#religion #science #knowledge #fanaticism
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@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon Also science: I don't know the truth.
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@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon Prove me (right/wrong)
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@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon In reality, the pile of scientific papers saying "I don't know enough" is only *just* starting to catch up with the pile of religious texts saying "I know everything".
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@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon One builds prisons. The other builds better questions.
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@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon "Science and Religion are like the shoes on your feet. You can get further with both than with just one."
Modern Biblical scholarship is very much based on the scientific method. What's wrong is that _churches_ have not kept up, and even where they have, they don't educate their members.
Martin Gardner said a pastor has to choose between being a loyal liar or a truthful traitor.
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@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon "Science and Religion are like the shoes on your feet. You can get further with both than with just one."
Modern Biblical scholarship is very much based on the scientific method. What's wrong is that _churches_ have not kept up, and even where they have, they don't educate their members.
Martin Gardner said a pastor has to choose between being a loyal liar or a truthful traitor.
@agreeable_landfall @The_Whore_of_Blahbylon
Pastors have another choice - leave and join something useful like an NGO or charity...
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