Message from @Little Boots

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2018-08-28 21:02:27 UTC  

Religion as a PERSONAL thing is fine. when it is forced, then its a problem

2018-08-28 21:02:39 UTC  

Its part of our psychology.

2018-08-28 21:02:56 UTC  

over time we may be able to overcome that

2018-08-28 21:03:02 UTC  

or at least, tame it

2018-08-28 21:03:57 UTC  

Lets say you take 50children from all of the nations, and then abandon them to random island for 20years.
When you come back they have invented their own religion

2018-08-28 21:04:25 UTC  

and they will hold fast to their belief and they will be the right one and all others will be blasphemy

2018-08-28 21:04:39 UTC  

No, you really can't.

2018-08-28 21:05:06 UTC  

The problem is human nature is wired to desiring order and sense in seeming chaos and madness. It's why religion is as popular as it is.

2018-08-28 21:05:19 UTC  

Even if the religion doesnt teach that the gods have created the world, even then the young children will say that earth was created by god(s).

2018-08-28 21:05:33 UTC  

I believe it would happen... it is in our nature to be curious.. as children we always ask questions.... in a remote location with no other influence, stories would be made up to answer those questions

2018-08-28 21:06:48 UTC  

People turn to religion because it attempts to bring about a sense of order and clarity needed to make sense of the world around them. Without it, people are misguided and lost until they find something to make sense of the world around them. Hence why Atheists are more likely to adopt strong ideological positions and are often targeted by ideologues.

2018-08-28 21:07:39 UTC  

we are curious beings, for sure.

2018-08-28 21:07:51 UTC  

my view is that religion stops the question

2018-08-28 21:08:05 UTC  

what more is there to ask when every answer is "god"?

2018-08-28 21:08:58 UTC  

Not necessarily, no. Religion simply provides order and clarity to help guide us through our lives. Curiosity is good, but too much of a good thing becomes a vice.

2018-08-28 21:09:58 UTC  

We wont ever fully understand the world, all of the versatility & complexity can be proof of designer for some people.

2018-08-28 21:10:13 UTC  

But, yeah, back on Republican Spain, they did some extremely horrific stuff.

2018-08-28 21:10:25 UTC  

I think there is no such thing as too much curiosity. We want and need answers... regardless of the fact we will never understand it all, the pursuit of knowledge is what has driven advancements for a looooong time

2018-08-28 21:10:44 UTC  

so... Republican Spain.. are we talking right wing?

2018-08-28 21:10:51 UTC  

No, Left-wing.

2018-08-28 21:10:55 UTC  

They were Communists.

2018-08-28 21:11:06 UTC  

confused by the term"republican" used there

2018-08-28 21:11:08 UTC  

Nationalist Spain was the right-wing contengent.

2018-08-28 21:11:24 UTC  

People have always been searching for meaning & explonation for the world. For some people best answer is God, because with God and religion you can have fundamental meaning behind everything.

2018-08-28 21:11:45 UTC  

But, yeah, Republican Spain hated religion so much that they actually perpetrated Post-Mortem desecration.

2018-08-28 21:11:45 UTC  

I personally believe that "god" is an excuse to stop asking and looking

2018-08-28 21:12:09 UTC  

God was reason why people started to investigate the world

2018-08-28 21:12:19 UTC  

initially, yes.

2018-08-28 21:12:19 UTC  

(At least in christianity)

2018-08-28 21:12:38 UTC  

people don't know that science was actually based initially from church influences

2018-08-28 21:12:46 UTC  

Not really, no.

2018-08-28 21:12:48 UTC  

Doesn't apply for muslims, as their inventions lasted for only 100years

2018-08-28 21:12:49 UTC  

however when the evidence started to state things to the contrary, they grew apart

2018-08-28 21:13:01 UTC  

yes little boots, yes.

2018-08-28 21:13:08 UTC  

the first scientists were of the church

2018-08-28 21:13:20 UTC  

Generally, Scientists, up until recently, mainly did their scientific work to try to figure out how things worked as a means of understanding God's creation.

2018-08-28 21:13:34 UTC  

exactly

2018-08-28 21:13:44 UTC  

Most of the anti-Scientific stuff came about as a result of the Protestant Reformation.

2018-08-28 21:14:07 UTC  

Mosts scientistist through the history have been christians as well. Like Newton, Einstein, even Darwin. Does this make the names anything less belieable? I think not.

2018-08-28 21:14:21 UTC  

not at all

2018-08-28 21:14:29 UTC  

If you look at the condemnation of most scientific figures and when they were condemned, most were between the 1550's and the 1650's.