Hmmm, anyways...
Console wrote:Actually, religion doesn't answer any question about the Big Bang, and unless you're religious the answer to the question about what happens after death is simple, nothing; you're dead.
I may have not made that part clear. I mean - where do we come from. The religions have their answer and science has its answer. However, the scientific answer doesn't have the answer to the bit before the big bang where as religions get that part over and done with with relative ease.
If there was nothing before the two wee particles collided and made the universe - where were the particles in the first place. Science can't quite get an answer to this yet, so its one of the two anchors that the churches are holding on to. I think its a bit of a pretty thin rope though.
Console wrote:Some do say the ignorance is bliss, but I, personally, would rather have my eyes open than have them shut tight, with my fingers in my ears shouting nah-ne-nah-ne-nah-nah.
Canna argue there.
Console wrote:Religion is fascinating, some of the mythology behind it is incredible. It is odd though, the more I learn about the various religions the less I understand how anyone could choose to believe in any one of them; what makes the one they chose correct?
Absolutly.
I remember seeing a documentary about the history of the catholic church and the bible.
I can't remember the whole facts, but the Bible was put together by the vatican in something like the 4th or 5th centuary. There was something in the region of 30 gospels which were whittled down to the ones that we know today. This was because the politics of the time wanted a standard story of Christ being told so they chose the versions which all agreed with each other.
Skip forward a few hundred years, and we meet Henry VIII. He wanted to divorce and remarry - something which the catholic church wasn't keen on so he moved Britain over to a Protestant nation and appointed himself the guy in charge. I think I'm right in saying he translated the Bible from latin into english and changed several chunks of it while doing so. Because at the time, only ministers and folk of the church could speak latin, no-one questioned these changes.
It always amuses me that people put so much faith into words that were written by men nearly two thousand years ago that were trying to protect their wealth and avoid wars etc and then re-written by a guy that chopped off his wives head if he wanted to marry someone else!
And then you get the whole question over the church and how trustworthy they are! But I cant be arsed typing all that out.
timp989 wrote:That is an acheivement! You've not been a member for that long!
In other words: "you talk too much".
Viv wrote:I just like him a lot, he's very smart without putting me down (unlike console), and he's a good soul. he's my fave on the forum.
Thank you. Although I really don't understand you.
boboff wrote:It is used to sedate and control, give structure to society and meaning to our lives ( existence ?)
I think thats a valid statement, although I don't know how much it affects us now. Not in this country anyways, maybe in others, I don't know.
Whatever way you want to think about it is cool with me and as I have said, I do sometimes get jealous of those who have a belief that I can't.
I only get annoyed when people start pushing their ideas on others. I don't mind discussing it, but when it turns into an arguement which is basically "I'm right and your wrong" - thats when it needs to stop.
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