath and the NT is filled with God's love. Why the change in attitude with the big man? If God is all forgiving as Jesus says, then why was he merciless with Sodom and Gomorrah? If one is to love his enemies, than why does God himself judge his enemies and condemn them?

Also, what about Heaven? Is the only point in being moral rewards and avoidance of punishment? That is no reason to be moral. Morality, based on wanting rewards is not moral at all because without the reward, one goes back to basic greediness and selfishness. Rather than their being a heaven, man should be taught to be moral because it is right, not because there are rewards.

So, the lack of evidence, the contraction between the NT and the OT, and the concept of heaven lead me to the path of agnosticism.

Which is not atheism.

Have you ever wondered why in a dream you can touch a falling sky? Or fly to the heavens that watch over you, telling me it's all voodoo. -Godsmack

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Vader being a jerk

I want to embed this but Youtube is being an idiot.

Vader Being a Jerk

Funniest movie on youtube.

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