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Heathen Bastard
The Bastard Brigade
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Posted - 2014.02.08 04:46:00 -
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Which side are you on?
I'm personally for science. Why believe in something you can't quantify?
If you hear the words "WORTH IT!" look about, something hilarious just happened.
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Julius Vindice
A.N.O.N.Y.M.O.U.S.
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Posted - 2014.02.08 05:01:00 -
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I believe in a mix of the two, I'm deeply religious and I'm always looking for the meaning of things so put the two together and you get me philosophers like me.
Julius Vindice... "Chase knowledge, not passion".
I may suck at things but at least I can make people mad.
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DeadlyAztec11
Ostrakon Agency
Gallente Federation
4005
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Posted - 2014.02.08 05:50:00 -
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I believe in both. Even the Catholic Church now considers evolution compatible with creationism, as the two do not necessarily disprove each other.
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Heathen Bastard
The Bastard Brigade
891
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Posted - 2014.02.08 06:04:00 -
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Never been able to understand religion, personally. Just never made sense to believe in something you couldn't confirm by numbers or mechanics.
Then again, I'm the kind of person who loves disassembling machines to figure out just how they function(3 clocks, 1 air pistol, a washing machine, an internal combustion engine, a music box, and my old ps3.) I have to see it work, I hate knowing it works without knowing precisely why.
If you hear the words "WORTH IT!" look about, something hilarious just happened.
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KA24DERT
TeamPlayers
Negative-Feedback
476
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Posted - 2014.02.08 06:13:00 -
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Science is the exploration of the natural world via what we can observe. It focuses on the HOW of things.
Religion is a declaration of the meaning of things via what we feel. It focuses on the WHY of things.
In terms of knowledge of the universe, religion will always cede to science up until the point where the only claim religion can make is "There is a higher power, but we have no proof, and we don't need any"
Which is a fine state of things really, call them delusional or whatever, but they're not actively harming anyone.
Now there are cases where religion can be harmful(aside from physical/emotional trauma from people exploiting their power, and religions whose sole purpose are to take over the world by any means), and evangelical creationists are a fine example of that: Where the knowledge that we gain by observation of the natural world is simply dismissed because of what a certain translation of their particular religious text says. That's a dangerous thing, because it forbids certain lines of valid thought and literally makes you put blinders on to anything else. That amount of dogma becoming increasingly rare, so it's almost a non factor in how harmful religions can be.
On the flip side, science is lacking in factoring things like empathy and happiness into how we should live our lives. Eventually the sciences of psychology and sociology will catch up, but the human mind has these built in emotions that help our societies thrive, and it's hard to quantify for now.
So it's a mix, you can't live your life entirely via equation(listen to your heart), and you shouldn't blindly believe in anything that your eyes contradict(look at the world around you)
Though I feel you don't really need an organized dogmatic religion to teach the basic virtues of empathy.
But, let's get down to it, OP didn't give us multiple choice.
If I had to pick one to follow, I'd pick science, specifically the scientific method, and the reason for this is simple(though it's not my original thought):
If all of human knowledge got wiped out today, in four thousand years we'd have a whole NEW set of gods, a whole NEW set of holy texts, and a whole NEW set of holy men.
But in those same four thousand years, we'd re-discover the SAME speed of light, the SAME DNA, the SAME orbital mechanics, the SAME chemical reactions, the SAME vastness of space... because while the ideas of man might be always changing, the universe will always be there to discover and explore.
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BAD FURRY
SVER True Blood
Public Disorder.
440
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Posted - 2014.02.08 12:57:00 -
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Heathen Bastard wrote:Which side are you on?
I'm personally for science. Why believe in something you can't quantify?
im for both
that's rite BOTH !!!
ill take what we know and can learn and be as nice as i can be to others .
and keep my mined open for anything els even if it could be a tall tail
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Yes i am a Undead Hell Wolf ... nice to meat you!
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Fire of Prometheus
Alpha Response Command
3512
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Posted - 2014.02.08 14:16:00 -
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Personally, I'm undecided.
But.....
Pascal's wager.......
Commando 6 // A.R.C Commander // C.E.O of Alpha Response Command
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Goro Scornshard
DUST University
Ivy League
62
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Posted - 2014.02.08 16:42:00 -
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Pascal's wager? The one where you can't know for sure either way so you try to believe in order to fool god into letting you go to heaven?
But there are so many gods you'd need to believe in.
There are many like it but this one is mine...
GÖæ
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TechMechMeds
Swamp Tempo
Canis Eliminatus Operatives
2610
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Posted - 2014.02.08 19:15:00 -
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Science all the way but I have a respect for the good in religion.
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Swamp iz on dat welevant flex fam
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Scheneighnay McBob
Learning Coalition College
3943
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Posted - 2014.02.08 23:42:00 -
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Religion can't explain everything
Science can't explain everything (yet)
so both
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Ghost Kaisar
Titans of Phoenix
Legacy Rising
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Posted - 2014.02.09 06:57:00 -
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Scheneighnay McBob wrote:Religion can't explain everything
Science can't explain everything (yet)
so both
I love this description. Thank you.
Nothing says "F**K YOU!" like a direct Flaylock to the face.
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Shokhann Echo
Chatelain Rapid Response
Gallente Federation
177
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Posted - 2014.02.09 07:07:00 -
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I am a believer in both.
I believe that God created us with free will so that we can discover Science and evolve to a more complete level of human evolution. Technology and science are really the closest we can get to relating to God in some way.
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soulreaper73
PFB Pink Fluffy Bunnies
710
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Posted - 2014.02.09 15:41:00 -
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Science. However, I respect all opinions as long as they are not zealots about it. Both sides have their share of whack-a-doodles that are highly disrespectful to folks that do not share their opinion. |
True Adamance
Praetoriani Classiarii Templares
Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
6848
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Posted - 2014.02.10 03:18:00 -
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Heathen Bastard wrote:Which side are you on?
I'm personally for science. Why believe in something you can't quantify?
I'm on neither but I don't deny the value of the hope you get from believe with all your heart in something.
"Just know that though our enemies may only #YOLO, through God's grace we can #YOLF at his side." - Disciple of Kesha
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TunRa
D.A.R.K L.E.G.I.O.N
D.E.F.I.A.N.C.E
477
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Posted - 2014.02.12 03:12:00 -
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I will accept God if you will accept that he and everything he is involved with exists in the 9th dimension. Something so far out of this world we can not ever possibly understand. Also people who take religious teaching to literally are idiots.
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Rynoceros
Rise Of Old Dudes
2391
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Posted - 2014.02.12 04:23:00 -
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Science.
(She blinded me with it.)
"But, where did it all start?"
That thought keeps me awake trying to figure it out. Then, sometimes I think that "figuring it out" results in human spontaneous combustion or some other really weird ****...
Weed is awesome/scary.
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Hecarim Van Hohen
Bullet Cluster
Legacy Rising
427
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Posted - 2014.02.12 08:21:00 -
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I'll have to go with science for various reasons I'm not going to be writing down but I'll leave three interesting links here
Richard Dawkins
Christopher Hitchens
Tim Minchin - Storm
I will show you fear in a handful of dust.
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Faquira Bleuetta
Fatal Absolution
General Tso's Alliance
224
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Posted - 2014.02.12 11:48:00 -
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i believe in accident
Fatal Absolution bench proficiency lvl 5
why so serious zatara
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CCP Logibro
C C P
C C P Alliance
5022
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Posted - 2014.02.12 18:40:00 -
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Sorry guys, but this type of topic isn't allowed on the forums. Locked.
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