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Except pragmatically, one is a conclusion based on observation and the other is driven by a willful need to make reality meet emotional needs. Religious people
by WalterSear 9y ago
Except pragmatically, one is a conclusion based on observation and the other is driven by a willful need to make reality meet emotional needs.
Religious people, by and large, do not respect observation as much as dogma. There's no commonality to be found with that.
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- nradov 9y agoIt depends on the religion. The modern Catholic Church now accepts that evolution through natural selection occurs, and they no longer claim that the Earth was created in 6 days a few thousand years ago.
- dwaltrip 9y agoIs that an official position? I knew they were more accepting of it in general.
- gt_ 9y agoIf it isn’t, it will be. Religious texts can be revered studied like mythology (because they are). Critiques of biblical literalism are already fairly old-fashioned and surprisingly unnecessary. I have a very religious family, which was uncomfortable for me when I was younger. But, that didn’t last long. Once I began studying more art history, mythology and theology, the ‘Us vs. Them’ around the topic has largely dissipated. I participate in all the happenings and have helped my cousins of similar age in contextualizing it all. I feel like I am ushering a healthy shift forward and new atheism now feels old. I’m open to critique of this, of course.
- mamon 9y agoYes, it is official position, confirmed in a few documents by Pope John Paul II (google "Fides et ratio"). But of course you can still many priests arguing against that :)