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Old 05-16-2008, 02:31 AM
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Is it possible that religion has a tendency to make people afraid of knowledge?

Dont assume that a religious person is looking for truth in his/her spirituality. As a Roman Catholic I can tell you that when I want inspiration and motivation to do whats right, I look twards religion. When I want knowledge, I open a science book. They both play different roles in my life, and they arn't mutually exclusive. I believe in the Big Bang and Evolution, but I also believe the root of all that is God. Dont assume that science is all that rational and pure. The truth is much of what we know about history is speculation and "educated guesses," some turn out to he highly probably, others are disproved. The same stands for the physical science. Have you personally seen an electron, atom, or human cell? No, nobody has. Its a matter of "secular" faith. Some physisist tells you it make mathematical sense, and you believe it, I believe it. Have you seen an organism evolve? Can you tell me exactly what caused the Bronze Age collapse of Greece, where you there? No. I hope you get my point, you read these answers in a book and take them to be true. Every idea about the world you have, some fare more informed scholar will disagree with you. Atheists, please dont pretend to be some uber-rational superhuman, you read stuff in books and take it to be true. Granted, many of the things you read is more proveable than that which is in the Bible, but you are making the mistake of looking for fact. A spiritual person looks for illumination.
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