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Quintus Pomponius Atticus wrote:I must contradict you. Though it is bon ton today to profess being an agnostic, and to refrain from questioning religion under the banner of equality and cultural relativism, a lot of religious statements càn be scientifically falsified (the claim that the world is only 6000 years old, Methusalem attaining the age of 969 years, miracles - half the New Testament is filled with them - etc. etc.) or at least 'forced into retreat'.
By that last I mean e.g. that we can, by pointing at clear evidence, prove that at least the bearing of a certain religious claim is limited. E.g., we cannot prove that God does not exist, but we càn come up with a lot of facts that invalidate the image religions portray of him.
Q. C. Locatus Barbatus wrote:It is hard to realize we have won, isn't it?
I haven't explained my point for individuals. I look around me on this planet and what I see is that humans are anywhere, that animals are in danger, that we can destroy this planet with weapons, that we are trying to colonize other planets, ... . Face it, the human race as won. It's as simple as that.
Q. C. Locatus Barbatus wrote:Religion indeed can give our life a meaning. But Religion is something we invented ourselves, so this meaning will be a fake one.
Q. C. Locatus Barbatus wrote:Draco wrote:So do we NEED religion? NO, we don't need religion. But can it be useful? Yes, it can. Like any tool can be useful if they are used for the right reasons and by the right people.
This is what we call in Belgium the 'CD&V-syndroom'. No matter what you think, it's always right!
Draco wrote:We are at the top of the food chain NOW but this may change entirely in a century. What if a chain of meteorites crashes onto the northern hemisphere?
myself wrote:This makes my theory less deterministic than you would think at a quick first view. We are free now to do with our time what we want, but the day that a asteroid whipes out 99% of the people, humans will go back to the struggle for life, no more 'solidarnosk', no more love, no more pacemakers, but egoïstic fighting for a pray someone else catched.
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