- 08 Aug 2007 13:31
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I have the same urge to read the Bible, but then I do have a feeling it will resolve nothing. As I've learned, these texts are too ambiguous to really use them in an argument. If anything, I personally think those stories should be taken symbolically, not literally, but then what else is there to say?
For that matter I absolutely agree with Eauz that the basis for religion is faith, not reason or logic. Therefore, it's knowledge is useless in argument since it relies essentially on something which cannot be proven, whether it's one's intuition or one's own thought-through philosophy on life and the universe.
This is why I'm not too fond of people like Dawkins or scientists who try to argue with religion, because it totally ignores the manner in which religion is maintained and exercised by the populace.
For that matter I absolutely agree with Eauz that the basis for religion is faith, not reason or logic. Therefore, it's knowledge is useless in argument since it relies essentially on something which cannot be proven, whether it's one's intuition or one's own thought-through philosophy on life and the universe.
This is why I'm not too fond of people like Dawkins or scientists who try to argue with religion, because it totally ignores the manner in which religion is maintained and exercised by the populace.
“When man meets an obstacle he can't destroy, he destroys himself.”
Ryszard Kapuscinski
Ryszard Kapuscinski