Why do people say that a theocracy / a country with an official religion is a bad thing ? They say literal interpretation of a religion would be bad too. Are these 2 things related ?
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The Absolute Truth, e.g. 2+2=4, can not be false. So, the falsifiability criterion is unscientific.
A nihilist can say: "the Absolute Truth is only in mathematics, not in physics nor elsewhere."
I am replying, that the humankind...
Wasn’t sure where to put this one, but some fundamentalists believe that we should overproduce humans. It got me to wondering “Can overpopulation be the source of war?”
For example if there is enough oil for the population of the whole world for the foreseeable future why are we fighting over...
I think that a liberal approach to religion/s is more compatible with secular society than any fundamentalist religion is.
I think that because in a liberal approach, room can be made to change laws as new evidence and better more modern ethics come to light.
Whereas in a fundamentalist...
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Several years ago I dated a Fundamentalist Christian woman who sang the praises of her church an pastor and how good ...... on and on. I went sometimes with her and her kids, not all the time. This was a large Bible Church in Arlington Texas. I've always been a believer in the Golden Rule, and...
It's a little hard for me to understand that some Christians question the validity of evolution, of big bang and of other religions.
They want evidence that their God isn't real or that the bible is infallible.
All the while with firm belief that their bible is the absolute truth.
Rejecting...