If you assume God doesn't exist, of course it seems dumb. But if He does exist, His "ruling" is of infinite importance.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

That isn't exactly the point though. Religious people demand proof and explanations, but when we ask for the same in return, they cannot answer with anything except "well, that's God's ruling, and what he says must be right." or something of the sort.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I always thought the whole Science vs. Religion view was foolish and close-minded. What religious people demand proof and explanations? Of what? Science does nothing but prove facts about the world God has created. How can one be against the other? They are not on the same level. It's not like "Well, if science is true, God must be wrong!" No, science is man's way of trying to understand the intricacies of this world. God made us curious, and he also made this world full of details and puzzles for us to discover. Also, it's foolish to thing "God's ruling" works on the same level as scientific theories and experiments. Imagine if someone in authority had given you a job to do, and one of your peers approaches you with tons and tons of details that show the nature of your job is much more complex than you had imagined, or indeed that the authority had made it seem. And yet, the one in authority isn't wrong.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Actually, there are several instances in which one must be right and the other must be wrong.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Such as?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Such as the fact that the Bible states that the earth is about 6000 years old, while modern science teaches us that the earth is approximately 4.6 billion years old.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

And imagine if the authority had created all the aspects of the job, not merely delegated tasks. Science complicates and grows our view of the Universe; it doesn't discount the Creator.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Lets not go that deep, especially since MOST people don't. I think this person is referring to the "deeply religious, and there's no other way besides god's" people. I doubt they think about the stuff you just say. To them, it's god, and just god. And the poster is obviously thinking that there's got to be more to it than that.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Hmm, maybe.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

^^ what he said

by Anonymous 14 years ago

...When talking to my religious friends about science, I am often asked to support my statements with evidence. Which I do. When I ask them to do the same, they quote some religious text or another. Just because it's in an ancient book doesn't make it true. Just because you put your faith in something, it doesn't become real.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

but putting ur faith in something makes it real for that one person that's the whole point of faith....its believeing in the unseen or known

by Anonymous 14 years ago

You're believing in the unseen or unkown because you're scared of it. Either that or you need a reason to believe that somebody is watching over you, protecting you from harm. It's a physchological thing, i think.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

It is psychological, but it doesn't just have to do with protection. There is a part of the human brain which causes us to see intent behind everything. Before we became the all-powerful manipulators of the world that we are now, this helped us identify a loud rushing river as 'angry' and therefore dangerous, but as we developed people began to interpret nature as having will and intent. It was a combination of this sense of intent and big questions that needed answers, with no way of answering them, that first gave birth to the god concept. Most people believe in god (or gods, or higher powers in general) for the above reasons, not because they truly believe something to be out there.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I almost completely agree with you, but I still think that some people search for help because they have had a bad past. People that have abusive families feel like they need love and help, so they go to God for that. It makes them feel like they have somebody on their side to protect them from further harm. I can't speak for them, because I don't know what it's like to have an abusive family, but that is what I think. Everything else though, I agree with you on. People did need answers for what they could not figure out, and therefore, an all-powerful being came into play.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

That's actually the whole reason religion even exists. Even today, there are massive amounts of questions for which we don't have the answers to.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

search it. there is proof Christianity is correct. That Jesus DID rise from the dead. Muhammed /buddah and such where are they? still in the grave

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Oh..he rose.... So they got it on tape?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

^^ Looks like we got a winner.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Actually, the resurrection of Jesus can be scientifically explained. When people were crucified, they were given water through a sponge so that they would live longer; the people who gave Jesus the water could have used a combination of medicinal herbs to numb him and slow his heart rate, so Jesus would survive the pain and be passed off as dead (the herbs needed to save him were available).You can not deny that this is a more logical explanation than "god brought him back to life."When you take into account that all evidence for god (and other god beings) is circular, and how the god concept came to be, one can say with certainty that the resurrection of Jesus is not an argument for the existence of god or the correctness of Christianity. (urg, why isn't it letting me post?)

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I hadn't thought of that before, but it is more logical.

by Anonymous 14 years ago