Comments on: My Religious Evolution and the Atheist Revolution http://aldacron.net/blog/2006/10/24/my-religious-evolution-and-the-atheist-revolution/ Searching for reason in an unreasonable world. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:17:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Understanding Islam http://aldacron.net/blog/2006/10/24/my-religious-evolution-and-the-atheist-revolution/comment-page-1/#comment-164 Understanding Islam Tue, 24 Oct 2006 18:38:42 +0000 http://aldacron.net/blog/2006/10/24/my-religious-evolution-and-the-atheist-revolution/#comment-164 Islam, is it how the media portrays it? Is it really all about terrorism and extremism? What do the Muslims believe? What is the Islamic concept of God? What does the Qur'an say about Jesus Christ and what do Muslims believe about Jesus Christ? Ever wondered? Well here is your chance to find out, please visit our blog--> http://thejourney2islam-team.blogspot.com/ Islam, is it how the media portrays it? Is it really all about terrorism and extremism? What do the Muslims believe? What is the Islamic concept of God? What does the Qur’an say about Jesus Christ and what do Muslims believe about Jesus Christ? Ever wondered? Well here is your chance to find out, please visit our blog–> http://thejourney2islam-team.blogspot.com/

]]> By: jory white http://aldacron.net/blog/2006/10/24/my-religious-evolution-and-the-atheist-revolution/comment-page-1/#comment-163 jory white Tue, 24 Oct 2006 17:49:45 +0000 http://aldacron.net/blog/2006/10/24/my-religious-evolution-and-the-atheist-revolution/#comment-163 my mother also dragged me to church untill i was about 13. i remember they first time i started to have doubts. my aunt made me go to church, even though i was very sick with a bad cold. i was about 12. my aunt asked the preacher to lay his hands on me and pray that i would get well. i was thinking, how stupid. if you really want me to get well, take me to the doctor, and put me in bed. what an idiot. so many things contributed to me being an atheist now. i agree with what you said about religion. i always thought that people use it for comfort, and because they are afraid of death., and for an explanation. you can't just weave some story up to explain the universe so you can feel better. sorry that does not work for me. to me the bible is a myth, no different then greek mythology. i don't know why people are still stuck on it after 2000 years. maybe someday people will see the truth. when i use to believe in god,(sort of) when i was a teenager, i would get these doubts in my head about gods existence. i was told if you did not believe in god you would go to hell, so then i would have nightmares that i was in hell. when i completly let go of these beliefs, they nightmares stopped, and i felt so much better. my mother also dragged me to church untill i was about 13. i remember they first time i started to have doubts. my aunt made me go to church, even though i was very sick with a bad cold. i was about 12. my aunt asked the preacher to lay his hands on me and pray that i would get well. i was thinking, how stupid. if you really want me to get well, take me to the doctor, and put me in bed. what an idiot. so many things contributed to me being an atheist now. i agree with what you said about religion. i always thought that people use it for comfort, and because they are afraid of death., and for an explanation. you can’t just weave some story up to explain the universe so you can feel better. sorry that does not work for me. to me the bible is a myth, no different then greek mythology. i don’t know why people are still stuck on it after 2000 years. maybe someday people will see the truth. when i use to believe in god,(sort of) when i was a teenager, i would get these doubts in my head about gods existence. i was told if you did not believe in god you would go to hell, so then i would have nightmares that i was in hell. when i completly let go of these beliefs, they nightmares stopped, and i felt so much better.

]]> By: Aldacron http://aldacron.net/blog/2006/10/24/my-religious-evolution-and-the-atheist-revolution/comment-page-1/#comment-162 Aldacron Tue, 24 Oct 2006 17:15:19 +0000 http://aldacron.net/blog/2006/10/24/my-religious-evolution-and-the-atheist-revolution/#comment-162 Whether or not science can provide a complete description of reality is largely irrelevant. It does do a much better job than religion. By understanding the mechanisms of our reality, science enables us to manipulate the environment in ways that are beneficial. But it also enables us to do things that are harmful to us all, nuclear weapons being the penultimate example. Still, science itself is harmless. It is the ideologies of religion and politics that cause people to use it in harmful ways. Dawkins proclaims that science is a better answer than religion. While I agree that religion is a nasty thing, I purposely avoided mentioning science in this post as I don't see the two as being equivalent. Science tries to answer some of the same questions religion does as far as explaining how we came to be, but it doesn't fill the other roles. Whether or not science can provide a complete description of reality is largely irrelevant. It does do a much better job than religion. By understanding the mechanisms of our reality, science enables us to manipulate the environment in ways that are beneficial. But it also enables us to do things that are harmful to us all, nuclear weapons being the penultimate example. Still, science itself is harmless. It is the ideologies of religion and politics that cause people to use it in harmful ways.

Dawkins proclaims that science is a better answer than religion. While I agree that religion is a nasty thing, I purposely avoided mentioning science in this post as I don’t see the two as being equivalent. Science tries to answer some of the same questions religion does as far as explaining how we came to be, but it doesn’t fill the other roles.

]]> By: Shajan Mathew http://aldacron.net/blog/2006/10/24/my-religious-evolution-and-the-atheist-revolution/comment-page-1/#comment-161 Shajan Mathew Tue, 24 Oct 2006 13:27:50 +0000 http://aldacron.net/blog/2006/10/24/my-religious-evolution-and-the-atheist-revolution/#comment-161 I don't believe in a personal God either. But I am convinced that science or objective knowledge can never provide a complete description for the reality I experience. May be one should ask the question 'what is science?' much more seriously. I don’t believe in a personal God either. But I am convinced that science or objective knowledge can never provide a complete description for the reality I experience. May be one should ask the question ‘what is science?’ much more seriously.

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