Khaled said:
right, but if a new theory appears that is more realistic with more evidence than evolution, people (the majority at least) will drop evolution and state the new theory as a fact. but i find it hard to believe that all christans/muslims/jews will drop their religious beliefs for any reasons (it's only possible on an individual level, but a new world event will not make them stop believing)
gravity theory, when applied to a large enough schale, will give wrong results far froom reality
people tend to trust people who claim to have evidence, as long as they know that this evidence is at their disposal. if someone doesn't believe in evolution, he can try to understand it, learn about it, and make up his own mind. Whether he does it or not is a different question. Religion on the other hand, specifically asks for faith, and religious people in general will blame anyone who asks for evidence for religious things.
sci-fi = science fiction
i don't think people who believe in aliens do so the same way religious people believe in God.
i don't think people who believe in aliens do so the same way religious people believe in God.
people who claim that aliens exist, as well as those who claim that they don't, are both doing the same mistake of "believing".
again, those who believe blindly in aliens are wrong. But those who do so based on non credible evidence (which is the case most of the time) can be convinced otherwise.
i think the best attitude towards this is:" i don t know"
and i would agree with anyone who, when asked about god, admits not to know.
but as i said, religion asks people to believe no matter what, and i think that not believing in god is a sin according to some religion.
i think also that the ideas of alien existence is much more credible that that of God. And the same way, i know a lot of people who believe in god, but find the iea of alien existance laughable.
again, those who believe blindly in aliens are wrong. But those who do so based on non credible evidence (which is the case most of the time) can be convinced otherwise.
i think the best attitude towards this is:" i don t know"
and i would agree with anyone who, when asked about god, admits not to know.
but as i said, religion asks people to believe no matter what, and i think that not believing in god is a sin according to some religion.
i think also that the ideas of alien existence is much more credible that that of God. And the same way, i know a lot of people who believe in god, but find the iea of alien existance laughable.
Furthermore Im not entirely convinced that one doesnt equal the other anyway.
Look at Egyptians, it seems to me that they basically believed their God's were aliens, in their context of understanding. Is their Religion more credible to you because it could be aliens and you believe aliens are more credible than God?
doesn't prove anything. Until the next time the church chooses to adjust some info from the bible, believer are still bound to accept this "new edition".
In addition, the mere fact that the church can change what people believe is also in argument for brainwashing. Why wasn't this done long time ago??
doesn't judaism and christianity require faith?
on the other hand, islam is robably the religion that has had the most interpretations (there are so many confessions within islam)
on the other hand, islam is robably the religion that has had the most interpretations (there are so many confessions within islam)
historically, no one was entitled to change the Quran, this is why unlike the bible, there s only one version.
ÿou can check the qualifications and the degrees of a psychiatrist, can you do the same with a priest?
again, if the pope says something, religious christians will immediately accept it as a truth.
But if Stephen Hawkings comes out with a theory, he is expected to back it up with evidence.