Religious Views
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There is some quote the simplest answer is usually the correct one. Those aren't the exact words but anyway point is I think science will come to see that the universe is not complex at all but rather very simple.
I think science will eventually come to credit what religions have been practicing/teaching for years. Without all the bullshit about going to hell.
I think science will eventually come to credit what religions have been practicing/teaching for years. Without all the bullshit about going to hell.
These all seem relevant.
Anything you don't understand, Mr. Rankin, you attribute to God. God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off and say God did it. -[Dr. Arroway in Carl Sagan's Contact (New York: Pocket Books, 1985), p. 166.]
Part of my message is that we're not central to the purpose of the Cosmos. What happened to me makes us all seem very small. [Dr. Arroway in Carl Sagan's Contact (New York: Pocket Books, 1985), p. 420.]
In many cultures it is customary to answer that God created the universe out of nothing. But this is mere temporizing. If we wish courageously to pursue the question, we must, of course ask next where God comes from? And if we decide this to be unanswerable, why not save a step and conclude that the universe has always existed? [Carl Sagan, Cosmos, page 257]
If we're capable of conjuring up terrifying monsters in childhood, why shouldn't some of us, at least on occasion, be able to fantasize something similar, something truly horrifying, a shared delusion, as adults? [Carl Sagan, The Demon Haunted World, p. 109]
If you want to save your child from polio, you can pray or you can inoculate....Try science. [Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World, p. 30, ]
Anything you don't understand, Mr. Rankin, you attribute to God. God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off and say God did it. -[Dr. Arroway in Carl Sagan's Contact (New York: Pocket Books, 1985), p. 166.]
Part of my message is that we're not central to the purpose of the Cosmos. What happened to me makes us all seem very small. [Dr. Arroway in Carl Sagan's Contact (New York: Pocket Books, 1985), p. 420.]
In many cultures it is customary to answer that God created the universe out of nothing. But this is mere temporizing. If we wish courageously to pursue the question, we must, of course ask next where God comes from? And if we decide this to be unanswerable, why not save a step and conclude that the universe has always existed? [Carl Sagan, Cosmos, page 257]
If we're capable of conjuring up terrifying monsters in childhood, why shouldn't some of us, at least on occasion, be able to fantasize something similar, something truly horrifying, a shared delusion, as adults? [Carl Sagan, The Demon Haunted World, p. 109]
If you want to save your child from polio, you can pray or you can inoculate....Try science. [Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World, p. 30, ]
That irks me when people do that what is the point. Whatever we haven't figured out is because it's God's mystery, only until we've figured it out, then it's not God's anymore :laugh:.
I think whole-hearted prayer can cure any disease or illness. I think true prayer is recognizing that illness is not an aspect of God, and therefore overlooking it in the other person, and "curing" what was never real in the first place.
I think whole-hearted prayer can cure any disease or illness. I think true prayer is recognizing that illness is not an aspect of God, and therefore overlooking it in the other person, and "curing" what was never real in the first place.
But given all of the information on many different things, scientists OFTEN come to vastly different conclusions or postulate vastly different theories about certain things. The same could be true regarding whether or not God exists as well. One scientist may take the available information and believe it points to the existence of a higher power, while another might see something entirely different. All information is subject to different interpretations. It is only by gathering more information over time that we can begin to whittle away at the various possibilities. Not enough information has been obtained thus far to either prove or disprove the existence of God with any amount of certainty. In fact, many scientists argue that the more information we obtain, the greater the liklihood that God actually exists.
Here we are. I was looking for this. http://www.evilbible.com/Impossible.htm
I know, that's only really Yaweh, and perhaps Allah. They're very similar. Really, though, that is the most popular god.
I know, that's only really Yaweh, and perhaps Allah. They're very similar. Really, though, that is the most popular god.
I don't like English...
What I have to say is that a policeman that breaks the law exists, but isn't really a policeman. By definition, the police are to follow the law and enforce it. By definition, a scientist adheres to the scientific method. In either case, they can exit the confines of their definitions, but in doing so also lose the label.
What I have to say is that a policeman that breaks the law exists, but isn't really a policeman. By definition, the police are to follow the law and enforce it. By definition, a scientist adheres to the scientific method. In either case, they can exit the confines of their definitions, but in doing so also lose the label.
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