Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Religion and Prejudice and Science

  • Belief in the “scientific method” is a belief that the universe can provably be understood. finding ways to test theories that the results of cannot be disputed. This is also a good way to solve arguments with friends or family.
  • Spiritualism” in my own definition means being open to all religious or spiritual or supernatural ideas
  • Religious” in my personal definition means that you show solidarity with only one religious or supernatural view point and are unwilling to change it, and block out all new view points.(using the bible to win arguments).
  • Prejudice” in my opinion is separating yourself from other groups of any label
I first suggest to any religious or spiritual prescriber, to research what the scientific method is and then decide whether you would like to believe in that. Then you can continually read books on the universe that you live in, written by scientists that use the scientific method. And put the pieces together for yourself. This way you are more objective and unbiased when you explain to others actual workings of the universe and not just hearsay opinion.

Any view point if held too fanatically by the individual has now become prejudice. Even if those ideas are based on actual science. Anything is possible because if you say it is impossible then you are implying that you know everything about the universe and that you know all of the possibilities. And I can prove anyone wrong about that by just asking you what causes gravity, or even magnetism. Or you could be misinterpreting those facts or are interpreting them in a biased way. To prove biased ideas or ideals.(radicals of science or religion)

It is not any religion that causes the evil in the world, because a religion is just written words in a book. It is the people behind the religion that use the religion as only an outlet for their inborn fanatical human tendencies. Prejudice (a human tendency) can be in the guise of any religion and fuel war.
LATER ADDED : Practicing religion is practicing at "believing whatever you hear". Despite of all of the contradictions that you come across in any religion. With an original philosopher's good philosophy soon come followers. And where you have followers you soon have leaders. And where you have leaders you soon have corrupted leaders. So that no matter how well intentioned the original philosophy is, it will eventually be used to get power or to control the people. And if I was the devil I would be pumping out new religions all the time to breed corrupted people.(This idea was contributed by my dad, which I agree with logically)

Fascism: It's okay when you get to control other people, because, besides, you're right all the time anyways. But when other people or the government are controlling you, it doesn't feel so good all of a sudden. Hell is having no control over your circumstances or an impossible to understand universe. Heaven is a universe that is understandable and controllable. And if earth can be understandable and controllable, then heaven on earth is possible.

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