The Clash Between Religion & Science
I come from a very religious family, and while we are not always big church goers we've always had a belief in "god". Then of course I grew up, does that mean I rejected "god"? Not necessarily, it does mean I have for the most part rejected the idea of embracing one religion. Now, you would think that the two would go hand in hand but not necessarily. After all "god" is the being who created us apparently, while religion is a bunch of rules on how to worship him/her/it.

So yes, I believe in "god". Half of the reason why is because I honestly believe there is a god, and half is because there is absolutely no way to prove or disprove god. Will that change in the future, I dunno, I'll need more data. I would think though that if there is a "god" that he would want me to use my brain to the best of my ability instead of just believing in him/her/it because I should be a sheep.

Anyway, what do I have against religion? The problem is, all those rules were written by men (maybe some women? Heh, probably not). Anyway, they were written by us human and if you can agree on anything its that we have a tendency to get things wrong most of the time. Just flipping through the bible or any "holy" book will tell you as much.

Here's a good example, homosexuality is considered a "no-no" in our interpretation of it through the bible. While any modern doctor/scientist will tell you that there is a good chance homosexuality is caused by your brain getting re-wired from what is considered "normal". While the evidence is not exactly concrete as of yet there are similar examples that give at best the possibility of this being true. The best examples I can think of are autism for proof of brains being rewired, and when people are born with both sexes.

It's little things like that, and the religious establishment believing firmly in them against what we can say through science that turns me off of religion (among other things).



The next example I can think of is the belief that the earth is only several thousand years old. Now, I don't think this one is as widespread but still it is another inconsistent view held by those of religion against science.

Anyway, needless to say religion and science are at war with each other. Religion is going to eventually loose. I don't see that as a bad thing though, where is a written that our understand is complete? Why does the bible have to be complete truth? Why can't it be an evolution of understanding? :P

Most of the people who wrote the bible for example could hardly imagine the world we live in today. Airplanes, spacecraft, robots, etc. I mean seriously, where are the religious sects to damn the scientist for making soulless demons? So if they couldn't know any of that, how exactly are they suppose to be infallible?

Does that mean religion and war are always going to be at war, yes and no. Yes if they refuse to believe that our understanding is ever changing. No, if they can admit that even they don't really know squat when it comes down to it.

P.S.

One other thing, I'm annoyed by the lack of belief in science as if believing in science will somehow invalidate your belief in God. Example: My mum, told me that there is no way scientist know in reality the age of the earth etc. When the beauty of science is what you can prove or disprove, and even when you can't exactly prove it you still have a pretty damn good idea its true. Take gravity for example, its still a theory, does that mean I don't believe in it? Nope.

Anyway that's my little rant, hopefully it made sense.