"If scientific analysis were conclusively to demonstrate certain claims in Buddhism to be false, then we must accept the findings of science and abandon those claims." — Tenzin Gyatso, The 14th Dalai Lama
Science does not say that. Only scientific illiterates say science says that. — 180 Proof
I see this distrust in science. People that don't really know God by experience seem to need their storybook to be true; which means they have to attack science.it does say that, it just tries to hide it — MikeListeral
it does say that, it just tries to hide it — MikeListeral
Religion can only try to explain, it has zero predictive abilities, and in fact only explains anything by appeal to mystery. — darthbarracuda
Science can be used to predict as much as it can be used to explain. Religion can only try to explain, it has zero predictive abilities, and in fact only explains anything by appeal to mystery. — darthbarracuda
which means they have to attack science. — Cheshire
tf is this? iFunny? — darthbarracuda
If there is any reconciliation to be done between science and religion, it is not by showing that their claims are identical, but that their claims are completely unrelated to each other and belong to separate domains. Religion is not science, science is not religion, and whenever one of them tries to be the other it ends up being really stupid. — darthbarracuda
ok bud — darthbarracuda
What do you count as reality? — Tom Storm
wouldn't it be more parsimonious to assume just that our cognitive abilities are reliable? — SophistiCat
What is being demonstrated? — Cheshire
I understand that much, but why does this idea please you?that science and religion are both based in invisible things and magical thinking — MikeListeral
why does this idea please you? — Cheshire
I think this is what theists try to do -- God-of-the-gaps -- but the progression of science tends rob their magisteria somewhat. — Kenosha Kid
It's more adjacent than beyond.i go beyond science and religion — MikeListeral
Well you might want to reel it in a little, because your position is making a pretty magnificent error.i go beyond everything and everyone — MikeListeral
Whatever gets you through the day I suppose. But, the problem is assuming that by showing science and religion are flawed you some how prove something else isn't. Three people can be just as wrong as two.i deliver the higher answers down to the simple people. — MikeListeral
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It's ok though... — skyblack
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