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Heathen Bastard The Bastard Brigade 890	Posted - 2014.02.08 04:46:00 - [1] - Quote 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.
Julius Vindice A.N.O.N.Y.M.O.U.S. 332	Posted - 2014.02.08 05:01:00 - [2] - Quote 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.
DeadlyAztec11 Ostrakon Agency Gallente Federation 4005	Posted - 2014.02.08 05:50:00 - [3] - Quote I believe in both. Even the Catholic Church now considers evolution compatible with creationism, as the two do not necessarily disprove each other. My alts: General John Ripper, Draxus Prime, MoonEagle A, Anarchide, Long Evity And this is why I am the #1 forum warrior
Heathen Bastard The Bastard Brigade 891	Posted - 2014.02.08 06:04:00 - [4] - Quote 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.
KA24DERT TeamPlayers Negative-Feedback 476	Posted - 2014.02.08 06:13:00 - [5] - Quote 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.
BAD FURRY SVER True Blood Public Disorder. 440	Posted - 2014.02.08 12:57:00 - [6] - Quote 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 H ,.Gÿ+ H Yes i am a Undead Hell Wolf ... nice to meat you!
Fire of Prometheus Alpha Response Command 3512	Posted - 2014.02.08 14:16:00 - [7] - Quote Personally, I'm undecided. But..... Pascal's wager....... Commando 6 // A.R.C Commander // C.E.O of Alpha Response Command A Balac's and a Thale's.....What's on your commando?
Goro Scornshard DUST University Ivy League 62	Posted - 2014.02.08 16:42:00 - [8] - Quote 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
TechMechMeds Swamp Tempo Canis Eliminatus Operatives 2610	Posted - 2014.02.08 19:15:00 - [9] - Quote Science all the way but I have a respect for the good in religion. Level 2 forum warrior. Swamp iz on dat welevant flex fam I sold my family to the Amarr for isk, its a valid tactic
Scheneighnay McBob Learning Coalition College 3943	Posted - 2014.02.08 23:42:00 - [10] - Quote Religion can't explain everything Science can't explain everything (yet) so both I am your scan error.

Ghost Kaisar Titans of Phoenix Legacy Rising 2825	Posted - 2014.02.09 06:57:00 - [11] - Quote 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. Minmatar. In Rust we trust.
Shokhann Echo Chatelain Rapid Response Gallente Federation 177	Posted - 2014.02.09 07:07:00 - [12] - Quote 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. Void Echo Alt #1 Back on main 3-31-14 Il be back in game within the next month or so.
soulreaper73 PFB Pink Fluffy Bunnies 710	Posted - 2014.02.09 15:41:00 - [13] - Quote 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	Posted - 2014.02.10 03:18:00 - [14] - Quote 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
TunRa D.A.R.K L.E.G.I.O.N D.E.F.I.A.N.C.E 477	Posted - 2014.02.12 03:12:00 - [15] - Quote 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. Thanks CCP Foxfour
Rynoceros Rise Of Old Dudes 2391	Posted - 2014.02.12 04:23:00 - [16] - Quote 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. Dust514 has a place in this world - buried next to 23,000 copies of E.T. in some remote desert location.
Hecarim Van Hohen Bullet Cluster Legacy Rising 427	Posted - 2014.02.12 08:21:00 - [17] - Quote 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. 1.7 best match (HMG): 40/9/9 (K/A/D)
Faquira Bleuetta Fatal Absolution General Tso's Alliance 224	Posted - 2014.02.12 11:48:00 - [18] - Quote i believe in accident Fatal Absolution bench proficiency lvl 5 why so serious zatara

CCP Logibro C C P C C P Alliance 5022	Posted - 2014.02.12 18:40:00 - [19] - Quote Sorry guys, but this type of topic isn't allowed on the forums. Locked. CCP Logibro // EVE Universe Community Team // Distributor of Nanites // Patron Saint of Logistics



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