--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Hugo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sandiego108" <sandiego108@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > > > > His father had promised him a car for his birthday. Dad was > > nowhere > > > in sight. His mother gave him 5.00$, yet what he had received > > was a > > > grace from God that on his birthday the sun and the birds awakened > > > him, the sweet smells of the divine filled the air and he knew > > without > > > a doubt that there had to be a God and that God just gave him the > > > greatest birthday gift ever................. > > > > > > > > > So following this weather based theology we can assume that God > > > absolutely hates China and dropped a huge earthquake on it's ass > > and > > > despises Burma and sent them a nasty cyclone? > > > > > > It seems a little grandiose and narcissistic to me to attribute a > > > day's weather to God's intention to give him a bitch'n birthday > > while > > > his same power over the weather is causing untold misery and > death > > in > > > other places. > > <snip> > > > > I think we as humans like to look for patterns and extrapolate our > > intelligence onto nature. Whether we do it through a belief in God > > or in science, the motive is the same, and either belief remains > > full of holes when viewed superficially. > > > > > I don't think the motive is the same, opposite in fact. > I sum it up as; Religion claims to explain reality whereas > science is an *attempt* to explain experience. You have to > remove projection to do science it wouldn't work otherwise, > you have to keep challenging things or you never progress.
"you have to keep challenging things or you never progress." Agreed, both in science and regarding God. > If a creationist ends up in the White house you could have > "intelligent design" taught to kids and instantly their > education stops because of the limit a religious belief > has insisted be put on discovery. Not in the spirit of > science at all as spotting where the holes are in a theory > is how it all moves on. >
