Religion Definition and 116 Threads

I am writing an essay for a course regarding the history and philosophy of science. The topic is: "During the 17th century, there was intense interaction between science and religion. Using examples, mount an argument that takes a position on this interaction. In other words, with reference...

Something that is often said in one breath is: "Thats not science! ... Its religion (or pseudo-science)" Is it true that any method which tries to investigate reality but which isn't science, is religion or pseudoscience? Or are there other categories?

I accept theorems on faith, without proof. Sorry, just found the analogy funny. My point is: I really do not like math textbooks (I refer to the calculus/DE level textbooks I have, and my memory from high school of finding math textbooks nearly unreadable). They seem to employ the least...

It seems that most discussion on religions centers on whether a given religion is true or false. The conclusion is that it is unknowable or that the 'winner of the war' will decided. It might be interesting to discuss whether or not religion has VALUE to the individual and/or to society...

Why do religious people accept their religion the way they do? They base their entire lives around something that they know nothing at all about. They have so much fear of going to hell for example, they do nothing bad at all for their whole life, some haven't even touched a beer, haven't...

in the bible, and quran it mentions Earth and heavens and everything was created in 6 days right? in the quran it mentioned that 1 day for god is equivilant to 1000 Earth years. now if 6 days mentioned, means 6 days of God's, that means 6000 Earth years it took to created the universe...

I'm posting this in social sciences because it seems like Richard Dawkins is on a crusade against the social aceptance of religion. So this topic is sort of a religion topic, sort of a biology topic, sort of a physics topic, but allin all its about our society and how we accept beliefs...

Anyone else scared that the veil is causing the sane to be outnumbered (and out-believed) by the "majority". Ever read Ishmael...I know, i know, its only one book, but the idea of religion as mythology is pretty sane, IMHO. Wanting an explanation for "it all" is not the same as having one...

Interesting polling report from Pew Research Center on people's impression of mixing politics and religion: http://pewforum.org/publications/surveys/religion-politics-06.pdf Some of the results are surprising. 69% feel liberals have gone too far in keeping religion out of school and...

The issue of man is an extremely important one. Today's civilizaion has based its religion upon humanism; that is, the originality and worship of man. It is assumed that various religions in the past shattered man's personality, and forced him to sacrifice himself for his gods, admit his...

I don t understand people who feels that the only way to get some type moral guildances, control and spiritual attainment is through religion. The kind of religion that are more or less entail the worshipping of some god or deities. I am disgusted by people who feels the need to reduce the...

http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=118350 I guess the plan to convert all the heathens with displays of a christmas tree and red hats has been found out. :confused: :confused:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Columnists/Column/0,5673,1589406,00.html" Not surprising to some, but new studies shows that Christianity doesn’t necessarily mean morality.

Are you religious? Do you like being part of a team? I have a hypothesis on this, take the poll and give me some data. Data data data!

http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45874 What are your thoughts about this? I didn't post this in the politics section becaues I think it has some philosophical significance.

Read ALL of it: http://www.spaceandmotion.com/Theology-Albert-Einstein.htm BEFORE you reflect. This man has thought far too deeply and he must have read many books. If everyone on Earth developed this understanding there would be no need for so many religions and human unification...

There appears to be a human need for some type of a set of religious beliefs. These beliefs are truths that are generally expected to be accepted without question. Religion typically has dealt with two basic issues: defining accepted behaviors and defining the relationship of individuals to...

Is the unification of religion possible, and if so, what tenets might make it so?

Is religion the source of conflicts or is it merely a convenient way of identifying the combatants? For example the 'Troubles' in Ireland are often characterized as catholics vs protestants where actually many would argue that the root of the conflict lies not in religion but in the fact that...

Hey All, As majority of you people are mainly from europe.A few of you would have ever heard of religion called SIKHISM. As many of you would wonder "oh!...another religion",its strictly not that way.Every religion has its own ways of describing God whether its through a miracle, moral or...

and don't say science :) I myself, am a christian, but am skeptical with all these theory's.

Is http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=science&x=17&y=10 , we see that worship of God is worship of an ultimate truth based in fact. It is easy to accept that religion worships an ultimate truth. but it does not seem clear that science...

There is a human tendency to regard things as holy which is separate from religion or spirituality, though often associated. People have a tendency to in general value some objects or circumstances as special. Superstition involves holy objects + rationalization with a set of beliefs for their...

I have thought and thought about this over and over, and time and again, I come to the conclusion that there cannot be any 'absolute truths', about anything, as after all, each persons reality is different. Just as time is relevant to the observer etc. I believe so too is reality and therefore...

Do you agree than Albert Einstein was basically an atheist? There seem to be rumors that he was not, after all, he did use the word "God" on many occasions. However, I am pretty sure that his "God" was a synonym for Nature. Here is what Einstein had to say: "From the viewpoint of a Jesuit...

I have not seen anything in any holly book including (Bible & Quran) that bears any evidence of a super being’s writing , secretes of the universe or even a plausible reason for creation, other then things like worship me for I am your lord (medieval kings like attitudes) … I am not saying that...

I recently saw the results of the pole, Do you consider organized religon to be a type of Brainwashing? and I was simply astounded by the amount of people who thought it was. I would like someone, just one person to explain to me how organized religion is brainwashing. To me I cannot even think...

Ok. I have a upcoming debate about science and religion, and we were given a task to show our views on this subject given some quotes. Me, daringly ( :-p ) chose einsteins quote, which is: 'Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind' However, when i tried...

This is a subject i'd like to become a lot more educated on. I've seen a lot of science vs religion discussions on various other forums, and a lot of religious fanatics making statements about the flaws in accepted scientific theory... a lot of which I'm skeptical about, but unfortunately I'm...

For any of the Bad Religion fans here, Dr. Graffin now has his PhD dissertation from Cornell available. It is in paperback book form titled "Evolution, Monism, Atheism and the Naturalist World-View: Perspectives from Evolutionary Biology". 252 pages. http://www.cornellevolutionproject.org/...

Hi everyone, I'm new and just wanted to say hello before i got into this topic so...hi! I am sure many of you know that John F. Kennedy was the first and only (as of now) United States President that was Catholic. I too am Catholic (although not as involved as some members of my church)...

Morality? I would like to explore the following concepts. 1. What is morality? 2. Is morality a byproduct of religion/s? (I only know about 3 major religions, Christianity, Judaism and Islam.) & Do all our moral values come from religion/s? 3. Where do you draw the line?

Is religion/politics a major influence in domination and control rather than just human nature? It's natural for living beings to demonstrate behaviour of power and control. However, all species limit this behaviour, except for the case of humans. It is only in human culture we see the abuse...

Like many people, I find myself trying to figure out whether it is possible that we find ourselves in existence on this planet, along with millions of other species of living organism, by utter chance - a random occurrence in a universe/multiverse that we cannot comprehend. But I always find...

Where is religion with no opposing postulate and theorem ? Then religion is true. Religion is proven by it's documented leaders. Christ's postulate is he is the son of God, witnessed by God. Proven by his works to forgive sins and heal. And finally by his resurrection from the dead. I...

Well, the Supreme Court has done it again. They have outlawed a scholarship student from pursuing a degree in divinity. Now, how long can a Nation survive when the Supreme Courts keep separating our Nation from God? I say, not long. Our Nation is headed down the tubes at an ever...

I am writing a HSC report on whether or not religion contradicts science (vise versa) and if so whether or not this then affects the way people follow their belief systems. I am Catholic myself, so I am able to think up evidence for the Christian and parts for the Jewish religions. (i.e. '7...

One of the thoughts that my mind keeps generating is "Poetry is the music of ideas and music is the poetry of emotions." I do not appreciate Poetry being reduced to or called "mental speculation." "Spitituality is the music of the soul expressed through the poetry of living" Spirituality...

What is Religion?? in ur opinion, what do you think religion is in our world today?...

I'm not really going to comment to much on this. I was just wondering what some people's opinions were on the differences, if any, between philosophy and religion. I think some confusion arises because there can be more than one meaning to the word "philosophy". It could mean a belief system...

The following is from http://www.thebirdman.org/Index/Relig/Relig-Atheist.html The Falsity of Religion: Twelve Indisputable Arguments By John "Birdman" Bryant Religion today hangs on the horns of a dilemma: On the one hand, it is false in the scientific sense, as we shall demonstrate...

What do you guys think about ghosts? The idea that ghosts exist is usually thought to be a by-product of some sort of supernatural event, such as the death of someone generating a disembodied spirit or soul. Something that is beyond death, but trapped between here (Earth) and there (Heaven or...

Religion disproving Evolution and proving Creation through Science? Why must Religous leaders attempt to disprove evolution and prove creationism through science? A Biology instructor, I once had, made the comment: "This is science class, in science class we play science and in church we...

Tell me if you think this is a possibility: It came to me in Church today. Could religion be instilled in us through evolution as a way of allowing us to have intelligence and consciousness and not kill ourselves in large amounts? If everybody realized that there was no point to life aside...

So what do you think about the "war" between science and religion!

I have grown up christian and thought nothing of it now though i am beginning to doubt christianity and believe in evolution and stuff such as that. has anyone else had that problem or am i alone...is there a way to believe in both?

Ok, I realize that we are opening a potential can of worms with this one... I don't intend this as a call to turn S&D into a new religion forum though, but to work out boundaries in case we get the stuff later. At which point can we say that a discussion of the religion can be done in this...

The religion forum is hidden behind the Philosophy link and, it seems, no new threads can be started. Is this a prelude to discontinuing that forum?

Well that's a disappointment. No religion forum. I did participate in other forums like politics, general discussion, philosophy and feedback, but I think most of my posts were in the religion forum. From the number of posts and threads there it is clear that religion was a very popular topic...

Where (specifically) does it talk about a One-World Religion in the Bible?