Is Science the Whore of Babylon? (Bible term)

[Evangelicalhumanist]

Is @questfortruth really looking for truth?

 

[Rival]

Is @questfortruth really looking for truth?

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[metis]

Science has done two things: created viruses for bio-weaponry (to reduce the less rich population), and created the shots against them. Business and pleasure.

Rand Paul says a lot of things, and that's not a compliment btw. He loves to grandstand, so it's quite difficult to always tell if he's putting on a show or whether he actually believes in some of the nonsense he mouths.

@questfortruth -

I have never seen anyone else so intent, so eager, to marginalize themselves, to make themselves totally irrelevant.

How about Giuliani?

 

[RestlessSoul]

It wasn't science that dropped the bombs.

But the incontrovertible fact remains, that physicists developed them.

 

[Secret Chief]

No, you have to come.

Cheeky.

 

[ChristineM]

But the incontrovertible fact remains, that physicists developed them.

And christians used them

 

[halbhh]

Science has done two things: created viruses for bio-weaponry (to reduce the less rich population), and created the shots against them. Business and pleasure.

Here, this should help rule out some things (like science) that don't really fit all those prophecies (by including more of the parts instead of leaving them out):
What is the whore of Babylon / mystery Babylon? | GotQuestions.org
A more reasonable fit might be the programming (gradual cultural conditioning) towards materialistic over indulgence that for instance American culture has gradually become and has spread around the world.

 

[questfortruth]

Here, this should help rule out some things (like science) that don't really fit all those prophecies

Science is holy, holy, holy! Science is a goddess?

 

[Martin]

Do you do home visits?

For some reason I had this image of her turning up in a chariot, like Boudica.

 

[metis]

Here, this should help rule out some things (like science) that don't really fit all those prophecies (by including more of the parts instead of leaving them out):
What is the whore of Babylon / mystery Babylon? | GotQuestions.org
A more reasonable fit might be the programming (gradual cultural conditioning) towards materialistic over indulgence that for instance American culture has gradually become and has spread around the world.

Your link is nonsensical and displays religious bigotry as "Babylon the Great" was used as a reference to the Roman Empire, not the "Roman" Catholic Church as the Roman Empire was an enemy of the Church.

Ya, I was taught the same nonsense when I was a child growing up in my fundamentalist Protestant church but left it in my mid-20's when I finally did do the "homework".

 

[F1fan]

It wasn't science that dropped the bombs.

Exactly. Scientists who developed nuclear power actually wanted the atomic bomb demonstrated to an international audience and not used on targets where many civilians would die. It was a political decision to reject this and make an example of two cities.

 

[Father Heathen]

But the incontrovertible fact remains, that physicists developed them.

If someone smashed your skull open with a hammer, would that make hammers evil?

 

[Father Heathen]

Science is holy, holy, holy! Science is a goddess?

Science is a tool; a method of obtaining knowledge and understanding. Only intentions are "good" or "evil".

 

[RestlessSoul]

If someone smashed your skull open with a hammer, would that make hammers evil?

They'd find it a lot easier and more efficient with a battle-axe.

Ever tried putting a nail in the wall with a nuclear weapon?

 

[Father Heathen]

They'd find it a lot easier and more efficient with a battle-axe.

Ever tried putting a nail in the wall with a nuclear weapon?

No, but I've seen nuclear reactors create power for cities.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I have been told multiple times that I, in fact, am the Whore of Babylon.

Science can take a hike, then. That crown is mine.

Then you take a little hike over here and keep your wife company and pleasured.

 

[halbhh]

Your link is nonsensical and displays religious bigotry as "Babylon the Great" was used as a reference to the Roman Empire, not the "Roman" Catholic Church as the Roman Empire was an enemy of the Church.

Ya, I was taught the same nonsense when I was a child growing up in my fundamentalist Protestant church but left it in my mid-20's when I finally did do the "homework".

You do realize I'm not you, yes? It seems above you are attempting to suggest I'm just you from your 20s in that regard. Obviously impossible, but also not even likely to be partly similar.

I'm not the author of that link, but it illustrates that there is more than 1 verse involved and that the identity of Babylon here is a mystery (a non-trivial mystery). By the way, I'm not anti-Catholic.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

And christians used them

Good point. It was ultimately built by a lot of Jews who were scared Hitler might get it first. But the protested it's use, because Hitler was defeated without and the clock was winding down for Japan.
But those god-fearing Christian men went ahead and used it anyways just to test it out and see what it can do. Such ad how Nagasaki wasn't the original target, but it had been spared prior bombing (unlike the original target) and thus was selected to see the full destructive capabilities of the bomb.

 

[RestlessSoul]

No, but I've seen nuclear reactors create power for cities.

I don’t think anyone is denying mankind’s remarkable history of scientific achievements. But you cannot, as a champion of Science, demand adulation for those achievements without at least acknowledging the part scientific discoveries have contributed, in bringing us to the brink of self annihilation.

 

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Why did I laugh so hard at this, I don't know.