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The Religious/Atheist/Agnostic/Deist/ Theism/Science? and Poll

The Religious/Atheist/Agnostic/Deist/ Theism/Science?


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I believe in a Creator –Theism
Science and Religious belief can coexist

Not only can religion and science coexist in society but they can coexist, with no necessary contradiction, in a single, faithful mind.

That isn't always the case when talking about a religious mind.
 
I cannot understand how anybody who knows anything, almost at all, can read any religious thing and not consider it obvious drivel.

In my experience it really all depends on what kind of "religious thing" one is reading.

I find the writings of contemplatives and apophatics from many religious denominations to be spiritually enlightening. Where the two overlap, all the better.
 
You can have atheist religions; Communism and Nazism for example. But even here having a skeptical mind gets rid of the drivel.


No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No you can't. Is capitalism a religion? Is feminism a religion? Ideologies and economic policies ARE NOT RELIGIONS.
 
No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No you can't. Is capitalism a religion? Is feminism a religion? Ideologies and economic policies ARE NOT RELIGIONS.

Oh yes they are.
 
Edit; You can have atheist religions; Communism and Nazism for example. But even here having a skeptical mind gets rid of the drivel.
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What makes you think either of those things are religions
 
The Religious/Atheist/Agnostic/Deist/ Theism/Science?
I am an Atheist
I am Agnostic
I believe in a Creator –Theism
I am a Deist
Science and Religious belief can coexist
Science and Religious belief cannot coexist


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I am an atheist, by the second descriptor of the definition provided: one who disbelieves in gods. That is not the same as denial. I just see no reason to accept their existence as true with the current lack of evidence.

I didn't vote on the second aspect: whether science is compatible with religion. Reason being, it depends what you mean by "science."

If you are going to be a scientist, I think you must always be open to reconsidering your beliefs in light of the evidence. But you could still be an agnostic theist and be a scientist, under that mode of thinking.

However, individual scientific concepts never completely disprove deities, at least not at this point. For example, while evolution does disprove the "seven days" creation myth, it does not necessarily rule out the possibility of a god planting the seed of life so that evolution could take hold. Abiogenesis is the field of scientific study dedicated to figuring out how life started, but as of now, there is no theory that has overwhelming evidence and support, so there is no reason why believing a god planted life is incompatible with evolution.

I personally think that defaulting to believing "god did it" is a bit silly, since there is no evidence of that either. But science cannot currently exclude it, therefore it is not mutually exclusive with science.
 
I am an atheist, by the second descriptor of the definition provided: one who disbelieves in gods. That is not the same as denial. I just see no reason to accept their existence as true with the current lack of evidence.

I didn't vote on the second aspect: whether science is compatible with religion. Reason being, it depends what you mean by "science."

If you are going to be a scientist, I think you must always be open to reconsidering your beliefs in light of the evidence. But you could still be an agnostic theist and be a scientist, under that mode of thinking.

However, individual scientific concepts never completely disprove deities, at least not at this point. For example, while evolution does disprove the "seven days" creation myth, it does not necessarily rule out the possibility of a god planting the seed of life so that evolution could take hold. Abiogenesis is the field of scientific study dedicated to figuring out how life started, but as of now, there is no theory that has overwhelming evidence and support, so there is no reason why believing a god planted life is incompatible with evolution.

I personally think that defaulting to believing "god did it" is a bit silly, since there is no evidence of that either. But science cannot currently exclude it, therefore it is not mutually exclusive with science.

Thank you for a very informative reply.
 
Oh yes they are.

Forcing the square atheism peg into the round religious hole requires expanding the definition of religion to the point that taking a **** in the morning qualifies as a religion.
 
Ohhhh yes they are.

Continuing to claim it won't change the fact that religions don't exist without supernatural beings. None of which exist in ANY of the ideologies you mentioned.
 
Forcing the square atheism peg into the round religious hole requires expanding the definition of religion to the point that taking a **** in the morning qualifies as a religion.

There's all types of religion. Those that want to convert others, those that don't, those that don't have a god (Bhuddhism), those that have many.

Even some where the majority of adherents don't even know what(or who) they are worshipping, such as Scientology and Feminism/political correctness.
 
Continuing to claim it won't change the fact that religions don't exist without supernatural beings. None of which exist in ANY of the ideologies you mentioned.

I didn't mention them.
 
Just the same, there is no such thing as religions without supernatural beings. :shrug:

I didn't say they don't have a supernatural being.
 
I didn't mention them.

Can you please get rid of the emoticons at the bottom of your posts? They're really distracting.
 
I do not believe in the supernatural. I am an atheist.

Science is the study of the natural. I don't believe it's possible for religion to relegate itself entirely to the supernatural, and as such inherent conflicts are inevitable.
 
The Religious/Atheist/Agnostic/Deist/ Theism/Science?
I am an Atheist
I am Agnostic
I believe in a Creator –Theism
I am a Deist
Science and Religious belief can coexist
Science and Religious belief cannot coexist


Agnostic | Define Agnostic at Dictionary.com

Atheist | Define Atheist at Dictionary.com

Theism | Define Theism at Dictionary.com

Deist | Define Deist at Dictionary.com

I could care less about the Christian God. If he wants to punish me for trying to be the best person I can be loving and caring and all that he can have a giant F you as far as I'm concerned. Now mother Earth Gaia seems to be pretty cool.
 
Lmao, no they don't. Name one?

Satan.


Like Scientology, most don't know who they are worshipping...

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I'm putting you and your little rule-book-for-reality on ignore. Bye.
 
I'm a theist (Christian) and science and religion can coexist just fine, they're doing that right now -- best exemplified in the first world, developed nations across the world. There's only conflict if you want there to be conflict.
 
Satan.


Like Scientology, most don't know who they are worshipping...

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I'm putting you and your little rule-book-for-reality on ignore. Bye.

This is Justin Timberlake. He use to be in a group called N'Sync. This is his reaction to your post:

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