Re:We don't know how the universe began, and we will never know
by tsol on Saturday August 27, 2022 @09:44PM
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I don't know why people do this so often on the (english)internet. People will write off all religion, while obviously speaking from the perspective of Christianity only. People have bad experiences with Christianity, and then decide that Buddhism, Jainism, Daoism, and Shinto are all a scam. It's a strange fallacy that people should know better by now, it's just straight up a sweeping generalization.
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Re:We don't know how the universe began, and we will never know
by Fezzik on Saturday August 27, 2022 @10:03PM
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It’s not writing it off (whatever that means here) but if you’re asserting Buddhism, Daosim, and Shinto do not have many foundational faith-based/supernatural elements you may want to review their sacred texts. Jainism I am less familiar with, but the other three are entirely founded in faith-based tenants that have no supporting evidence.
Background: degree in philosophy, focussing on philosophy of religion. I have read all the books. They are all fantasies, many very well written and fun to read, but no more fact-based than The Silmarillion.
Re:We don't know how the universe began, and we will never know
by tsol on Saturday August 27, 2022 @10:24PM
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Uhm well it's more this part;
>religion does not and should not, especially with its centuries-long history of malice and suppression towards free and scientific thought
That I was referring to. Show me where Zoroastrianism, Sikhism, and Bahaism are against scientific thought.
Being familiar with a smattering of religious texts you learned in University is hardly enough to make such large claims about every single religion in the entire world.