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Science doesn't create "goals", only describes impacts at best. It has no will or motivation by itself. But I am bothered by the idea the primary reason religi
by tabtab 7y ago
Science doesn't create "goals", only describes impacts at best. It has no will or motivation by itself.
But I am bothered by the idea the primary reason religious people behave is due to fear of becoming BBQ. What about personal pride in not being a jerk?
- anticensor 7y agoNot science, but scientists do define goals for themselves.
- wellpast 7y agoThe Hellfire fear is a naive interpretation of what most religious people derive from their religion.
- tabtab 7y agoSome groups do claim that "fear of God's wrath" (or Satan's) makes people behave better. I will agree that different sects have widely different interpretations of such.
- kiba 7y agoI am not making any claim that "science" have goals.
- roca 7y agoIf Hell exists then fear of it is healthy. Empirically I don't know any Christians for whom that is a primary motivator. In Protestant Christianity in particular, that's a weak motivator because it is generally taught that all a Christian's sins are forgiven through Jesus, so choosing to commit a sin will not send us to hell. (Patterns of sinful behaviour might, however, rightly cause us and others to question the sincerity of our commitment to Jesus.) Personal pride in not being a jerk is a good motivation, but that kind of motivation can easily turn to self-righteousness. For Christians, a healthy motivation is to consider Romans 6 and understand that if we really believe we are sinners and we really believe our sins are forgiven through Jesus, then we should please him by doing what he wants, out of love and gratitude.