if a person believes in this, it is very likely they were simply told what's true and what's not by their parents as a child.
Science proves that there may be a God!We still don
On the human side of things, there seems to be an instinct, built into most people, to believe in God. Just like there is an instinct to have sex. With sex, you get the pleasure of an orgasm. With belief in God, not sure what you call it, but some chemical is released in your brain that gives pleasure. Have you ever seen the eyes of a religious fanatic? They look like their on something. And, just like the sexual instinct, the instinct to believe in God can be twisted by various influences. Animal instincts are usually correct. If animals don
In general the more educated people are, the less religious they are.
QuakeDuke! I may be wrong, but I think we were just insulted.
It it not an instinct to believe in god, it is a desire for knowledge. Thousands of years ago people didn't know any better and came to conclusions that "supernatural beings" cause things to happen. We now know that is not true. In general the more educated people are, the less religious they are.
mystery or conspiracy?who knows?I can guarantee that any answers to those questions would, as you say, not be satisfying.They would undoubtably raise more unfathomable questions and religions don't seem to do so well with questions.I guess this is why many people rally behind science. Science is composed of a never-ending stream of questioning that never says "this is how it must have been and no other way is right". It is a very effective process by which we can hope to attain some answers thru observation of real things.Religions, on the other hand, seem to be gatherings of far-fetched answers that are played off as "facts" in an attempt to make questioning certain aspects of life unneccesary.It stinks of a plot to keep a population docile by giving them "answers" so they don't have to use their senses and their minds to decipher what is really going on around them.so does the portrayal of science as the enemy of religion..what better way to discourage a population from questioning it's beliefs than to make their only weapon against ignorance into an evil?
i think 1,000 years from now, we will find science and religion in unity with each other.
The only difference between religion in modern culture, and the practices described here:http://www.sacred-texts.com/pag/frazer/gb00503.htmis that modern believers don't realize there is no difference.