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Science is a false God

Audie

Veteran Member
Really? Can you take a moment and prove what’s so stagnating about these?

"For “whoever would love life and see good days must guard his tongue from bad and his lips from speaking deception. Let him turn away from what is bad and do what is good; let him seek peace and pursue it." -1 Peter 3:11

“But now you must put them all away from you: wrath, anger, badness, abusive speech, and obscene talk out of your mouth. Do not lie to one another. Accordingly, as God’s chosen ones, holy and loved, clothe yourselves with the tender affections of compassion, kindness, humility, mildness, and patience. Continue putting up with one another and forgiving one another freely even if anyone has a cause for complaint against another. Just as Jehovah freely forgave you, you must also do the same. But besides all these things, clothe yourselves with love, for it is a perfect bond of union.” - Colossians 3:8,9, 12-14.

“Never be anxious about the next day, for the next day will have its own anxieties. Each day has enough of its own troubles.” -Matthew 6:34

““You heard that it was said: ‘You must love your neighbor and hate your enemy. However, I say to you: Continue to love your enemies and to pray for those who persecute you, so that you may prove yourselves sons of your Father who is in the heavens, since he makes his sun rise on both the wicked and the good and makes it rain on both the righteous and the unrighteous. For if you love those loving you, what reward do you have?" (Matthew 5:43-46)

“Even a child is known by his actions, whether his behavior is pure and right.” -Proverbs 20:11​


You know, that is all terrific stuff. Seriously.

You are though mixing things up a bit. All of that is
folk wisdom, and is closely matched in ancient Chinese
teachings, and, I expect, pretty much every culture.

Notice plz that none of it is about worshipping a god?

No prayer, burnt offering, nothing.

Notice too that some bible- advice is not so cool.

Stoning people, nailing slave ear to door, say.

Those are folk wisdom ideas that were not so wise,
and have been (wisely) dropped.
 

JChnsc19

Member
I really do not think it reasonable to say that the "religion
taught" hand washing etc. A lot of what goes into the
book(s) is in no way even presented as "god's word",
but rather, it is a people's folk wisdom, anecdotes and history.

To even remotely suggest that "god" passed the word on
cleanliness etc- and someone dutifully wrote it down to
put in the bible so the religion can teach it, well, that is
just not an idea to garner any respect and credibility.
I don’t think it’s reasonable either I was being facetious
 

Earthling

David Henson
Beats me. Ask the person who made the original post. I don’t see any gods, science included

If you don't know what a false god is it must be safe to conclude you don't know what a true god is in which case how could you expect to see any?
 

columbus

yawn <ignore> yawn
Science and God definitely have one thing in common.

They are both abstract concepts that often are discussed as though they had objective existence. But they don't.
Tom
 

Maximilian

Energetic proclaimer of Jehovah God's Kingdom.
You know, that is all terrific stuff. Seriously.

You are though mixing things up a bit. All of that is
folk wisdom, and is closely matched in ancient Chinese
teachings, and, I expect, pretty much every culture.

Notice plz that none of it is about worshipping a god?

No prayer, burnt offering, nothing.

Notice too that some bible- advice is not so cool.

Stoning people, nailing slave ear to door, say.

Those are folk wisdom ideas that were not so wise,
and have been (wisely) dropped.


First, the Bible is the Inspired Word of God so nothing within its pages is "folk wisdom."


Second, on what objective moral basis do you dare condemn anyone's moral values? Who made you God Almighty?
 

Timothy Spurlin

Active Member
Many who say there is no God because science can't prove it actually worship science.

"Let us notice this morning how modern man has made a god of science. It was quite easy for modern man to put his ultimate faith in science because science had brought about such remarkable advances, such tangible and amazing victories. He realized that man through his scientific genius had dwarfed distances and placed time in chains. He noticed the new comforts that had been brought about by science, from the vast improvements in communication to the elimination of many dread plagues and diseases. And so after noticing these astounding successes modern man ushered in a new god and a new religion. Individual scientist became the high priests, chemical and biological instrumants became sacramental agencies through which the invisible grace of the scientific god became visibly manifested, and scientific laboratories became the sanctuaries. And so modern man dutifully worshipped at the shrine of the god of science.

But today we are confronted with the tragic fact that the god of science which we so devoutly worshipped has brought about the possibility of universal annihilation, and so man today stands on the brink of atomic destruction aghast, panic-stricken and petrified. He realizes now that his greatest need is not science which is power, but wisdom which is control. Doubtless some one has been saying, but is it not right to devote ourselves to scientific adventure? Is not science important for the progress of civilization? To this I would answer yes. No person of sound intelligence could minimize science. It is not science in itself that I am condemning, {but it is the tendency of projecting it to the status of God that I am condemning.} We must come to see that science only furnishes us with the means by which we live, but never with the spiritual ends for which we live. And so we must turn back and give our ultimate devotion to the God who integrates the whole of life, to the God in whom we live and move and have our being, to the God who has been our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, our shelter from the stormy blast, and our eternal home.6 Preached July 5, 1953"

False Gods We Worship | The Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute

Science is not a religion. Science deals in objective evidence.
What objective evidence do you have for a god?
All religion has is subjective evidence that a god exist.
 

Audie

Veteran Member
First, the Bible is the Inspired Word of God so nothing within its pages is "folk wisdom."


Second, on what objective moral basis do you dare condemn anyone's moral values? Who made you God Almighty?

Every single word is god -inspired, by your figurin'?

If you have no prob. with breaking into a city,
killing everyone but the virgin girls, then, if yiu say so,
you dont.

You have a lot in common with them talibans, except
for you picked the wrong god.
 

Maximilian

Energetic proclaimer of Jehovah God's Kingdom.
Every single word is god -inspired, by your figurin'?

If you have no prob. with breaking into a city,
killing everyone but the virgin girls, then, if yiu say so,
you dont.

To what event are you specifically referring to?
 

Timothy Spurlin

Active Member
I would say Science in it self is not wrong, nor is it bad for religions. It is just a different way looking at the truth. Because even religion and science do see truth in different ways we can not say any of them are wrong. (in my understanding)

Science deals in facts and objective evidence.
Religion deals in subjective experiences from the mind. Religion lacks objective evidence for a god existing.
 

Timothy Spurlin

Active Member
First, the Bible is the Inspired Word of God so nothing within its pages is "folk wisdom."


Second, on what objective moral basis do you dare condemn anyone's moral values? Who made you God Almighty?

The Bible is the claim not the evidence. The Bible is a book written by humans to control other humans.
Morals are subjective, not objective. If morals come from god, they would be subjective coming from god's mind.
 
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