In Louisana The Government Teaches Your Kid Religion

[sandorski]

Does it take Faith to take Instant Pudding and Milk to make Pudding?

The position that when the Bible and Science conflicts the Bible takes precedence reminds me of the Pastors' argument in the documentary Questioning Darwin regarding the Bible. His argument was that if the Bible said 2+2=5, then that's what he would believe is true.

That is the problem with dogmatic thinking, it maintains a position regardless whether it is true. The problem with ancient religions is that their sacred texts were written by people who had a very limited knowledge of reality. Even if it were true that they had contact with some super natural being which created everything, the authors' limited knowledge of reality caused them to make mistakes in relating that experience which would only be exposed over time. Modern day people who get hung up on "having" to believe in the authors' errors are committing the ultimate foolishness. That is, fixating on the wrong parts of the text, missing the message that is being conveyed or what the author was trying to convey.

 

[ivwshane]

Does it take Faith to take Instant Pudding and Milk to make Pudding?

The position that when the Bible and Science conflicts the Bible takes precedence reminds me of the Pastors' argument in the documentary Questioning Darwin regarding the Bible. His argument was that if the Bible said 2+2=5, then that's what he would believe is true.

That is the problem with dogmatic thinking, it maintains a position regardless whether it is true. The problem with ancient religions is that their sacred texts were written by people who had a very limited knowledge of reality. Even if it were true that they had contact with some super natural being which created everything, the authors' limited knowledge of reality caused them to make mistakes in relating that experience which would only be exposed over time. Modern day people who get hung up on "having" to believe in the authors' errors are committing the ultimate foolishness. That is, fixating on the wrong parts of the text, missing the message that is being conveyed or what the author was trying to convey.

Exactly!