Science and Reason; the New Excuse for the Modern Minds
By daniel_beck_90 231 Comments
This Blog-post is a response to Historicity of Jesus
To be with reason does not necessarily mean to be absolutely true. That is the main idea of this article you are about to read. I understand that in the 21st century there are not many people who would like to debate religious matters, and I agree with those individuals since we are not part of this universe to discuss things like this, we are here to evolve, to discover, to prosper and of course to be happy .I am a Catholic and I never fully trust my sense of reason for I believe I could be wrong. I am no fan of superstition, but I also believe that complete materialism makes our lives utterly meaningless. Last but perhaps most importantly, in my opinion, whether or not Jesus existed is of no importance compared to the messages that are associated with him
When I hear that Jesus promoted kindness and sacrificed his life for the others, I would love it in my heart and would try to do the same as much as I can.
It's easy to engage in never-ending conversations and trying to deny the existence of Jesus or God or any other holy being for that matter. These conversations akin to mathematical and scientific discussions can take for ever, but we do not live in this chapter of our existence which we call life indefinitely .
We, as the occupants of earth (and eventually other planets) are constantly fed with magnitude of information in our daily lives. It's quite natural that a scientific and critical approach to everything seems the only way of describing or realization.
However, we also know that science is never absolutely accurate and that our sense of reasoning may not always shed the light of knowledge on our issues.
Blindly using science or reasoning or proof to ignore our true obligations as humans is certainly not the best way to live.
It is not really important if science or reason can not explain Jesus or God because I am certain that there are plenty of other subjects that can not be explained on mere paper .Soul, the love of a mother for her child, pleasure in kindness and charity, saving lives and finally happiness among other things. None of the aforementioned concepts could be even remotely reasoned or scientifically proven. So I ask you, the reader; is it okay to ignore all of those things just because we can not describe them?
In reason and science, birth is merely fertilization of an egg with sperm and love is merely a combination of hormone secretions. But are those definitions the real definitions?
Why can not we let these two issues coexist ?
Jesse Preston conducted a research named "Science and God: An automatic opposition between ultimate explanations" . In that regard she said :
" people may have a generally positive view of science until it fails to explain the important questions. Then belief in God may be boosted to fill in the gap
So why should not we use both means to achieve our goals in the best way possible ?
I do not know about you, but I think these kinds of discussions and religion bashings are not worth the time when we can do this.
Edit :
Guys, guys… calm down! Let us have a civil conversation. Bashing and insulting is not the way to do it. You are missing my point. I believe religion is merely one way of living good. I know many horrible things have been done in the name of religion, I know many religious people are homosexual haters and I certainly know that religion contradicts with science at some points. However, it's not because of religion, but some of those religious people. Not all members of a religious faith are the same. Just because one pope bashes homosexuals or some bishop abuses his power, does not mean that religion should be abolished. Corruption could be found in any structure of any society from governments to churches. I personally am a catholic and pray daily but am NOT a supporter of the church and have absolutely nothing against homosexuality. Now is it fair to compare me with someone who is an extremist just because we supposedly share the same faith? You are trying to empty all those collected furies on religion instead of those who falsely uphold religions.