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I view this entire debate or issue as a problem derived from the extremist viewpoints of both sides.
On one hand your have religious extremists who believe that what they are doing is appeasing their God(s). So, the ancient Israelites, Romans, Greeks, Egyptians, Asians, and later the Turks, Catholics, Christians etc all have at some point or another shed blood believing that they not only were justified but most of the time even divinely blessed. The notion that God(s) was/were on their side, is and should be considered bullshit. So if you choose to believe in a God or religion, one should understand that the truth is: men in power often abused their interpretation of whatever God they were worshipping, in order to fulfill their own selfish wishes. But, I believe at some point, long ago, there was purity and truth amongst all this confusion. Way too many things point to that.
Science. I like it, believe it and find most of it to be very explanatory and helpful in understanding our surroundings. But, like religion Science will try to have an answer for everything, EVERYTHING and that just doesn't add up. Science has discovered each individual uses different parts of his/her brain more than others. So, basically a long time ago you had some people who were more analytical than others, saw the hypocrasy in religion, and decided to study how and why things work the way they do. Essentially they wanted mankind to be their God, and that makes sense because you can change scientific reasoning, discover better methods, etc, a lot easier than applying a certain verse from the Koran or the Bible, written thousands of years ago to a current situation. In science's quest to penetrate all the mysteries of life and find meaning behind things, they have committed their fair share of blunders, call it ignorance or intention, they've fucked up a lot.
I think if more religous zealots embraced the fact that: there is a God and he did create all things, so be glad some men are studying God's inventions to try and better humankind, because obviously religion as a whoile has done a shit job of that.
Equally I'd suggest to scientist to realize some things will NEVER be explained or understood by human beings, ever. Not at the rate in which we are currently ''evolving'' anyways. Embrace the fact that maybe a God did design all these things but at the same time gave them the ability to adapt and change to the enviroment.
I remember in college studying biology within the human body and my professor saying: ''I once tried to understand how and why everything worked within our bodies down to the molecular level, and came to the conclusion that neither I nor most of the human population would ever truley figure it out. So I for the most part still think of the body as the field, functioning as the game, and our cells are simply the players. With that said, Creation to me is still a sham.''
In ending I would like to quote Glice: ''I'm not essentially arguing against science, I'm arguing about science as a mode of fostering spritual, ethical and moral 'rightness'.''
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