Was It Designed?

Originally posted by angusmcfangledang: ↑

You paint a picture of religion vs science etc

This is just your own bias speaking
The picture painted on this forum in general is some see themselves and their views are represented by science

Unfortunately this is just the picture that they themselves paint to support their world view and belief

No less rigid than any religous belief,the only difference is they themselves dont see themselves like that,in their minds they would see themselves as open minded and others closed

But thats humanity across a variety of beliefs

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I paint a picture of religion and science being in harmony, not contradicting each other, the exact opposite from what you suggest.

The conflict between religion and science is driven by the protagonists who will not budge an inch from their bunkers. It has little to do with scripture which is the foundation of religious belief and physical reality which is the medium in which science continues to explore and reveal in all its mysterious, beautiful reality. How can science and religion be divided when science is no more that a tool for penetrating the wonders of Creation. The religious just keep shooting themselves in the foot when they constantly denigrate science.

This has nothing to do with my world view. Science and religion both exist in the same reality, that is not my world view, that is a fact. As an example, if science proves beyond any possible doubt that the Flood of Noah did not and could not occur, which it has, then that is a reality that religion must accept whether they like it or not. The Flood can not be taught as a literal event unless religion desires to promote superstition and mythology over reality. The Flood can be taught as a symbolic event with great and significant spiritual meanings.

So forget this rigid mindset nonsense for those who accept the evidence presented by science. Reality is not subjective, reality is revealed by science, there are no conflicting mindsets here. One group believe in impossible Biblical events that contradict reality, the other not so much.

I believe in the Bible but will not accept the impossible as some necessary sacrifice of logic so as to appease the Christian tribes that demand their own set belief systems that range from the sublime to the ridiculous. Belief in God doesn't mean you have to be gullible.

That is humanity, true, but don't delude yourself into believing those who accept the reality proven by science are no better off than those who believe things that are impossible because they can not differentiate between symbolic language and literal language.