Does the religious myth benefit modern society or not?

[Shinobi-san]

LilChicken22 said:

Shinobi-san said:

LilChicken22 said:
Religious people are religious because they don't understand science and especially not evolution and I think those kind of knowledge is crucial for your look at life and how nature and our body really works. Religion causes a certain amount of ignorance because they grew up with it. You can't easily seem to forget or take distant from things that took a great roll in your youth.

Say whaaat :?

Are you purposefully being ignorant of facts with this statement or what?

No, in fact I do a scientific education and I know alot about stuff like evolution and DNA/proteins/hormones and I've done some research at a local hospital. DNA is the most important scientific evidence for evolution, but very difficult to understand. Believe me, I can't explain the most important evidence to you right here, because you require a lot of basic knowledge (unless you know some DNA stuff aswell).

 I've had some various discussions with religious people on the internet. They criticize me for the fact that they don't understand science. But they really don't. I don't blame them because you need education to understand, but at school, every day I learn about new evidence for evolution. Some things are really undeniable, but religious people still deny it because they don't understand this complex system.

Also: there are atheist people who believe in evolution, but don't really understand it. And for me thats even worse. If you think something is right, you've gotta to explain it.

By facts i meant that theres a lot of scientists (including theoretical physicists) that believe in religion/spirituality etc. Obviously its a small % of them (although i would argue its a substantial number anyways). These people are said to be the most qualified people in the world. How is it that they too dont understand science?

My problem with you original statement is that you assuming religious people have the same motivations for following a religion or being spiritual. This is just simply wrong. There are a number of reasons and motivations for it. And im sure it will differ from person to person.

I do agree with you though that most people, religious or otherwise, are clueless about the specifics and advancements of biology, chemistry and physics. But this isnt a major issue. Top scientists in the world are doing a major push to make science more understandable and for me they doing a good job. Listening to Lawrence Kraus, Brian Green, Neil de grass tyson, Michio kaku is a joy and very educational. I obviously wont understand the specifics but i get the gist of it, which is the important part. I dont try and explain it to other people though, because i know i will probably make a mistake.

I also dont see anything wrong with people who dont understand evolution to the finest detail to believe in it. You will never understand every little thing in the world but that shouldnt stop you from having an informed opinion on the matter.