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- From: gene@aee.aee.com (Gene Kochanowsky)
- Subject: Re: Religion & Physics Don't Mix
- Message-ID: <1992Nov6.145757.26607@aee.aee.com>
- Organization: Associated Electronic Engineers
- References: <1992Nov4.182157.17016@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU+ <73642@hydra.gatech.EDU+ <1992Nov4.225441.22809@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU+ <73753@hydra.gatech.EDU>
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 14:57:57 GMT
- Lines: 43
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- cegtitd@prism.gatech.EDU (Tim Dodd) writes:
-
- >In article <1992Nov4.225441.22809@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU+ crb7q@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Cameron Randale Bass) writes:
- >+In article <73642@hydra.gatech.EDU+ cegtitd@prism.gatech.EDU (Tim Dodd) writes:
- >++In article <1992Nov4.182157.17016@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU+ crb7q@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Cameron Randale Bass) writes:
- >+++In article <1992Nov4.171314.22145@ugle.unit.no+ kim@Lise.Unit.NO (Kim Gunnar Stvringyhus) writes:
- >+++++ Why do certain people have such difficulty with the proposition
- >+++++ that there are domains which 'science' and 'logic' can never reach?
- >+++++ dale bass
-
- I have no difficulty with this at all. Religion at its base is about
- a thing called faith. If you wish to understand religion you must understand
- faith.
-
- Faith is the unquestioning acceptance of beliefs. This is important,
- if you question the beliefs, then you do not have faith. Ask any priest,
- minister, mullah, rabbi, shaman, witch doctor you come across. If you wish
- to become a "__________" (fill in the blank), then you must accept fully
- the "_________" (fill in the blank) of "__________" (fill in the blank).
- After this acceptance you will be "saved", "accepted into Vallhalla", be
- able to "join your ancestors in piece" or what ever else makes you feel
- comfortable with the after life.
-
- In Science everything is fair game for questioning. It is expected
- that everything will be questioned. Therefore, people in science must have
- a hard time being faithfull. In order for them to succeed, they must wall
- off an entire area of understanding, because then they would have to begin
- questioning it.
-
- So here is the kicker, if you begin questioning it "religion" then
- you are not of the faithfull, and if you are not of the faithfull then you
- do not truely understand it, therefore there is no way that you can question
- it properly.
-
- Neat. I have often though of starting my own religion, but my
- scientific scruples would not allow me. Oh well.
-
- Gene Kochanowsky
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