Human beings are sentimental creatures. Faith often conflicts with logic. As a person who doesn’t believe in any sky daddy, I find it kind of inspiring that someone who’s smart enough in math and science could still believe in their religion.
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NucleusAdumbens@lemmy.world 7 months agoI’m showing my bias, I hope not to offend: how does someone understanding/expert in enough math and science to become an astronaut still believe that the magic sky man cares what direction he bows in during prayer or when he eats? If it’s cultural significance I can understand that, but otherwise I just can’t comprehend how you can have such a dissonance between empiric study/career and fundamentalist religious belief
WillFord27@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Jilanico@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Math and science don’t prove or disprove God. Some faiths conflict with logic but not all.
NucleusAdumbens@lemmy.world 7 months ago
As “a person who doesn’t believe in any sky daddy” I don’t understand why you would find inspiration in something directly contradictory to your own purported views
candybrie@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Just because they don’t personally feel a way doesn’t mean they can’t appreciate those who do. I personally don’t want to study physics, but I can find Feynman’s pursuit of it inspiring. I don’t personally have the BFF relationship with my mom, but I find it great that some people do. Etc etc.
Zron@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Many scientists are still religious. They find their god(s) in the gaps that science can’t explain yet. How the universe was created, how life first started, why the universal constants are set up the way they are. There’s a lot of things that science hasn’t explained yet where one can look for a god.
Signed, a stone cold atheist. But I still respect that some people want a little more out of their life. As long as it’s not hurting anyone, I don’t really care what they choose to believe or do with their time.
starman2112@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
>trying not to offend
>“magic sky man”
You could at least phrase it in a way that isn’t overtly used to insult the belief. “How can someone who applies scientific thinking so broadly still have religious beliefs that contradict scientific observations?”
Gabu@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Is it anything other than a magic sky man?
starman2112@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
No, but I also don’t mind if I offend any religious people with this comment. If I was trying to avoid that, I wouldn’t belittle their beliefs