Chrizum said:
Besides showing your colors prematurely with this response (you apparently think science is "worse" than religion), I think your reply is also very one-sided. Thanks to the scientific method we have medicine, we can feed the whole world, children hardly die on birth, we are mostly safe from extreme weather conditions, etc. You are right that we are destroying the Earth as well which is a byproduct of scientific advancements. I too fear for the future of our planet, but the optimistic side of me thinks humans are an experimenting and empirically focused species. We do stuff, and then we find out what the consequences are. We learn from these experiences. I hope we learn fast enough to turn things around for the better. Also, I noticed this earlier on these forums, but many people seem to think science and religion are two opposing sides. I don't agree with that notion at all. Many great scientists are religious for example. You don't have to be an idiot to be religious, and you don't have to deny scientific facts when you are religious... |
"Besides showing your colors prematurely with this response (you apparently think science is "worse" than religion)"
no but i do think science has had more significant negative impacts on the planet than religion... and i don't think anyone can really disagree with that
"You are right that we are destroying the Earth as well which is a byproduct of scientific advancements. I too fear for the future of our planet, but the optimistic side of me thinks humans are an experimenting and empirically focused species. We do stuff, and then we find out what the consequences are. We learn from these experiences. I hope we learn fast enough to turn things around for the better."
i'm with you but there's a point at which the consequences are so dire that you're dead and can't learn from your mistakes and we've come very close to those types of scenarios in the past
"but many people seem to think science and religion are two opposing sides"
i don't
