[mukto-mona] Reflections on Science and Religion:

Message #119 of 119 < Prev | Next > Sciences, physical sciences as well as soc isl sciences like Ethics, philosophy etc. have a good chance of replacing the religious myths like creation as well as of offering the psychological benefits of alternate rites and structure of the non-supernatural faiths and social rules in fields of morality, ethics as well as the rational education for a civilised society. Social sciences can surely to give humanity a sense of community and belonging that the organised supernatural religion presently holds. Social sciences, released from the religious hegemony and stupid the supernatural dogma can give the faithful a rational soul, a reasonable definition of immortality- as a continued presence in the form of remembrance of their names and deed in people's memory, as well as the hope of a good and fulfilling life instead of the religious dead weight, of mere dark clouds of the stupefying and somber imagination of a non-existing otherworldniness. Of course, faith, whether secular or religious, whether natural or stupidly supernatural can move the mountains ; it has done many good things as well as bad. To the individual, a ,faith, whether rational or religiously irrational, gives hope, helps cope with death of loved ones, and gives strength ; without any need to lie about the soul travelling to 7th sky, to meet the fictional Allah/God or his son, son-in-law or Allah/God'd daughter or daughter-in- law… Faith, whether Humanist, natural or irrational and religious, is a motivation that to some, especially poor, diseased and lost, seems necessary for living. To some, Faith is all they have to combat everyday realities where dogma, whether of religion or scientism, is just but a word. Food, shelter, and a belief that even if things don't get any better - that nature and the fellow-humans will welcome them in the world till their last day. Science does address this need – and we do have a good chance in this very world of convincing the irrational religious believer that a rational and natural faith is not only possible but necessary. How do you change a man happy in his stupidly irrational religious belief? With a strong social and financial network of people that are like minded? Only if we'd continue trying to prove to them their stupidity, maybe they could at least start sharing our rational world views. Given that not all Christians are creationists; and even if the creationists' behaviour embarrass many of them; why would they want to talk to us? We may justifiably call "supernatural- faithfuls" as "irrational" and stupid, and reduce their beliefs to the medieval books they carry - for humans faced with constant social pressure since childhood become rather simple and religious zombies ; like the patients who cannot be trusted to diagnosed their own illness and treat themselves, they, as a matter of course, need to be guided out of darkness of the ignorance, bigotry and fundamentalism created by the irrational, outmoded medieval religious superstitions of the witch-burning and heretic-killing religious brute animals…. I see nothing wrong in looking for meaning, but I do have a problem with the self-righteous religious dogmas burning Bruno for a faith in reasonable and rational truth rather than losing the meanings in religious nonsense….

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