Re:Time-lapse of a single cell transforming into a salamande...
by kaba0 on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @10:07AM
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The world may be rational, the human mind is definitely not (even when we believe so) - for some people, believing in a higher entity helps. And they can work harder because of it, or simply have better mental health.
Also, many scientists were/is religious, so let it be a personal choice, up until it doesn’t hurt others.
Re:Time-lapse of a single cell transforming into a salamande...
by anthk on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @06:01PM
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>Also, many scientists were/is religious,
That's a fallacy, that won't make a religion real. Neither a paper. Just proofs and replication.
Re:Time-lapse of a single cell transforming into a salamande...
by kaba0 on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @07:20PM
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What about non-experimental questions, like how did life form? There is useful research regarding these questions with great, educated guesses on the unknowable parts - is it not science?
Also, nitpick but it would be absurd to call ‘religion’ not real. Like, one of the most fundamental organizations in the previous centuries is something I would not call non-existent. Whether God exists or not is a different, philosophical question - and to a degree it is similar to the how did life start on Earth question, with hypotheses that can’t necessarily be verified.
Yet that clause won't make any religion correct.
>For some people it is calming to know that their loved ones “can’t” inexplicably die in every moment.
Same issue. Life is neither fair or unfair, it just is. There's no good or back luck per se, just events ongoing.
It sucks, I know, but thanks to science and trying to understand how the Universe works, we invented the seat belt, for example. Or automatic braking systems for car. And yet, no magic or praying involved. Just lots of hard work. You can stay quiet and do nothing, or you can have a better understanding of your surrondings to avoid the less accidents, the better.