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Originally Posted by paulgiamatti
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Yes, as I said upthread religion isn't testament to our unintelligence, but our immorality. Many of the brightest scientists and scholars in history were Christian theologians, namely Thomas Aquinas, and the originators of the scientific method were indeed largely Christian or at the very least deistic. It has certainly helped us along in the past, and you're right - I do owe it to myself to study more of it, it is an enlightening subject on which you could spend a lifetime of reading.
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Ah I disagree with you there man. If the Catholic church covers up a child abuse scandal, that isn't a sign of the Bible's immorality, it's a sign of the human beings continuing to be imperfect. But I've had a couple too many beers tonight and I can't really contineu this discussion without my head exploding.
All I can say is, religion isnt' all bad, it isn't all good. Same thing with science. You have to have faith in some things, but maintain a healthy skepticism as, sadly, there are people out there, in the name of many different things, who would manipulate you.
Also, I think the New Testament is a great philosophical read (excluding Revelation). The Old Testament doesn't make much sense to me, as I doubt God would be such an ass hole (see Job). In any case, denying yourself a rich legacy of philosophy that has come from Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, etc, is to limit yourself to entire cultures worth of collective thought over thousands of yeras.