#religion vs science

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

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[cosmiccarabao]

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[keithanime]

Religion And Goal Posts

I find it amusing and sometimes even frustrating how religion has a tendency to move the goal post whenever it comes to explaining something to us. Like nature, for example.

Religion: You hear that sound? That's thunder! Thunder occurs when god strikes his hammer... Science: Actually, we found out that the sound of thunder is caused by the lightning... Religion: Oh yeah? Well, do you know what causes lightning? It is when god... Science: Actually, we learned that lightning is created when the negatively charged tiny particles of ice... Religion: Oh yeah? Well, do you know where those ice come from and who created those ice? It is god, when he... Science: Actually, we discovered that the ice is formed when the warm moisture... Religion: Oh yeah? Well, do you know...

And it goes on and on and on... If you're familiar with the "god of the gaps" then you probably know what I mean. As long as science doesn't have an answer [for/to something], religion's answer is and will always be god: it's because god did it, it's because god created it, god made it happen, etc.

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[gemsofgreece]

Correct me if I am wrong but did ancient civilizations like Egypt, Greece, Rome, Persia were more developed than medieval times? Like there was a balance between religion and science and these two coexisted more easily than later times??

I think it somehow comes down to the differences between polytheism and monotheism. I think polytheists, exactly because they were polytheists, they were on average more open to alternative or additional interpretations of spirituality, nature and the world, the study of which leads to the evolution of the sciences. Polytheist religions also tend to be more "amoral": as both pure and malevolent deities are to be respected, if not worshipped. This creates a relative freedom regarding how a person can choose to act and evolve.

Monotheism is by nature more absolute because it is more vulnerable. When you have one God, it takes doubt for only one god for your entire religion to fall apart. That's why monotheist gospels are more precise and intolerant to alternative interpretations, even within the same religion. If scientists start spreading that nature works differently than the very specific way it is desribed to work like according to the One God, this is a huge threat that the monotheist religion can't work as easily around as a polytheist religion which might be like "okay maybe there is this another deity that wasn't revealed to us up to this point" or "okay maybe these two gods have given birth to a new god who explains all this". Obviously I am oversimplifying things but on average polytheist societies might have been better for people to inquire and search for answers.

Monotheism has a more solid and well defined mentality regarding morality - in theory, this is not a bad thing. But because, as I mentioned, monotheism is more vulnerable, the leaders of monotheist religions - who are flawed humans like everyone else, with the addition of power - gatekeep those concepts of morality in ways that are not even described in gospels, oppressing and limiting people so that the vulnerable religion will not be threatened and, by extension, their even more vulnerable powerful rank will also not be threatened. That's why monotheist medieval societies considered any attempt at an alternative interpretation of the world as a major threat to their very existence and in order to fight this, they put big obstacles at the progress of the sciences and the free expression in the arts.

These, of course, are the general conditions. There have been conflicts between polytheists or oppression from polytheists to monotheists (i.e Romans against early Christians, also because they felt threatened by the rapidly rising new religion) and there have been fields of human activity which flourished or kept flourishing during Middle Ages (agricultural innovations, technological advances, architecture and construction, printing revolution etc).

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[a-dogpgh]

Science vs Religion as as distraction from nuance

science and religion do not preclude one another, we can do our best to measure what we can observe but we cannot know the true nature of the world.

Either side using their position to have a sense of superiority over the other is harmful. Both are institutional powers that have control and real effects on our life, sure, science could be objective in theory but in practice it's man making decisions of what to research, what to value, it's often way messier than that, or at worst weaponized to assert people's own inherent merit. It's highly meritocratic which is at odds with the objective-ness of it: if it were objective, it'd be highly collaborative and not about the ego and immortalization of being the person making the big discovery.

The same person who killed pluto claims we have a ninth planet we have yet to observe, the same guy who said "light works how we know it to and I made a study repeating this I am very smart" says "we can accurately predict who can make nobel prize material based off how often they're cited, and as such we should use this to determine who to permit into programs despite the fact that popular science by big names will always get cited more often than smaller studies that may actually say something meaningful" (yes this is as racist and self-serving as it sounds).

There's so much unethical practices in both, go look at the comment sections of a video by Dr. Fatima, watch her videos, tbh, because if there's one thing we need more of in science is people listening to the experiences of marginalized people in those communities. Granted yes, I'm guilty of centering one person's examples that match my own view of the world, I will admit I'm biased, but I'm biased on the side that looks to acknowledge the faults of the world so we can make something better.

I seriously cannot recommend her content enough, while she doesn't talk much about faith, she does break down the idea of scientific objectivity and other issues that cloud the field of science, and it's been so enlightening to watch.

Sources: Dr. Fatima, lived experience, tired of people fucking arguing about shit that only serves to create greater divides between people, i made it up, it came to me in a dream once, etc. (If I had done real research and not just apply my collective learning online I'd cite shit but for now you get this all because I am a garbage fuck.)

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[blackswaneuroparedux]

The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences will turn you into an atheist, but at the bottom of the glass God is waiting for you.

- Werner Heisenberg, physicist (not the crystal meth chemist king pin)

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[bulkhummus]

ok my funny thought is if joseph fink is stuck IN night vale, and hes currently WRITING the podcast…. he is technically the one creating the story in show.. like all i can think about is joseph fink being the reason why john peters kept interrupting cecils show to further a plot — like “no no, no talking abt the comet we’re gonna focus on the snake god plot today back space back space back space” even tho cecil has always ‘written’ the narrative so to speak

#theres implications #that are sad and weird but its also so so so funny #i also keep thinking abt how a lot of it devours talked a lot abt science vs religion and how they can co exist #but also do the same hurt and harm or the same hope and belief #and i think thats what they’re actively working toward btwn the culmination of these two groups coinciding around the same time #hmmmm #wtnv spoilers #wtnv

[techniche]

The Science Cult: Cosmology, Ethics, Legitimation

Science has become an ideological toolkit for acclimatising people to their own subordination and bring about the un-free, mind-controlled societies of the coming brown age. It fulfills the functions of religion and, like all religions, began in a spirit of inquiry into the cosmos only to evolve into a massive dogma taught as truth.

First, science™ provides an explanation of the universe and humanity's role in it. Second, it dictates how people ought to think and act, under the threat of apocalypse (eg. "climate change™", pandemic etc). Third, it identifies global problems that legitimise the existence of global elites who claim to be solving those problems through ever more intrusive controls over people's lives (eg. carbon taxes, mandates etc)

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[fffartonceaweek]

Q: Atheists … what if you die and you find out it is all real? God, the Bible, Jesus, death on a cross, resurrection … all of it. What then? ... ...                    A: Rip God's throat out with my teeth and drink his spinal fluid.

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[mudstoneabyss]

Carlos and Charles dislike of each other influenced by Charles hearing Kevin talk about Carlos leaving him after 10yrs with nothing but a letter and conceptualizing him as Kevin's shitty ex, and Carlos finding about Charles and being weirdly upset by his existence and place and only kind of seeing him as himself if he chose different....

#I need these two to have a rivalry sooooooo bad #and idk theres the science vs religion aspect potential but although Carlos can be an Atheist™ #i cant genuinely see Charles as anti-science. from what little we've seen of him already hes way too rational for that #so spinning other possible influences #wtnv #joyousposting #even if Kevin and Carlos never had a Thing I think both Cecil and Charles would hear about the 10yrs thing and think #sure you didnt #Cecil moreso in a why else would Carlos not tell him (sooner) way #and Charles in a 🤨🤨 mhm yeah sure okay... way

[beaverhoney7]

Spirituality With Out Religion

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[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

"We would be 1,500 years ahead if it hadn't been for the church dragging science back by its coattails and burning our best minds at the stake." -- Catherine Fahringer, FFRF

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[cosmiccarabao]

by Charles Barsotti

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[keithanime]

If in light of new evidence you have never changed your position, you're practicing religion, you're not practicing science.

Marcia McNutt, Geophysicist, 22nd President of the National Academy of Sciences

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[halogalopaghost]

Yeah, I'm gonna regret this later, but here's my 2 cents.

Abortion is murder.

Science agrees that life begins when the egg attaches to the cell wall. The ten weeks, twelve weeks, twenty weeks arguments, those are arbitrary lines. We aren't drawing lines at where life does or does not begin. You either think that life begins in the womb in early pregnancy, or you believe it begins when the baby takes its first few breaths of air. It's very simple but nobody likes it. I don't even like it.

Of COURSE termination needs to be legal when there is medical cause. That shouldn't even be a question. If there's an ectopic pregnancy or a dead infant in a live womb, something has to be done. This is obvious and undebatable.

But abortion is just killing a person. It just is. And yes I know; rape babies, underdeveloped or disabled babies, etc etc etc. but I think they still deserve to live. It sucks. It hurts. But there are ugly realities to life and sometimes all we can do is hope that they don't happen to us and offer support when it does happen to others. But killing a person isn't an option.

Do some reading into the medical experts who testified and advised during Roe v Wade. Look at their opinions and when they think life begins. I'm not citing this stuff because I'm tired and it makes me sad and you should be doing your own reading anyway. And let me remind you that if you're only reading things you agree with, you're just as bad as those ultra conservative pro lifers who get comfy in their who chamber. If you're not uncomfortable you aren't doing it right.

There isn't an easy answer or one that will make anyone happy. Sometimes this fucked up world is like that. But last I checked murder is still illegal.

#okay attack away #I'll probably delete this later because I damnbwell know I'm gonna regret it and get hate mail #fuck maybe I'll lose some friends #I sure hope not but I hate staying silent and pretending I don't believe differently #I have medical education; I'm a reasonable person who isn't basing these opinions on religion. this is the science #It's just not right #if you kill a pregnant woman you can be charged with two counts of manslaughter #but if a woman chooses to terminate her own pregnancy well that's just fine #please just consider that I'm not attacking anyone here #I'm just sharing my beliefs and product of my research. we don't need to fight about this #and you won't be changing my mind. I understand I probably won't change yours either #but I have to speak up anyway. for my own peace of mind #discourse #abortion #roe vs. wade #tw abortion #tw rape #rape

[paintpansy91]

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