Captain Civic
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Religion? Oh, yea. We believe. You don't believe? Ok. You're closed minded to us.
Where are all of these 'open minded scientists' coming from? You think they're all gone, then ...
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Religion? Oh, yea. We believe. You don't believe? Ok. You're closed minded to us.
I asked cardero earlier but I should really have put it to you - Tell me about one friend you have who is more than an object in your mind.
Where are all of these 'open minded scientists' coming from? You think they're all gone, then ...
How do you know?Each person, and everything else for that matter, would esentially be fragments of my own mind, but does that make them imaginary? Not really.
How do you know?
Please elaborate your question. I'm not following. Had a long day.
I find it hard for people to call themselves 'open minded' who have no desire to actually be open minded in the case of faith. You may be open minded to the scientific arguments brought to you by people of faith, but not open minded to the faith itself.
It's fine if you don't agree, I just think flat out rejection of the idea due to lack of scientific basis is not what I would call open minded.
God is like the air, you can't see it but you know it's there.
Hey I'm cool with however you believe, I can respect that, can you do the same for me?
Have a nice evening, Vaya con dios
ANYTHING can be(come) a religion.
Even science.
Gods abound.
And what's wrong with "imaginary" anyway?!
Every great work of art began in the image-in-ation.
or... image-I-nation.
Perhaps... the Nation "I" image in
is the very place where God is found.....
Why should I believe something just because? That is NOT being open minded. That is being willfully ignorant.
Definitions of "religion"
"a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny"
"an institution to express belief in a divine power"
"a set of attitudes, beliefs, and practices pertaining to supernatural power"
Science cannot become a religion, unless you redefine the word religion. Science is the quantification of forces, not the promotion of belief to avoid quantification. Science has nothing to do with human destiny, belief in supernatural powers (unless proven), and well, you've heard the rest.
God is like the air, you can't see it but you know it's there.
Hey I'm cool with however you believe, I can respect that, can you do the same for me?
Have a nice evening, Vaya con dios
"a specific fundamental set of beliefs and practices generally agreed upon by a number of persons or sects: "
"something one believes in and follows devotedly; a point or matter of ethics or conscience"
"the body of persons adhering to a particular set of beliefs and practices"
(dictionary.com)
I completely agree. I have reasons for my belief; they are not 'just because' or because I was raised with them (I grew up in an atheist home, btw.) They just aren't empirically unrefutable scientific evidences.
The air is not the wind.Lame analogy. You can feel and hear the wind. There is no sensory reception of god.