You must have. Religious terrorism; systemic denial of scientific evidence; curtailment of human rights; racial strife; economic disparity; and of course... actual war.
Other than that, we're just squabbling, polluting the landscape, spreading disease and accelerating climate change. IOW, BAU. — Vera Mont
What is all this? I was talking about the war between science and religion. — Alkis Piskas
There never has been and never can be any war between ideologies, methodologies or belief systems. Wars take place between factions of armed humans. — Vera Mont
They're usually fighting over resources and territory, but that's usually masked by an appeal to the superior value of one ideology, methodology or belief — Vera Mont
In most cases turf, flags, resources, are all held on behalf of an ideology which usually takes itself very seriously, whether it be Islamic State or the United States. — Tom Storm
Sure. Christianity goaded Spain into invading America so that it — Vera Mont
Ideologies must have power to embed their ideology - — Tom Storm
Are you one of those cynics who thinks that no one believes in anything, it's just about money? — Tom Storm
So, you think abstract conceptsare not merely alive and have a will of their own, but alsohaveagency andpower to manipulate people? Ho-kay... — Vera Mont
I'm one of those cynics — Vera Mont
Googling warfare of science with theology, one gets 4,380,000 results! I have a whole folder in my PC about this subject from a time in the past that I was interested in the subject. Most probably, this subject --although of a huge importance-- has never come to your attention. Strangely enough.There never has been and never can be any war between ideologies, methodologies or belief systems. — Vera Mont
4,380,000 — Alkis Piskas
But this confusion comes from assigning a characteristic to God that I don't think you fully understand the consequences. What are the consequences of a being who can make contradiction true? I don't think you even understand such a scenario, nor do I, nor do I think anyone does. I'm not sure you, or I, are fully capable of understanding a world in which a contradiction are true. — PhilosophyRunner
Googling warfare of science with theology, one gets 4,380,000 results! I have a whole folder in my PC about this subject from a time in the past that I was interested in the subject. Most probably, this subject --although of a huge importance-- has never come to your attention. Strangely enough. — Alkis Piskas
Are contradictions not the basis for self reference and agency. For example two humans must be in contradiction with one another's beliefs otherwise they would operate as a unanimous hive mind. Thinking and acting as one. No individualism. — Benj96
I don't see two humans having two different beliefs as contradictory. They are two different people, and thus there is no contradiction if they have two different beliefs any more than two different cars being two different colors. — PhilosophyRunner
1. The color of the car is blue and only blue
2. The color of the car is not blue
They both can't be true at the same time based on the way we currently view the world. — PhilosophyRunner
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