Out of body religious experiences

[Sir_G]

Science seems to be the new religion of the new millennium. Even late last century is was getting that way. If you didn't/don't believe what science says or are either an ignorant fool, uneducated moron and so the list goes on.

I think there are fanatics on both sides of the fence. Me? I live somewhere in the middle. Live and let live, respect all beliefs no matter what you believe. Too many wars, inquisitions, purges etc etc have been carried out in the name of something, is science next on the list.

May the guys in the white lab coats not carry out biological warfare research, the saffron robed priests feel like they don't have to burst into flames, the collared priests not feel so deprived that they molest young children, the tv ministers so fulfilled they don't commit adultery and the list goes on and on.

The world is in enough trouble when all it would take is a little love and understanding to get over our differences and find things we agree on rather than finding things we differ on, "imagine all the people living life in peace yoohoo....you may say I'm a dreamer but I'm not the only one, I hope some day you'll join us and the world will be as one."

I'm not having a poke at anyone just stating my preference is for tolerance. Everyone has their version of the "TRUTH", often that is absolute. So respect it, even facts depend on your point of view.

Peace, Love and Mung Beans.

[John56{vg}]

Science seems to be the new religion of the new millennium. Even late last century is was getting that way. If you didn't/don't believe what science says or are either an ignorant fool, uneducated moron and so the list goes on.

I think there are fanatics on both sides of the fence. Me? I live somewhere in the middle. Live and let live, respect all beliefs no matter what you believe. Too many wars, inquisitions, purges etc etc have been carried out in the name of something, is science next on the list.

May the guys in the white lab coats not carry out biological warfare research, the saffron robed priests feel like they don't have to burst into flames, the collared priests not feel so deprived that they molest young children, the tv ministers so fulfilled they don't commit adultery and the list goes on and on.

The world is in enough trouble when all it would take is a little love and understanding to get over our differences and find things we agree on rather than finding things we differ on, "imagine all the people living life in peace yoohoo....you may say I'm a dreamer but I'm not the only one, I hope some day you'll join us and the world will be as one."

I'm not having a poke at anyone just stating my preference is for tolerance. Everyone has their version of the "TRUTH", often that is absolute. So respect it, even facts depend on your point of view.

Peace, Love and Mung Beans.

Sir_G great post and I am for tolerance as well, on all sides. Thank you for your wise and caring words.

[TomOfSweden]

Science seems to be the new religion of the new millennium. Even late last century is was getting that way. If you didn't/don't believe what science says or are either an ignorant fool, uneducated moron and so the list goes on.

I think there are fanatics on both sides of the fence. Me? I live somewhere in the middle. Live and let live, respect all beliefs no matter what you believe. Too many wars, inquisitions, purges etc etc have been carried out in the name of something, is science next on the list.

I think you've misunderstood a very fundamental part of what is being compared. Calling science a religion is comparing apples to oranges. Science is not a faith and will never be.

Science isn't a religion. It's not even a faith. It's a method for finding truth. We all use various methods for finding the truth. "Common sense" is another very popular system for finding the truth. Which options "feels" right is another one. The nice thing with science is that it's pretty well defined so it becomes a bit easier to understand which steps other people took to reach their truth using science. It makes communication easier.

The holocaust and the communist "experiments" have all been done in the name of science. So in numbers of people killed I don't think religion is even close, even though they've had plenty more time to do it. But that's not an argument for religion. It doesn't add to its credibility. All it means is that we shouldn't draw too strong conclusions if we don't have enough material to back our theories up with. That goes for any theory. Religious and secular alike. If we do the right thing for the wrong reason, we aren't less deluded.