Originally Posted by Fdemetrio
yeah and any time in history that a scientist discovered something the church, or religious doctrine didn't like, they were executed, punished, jailed, etc. all lovely things for a Christian to do to somebody ..ahem.

Galaleo discovered that the earth was not the center of the universe, that it rotated around the sun, like all other planets. Meaning it wasn't special, just another planet.

So he was placed on house arrest for rest of his life in case somebody might listen to him,...and he was right

The Bible says, or is interpreted as saying the earth is 10,000 years old. Wrong.

The problem is when you have something as deep seeded and inbred, and as personal, and as powerful as belief in God or The Bible, somebody notices something about nature and he gets attacked.

People do it here too.

We all need God, we all wanna believe, but we can't deny truth to keep our beliefs safe.

If a Doctor today was around in Bible times, they would know leprosy was caused by bacteria and antibiotics can cure it, and they'd probably be arrested or killed for suggesting it, after all the Bible people thought it was the Devil. It wasn't and isn't.

And Jesus being all knowing, would have known that too.

alot of times religious ideas come from the unexplained, when we explain it a scientific way, it's attacked.

I believe in a spiritual side of us, that maybe transcends death, we all want and need something to be there.

We hope we're right, but let's no mock science cause we don't like the implications

Let's be fair and unbiased

Despite your emphasis on historical superstitions propagated by government in the name of God... Ahem

This was actually quite well thought out, Dom.
Agreed! wink