Comment on There's Jews for Jesus, are there Christians against Christ?
pozbo@lemmy.world 2 years agoAre you trying to sound legitimate by using scientific terminology to attack someone’s opinions on religion?
Comment on There's Jews for Jesus, are there Christians against Christ?
pozbo@lemmy.world 2 years agoAre you trying to sound legitimate by using scientific terminology to attack someone’s opinions on religion?
HardlightCereal@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Yes, I’m a scientist, and my scientific views have lead me to adopt religion. I’m always interested in correctly applying the scientific method to find the truth
pozbo@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Well my interpretation of the Bible tells me that you’re wrong in doing so. Seems disingenuous.
HardlightCereal@lemmy.world 2 years ago
The Bible was written by humans, it’s not an authoritative text.
Baphomet_The_Blasphemer@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Which religion do you follow that wasn’t conceived of, had a holy text written by, and teachings propagated by humans?
Over the known course of human history there have been at least 18,000 different gods, goddesses, various animals, or objects that have been worshipped by mankind. What they all share in common is they’re all fictious constructs created by ignorant humans in an attempt to explain natural phenomenon that were beyond their ability to make sense of through logical scientific means.
That being said I will concede that I still believe in the possibility of a higher power as I think it is just as ignorant to claim nothing exists as it is to claim something does without any verifiable evidence. However if such an entity does exist it is so far beyond our ability of comprehension that any claims to know its motivations or what it expects of us are ludicrous fiction at best, or intended as tools of manipulation at worst.
The truth of the matter is we will never know one way or another for certain. So why live life based on outdated beliefs/morals from ages past?
I operate on the principle that if a God exists, and they are a just God, then I’ll be judged by my actions, how I lived my life, and whether I was a good person who has done right by others, and not based on whether or not I professed my faith in and worshipped their existence. If a God exists that would punish me for all eternity for not believing in, or worshipping them, then they’re not a just god and would be unworthy of said worship.