How can religion exist after Darwin? Is it bound to die?

[Greatest I am]

How can religion exist after Darwin? Is it bound to die?

To my mind, for religionists of all stripe to maintain a faith in a creator God, we, yes we, I an a religionist, we have to throw out most of the science that we have worked hard for 2,000 years to gain and learn.

Scientists are putting up and not needing to shut up in all fields of study.
Religionists are not putting up much of anything and yet we will not shut up.

http://fora.tv/2009/11/17/Great_Issues_Forum_What_Is_Religion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZM3FXlLMug

It seems to me that there are many issues coming to a head where non believers are getting quite peeved with religionists. Even as a religionist, I cannot blame them.

More and more militant secular confrontations of religionists are in the offing as more and more of them get tires of being denigrated and told yhey are going to hell if they do not believe as believers do. I do not blame them as I have been told this quite often by those who do not like my personal beliefs in the Godhead.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/victor-stenger/why-religion-should-be-co_b_775163.html

I recognize why religions exist. I can personally see some of the good that churches bring to community.

http://www.canada.com/life/Religion+calms+anxiety+says+scientists/3236785/story.html

I do not like the way they teach of God though if it happens to be a literal reading or fundamental church.

It is my view that all literalists and fundamentals hurt all of us who are Religionists.
They all hurt their parent religions and everyone else who has a belief. They make all believers into laughing stocks and should rethink their position. There is a Godhead but not the God of talking animals, genocidal floods and retribution. Belief in fantasy and magic is evil.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=5HKHaClUCw4&feature=PlayList&p=5123864A5243470E&index=0&playnext=1

They also do much harm to their own.

African witches and Jesus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlRG9gXriVI&feature=related

Jesus Camp 1of 9

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOqGhcwwE1s

I do not look forward to a full secular system but if trends continue and I think they will, my grand children will not be able to believe as they wish because of the damage and ill will that believers are presently creating.

People are getting brighter. Non believers that is.
Not believers. Most seem to not know why they are in religion and I would think that they are there just for the sake of tradition. Traditions that swiftly are showing that they belong to an older time and are dying.

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2010/10/03/2010-10-

03_the_unbelieveable_truth_why_america_has_become_a_nation_of_religious_knownothing.html

I believe that if religion is to stop backsliding, it must shed itself of literalists and fundamentals. Belief in magic and fantasy cannot survive in a world where minds are getting brighter. I D has had it’s day in court and until God steps into our time from His out of time position, according to many, then I fear that secularism will shortly win the war for the hearts and minds of the vast majority.

What do you think. The numbers look bad. Most secular morals are starting to show how evil the morals of most Gods are. The number of new literature is coming out against religions and the historicity of Jesus and Moses with back up from Gnostics, Hebrew and Jewish writings and discoveries.

Is there any way to reverse these trends without God actually making an appearance or is religion bound to continue to shrink and die?

Regards
DL

 

[sexysadie]

Good Lord!!!

 

[Dana]

because it was a theory.... that not everybody accepts.... DUH

 

[BornReady]

I believe that if religion is to stop backsliding, it must shed itself of literalists and fundamentals. Belief in magic and fantasy cannot survive in a world where minds are getting brighter. I D has had it’s day in court and until God steps into our time from His out of time position, according to many, then I fear that secularism will shortly win the war for the hearts and minds of the vast majority.

Religion is lagging behind science but it will catch up. It always does. It just takes time. The religion of tomorrow will be science friendly. Religion will not die. For some it is not needed. But for others it meets needs that can not be met in any other way.

 

[Dana]

I believe in faeries and unicorns and talking orgres names Shrek.

 

[BornReady]

Dana, you're such a #@*&%!

Just kidding. I want to see if I'll get banned.

 

[Tuffdisc]

He comes up with the same lame videos all the time, nothing new...I think I will move on from here

And to answer the title thread question...sorry, but I believe in evolution, I believe that God created this world....gave us a brain to be curious as to make us wonder what made this possible, though it will inevitably lead to one thing, albeit, that there are a few that won't believe there is a God who created us.....end of answer.

Note: OP never comes up with new videos to churn out his hatred towards us....hence nowt new here, bye

 

[KimmyCharmeleon]

Religion IS existing right now after Darwin.

 

[Abcinthia]

I was under the impression it has managed to survive.

 

[Accountable]

Religion is lagging behind science but it will catch up. It always does. It just takes time. The religion of tomorrow will be science friendly. Religion will not die. For some it is not needed. But for others it meets needs that can not be met in any other way.

So you're saying that religion will evolve, adapting to the climate? So only the religions that adapt will survive?


Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ........... dare I say it?

 

[Minor Axis]

How can religion exist after Darwin? Is it bound to die?

To my mind, for religionists of all stripe to maintain a faith in a creator God, we, yes we, I an a religionist, we have to throw out most of the science that we have worked hard for 2,000 to gain and learn.

Religion is compatible with science to all but those who insist their holy book takes precedence over known facts. The real rub is taking the literal translation of the Bible, scripts written by ancient man (with minimal scientific knowledge) attempting to explain God.

I just watched an interesting show on History Channel making a case for ancient man's encounter with aliens who became the Gods of Greek and Roman mythology.

 

[BornReady]

I believe in evolution, I believe that God created this world....gave us a brain to be curious as to make us wonder what made this possible, though it will inevitably lead to one thing

And that one thing is what? Islam? Hinduism? Christianity? Theism? Animism?

albeit, that there are a few that won't believe there is a God who created us

More than a few. In fact, the majority of scientists don't believe God directed evolution. Although there are many that do.

I just watched an interesting show on History Channel making a case for ancient man's encounter with aliens who became the Gods of Greek and Roman mythology.

I've heard that before. It's interesting. But it just replaces one unproven hypothesis with another.

I think the most realistic hypothesis is that myths, including Greek and Roman mythology, are man-made stories attempting to make some kind of sense of the world in which they lived.

 

[Greatest I am]

Good Lord!!!

Too much for you eh?
Sometimes learning hurts.

Regards
DL

 

[Greatest I am]

Religion is lagging behind science but it will catch up. It always does. It just takes time. The religion of tomorrow will be science friendly. Religion will not die. For some it is not needed. But for others it meets needs that can not be met in any other way.

I agree. Not all minds can shed fantasy especially when indoctrinated as children.

Regards
DL

 

[edgray]

because it was a theory.... that not everybody accepts.... DUH

People generally don't accept it because they misunderstand the use of the word "theory".

 

[sexysadie]

Too much for you eh?
Sometimes learning hurts.

Regards
DL

Darling, there's not a damn thing that somebody like you can teach me...lol. My quick reply was merely a reflex reaction to yet another religious bashing thread.....have you ever heard the saying 'me thinks the man protests too much' ????

 

[Greatest I am]

Religion IS existing right now after Darwin.

Sure. The old will be replaced by younger brighter minds though. it is happening as we speak but not fast enough for my taste.

The young are not near as gullible as the old generations.

Regards
DL

 

[Greatest I am]

He comes up with the same lame videos all the time, nothing new...I think I will move on from here

And to answer the title thread question...sorry, but I believe in evolution, I believe that God created this world....gave us a brain to be curious as to make us wonder what made this possible, though it will inevitably lead to one thing, albeit, that there are a few that won't believe there is a God who created us.....end of answer.

Note: OP never comes up with new videos to churn out his hatred towards us....hence nowt new here, bye

Thanks for coming out of your retarded literalist box long enough to insult and not speak to the O P.

Examples like you make my job easier.

Regards
DL

 

[Greatest I am]

I was under the impression it has managed to survive.

For now. That cancer is being worked on from many quarters.

Regards
DL

 

[BornReady]

Not all minds can shed fantasy especially when indoctrinated as children.

That's a little harsh considering that you yourself are a religionist. Some people are just more mystically inclined than others.

Some people love fantasy. My wife made me watch Lord of the Rings. I was bored but she loved it. My father-in-law is certain that Hobbits lived on earth at one time. An active imagination can be healthy. I tend to be too realistic for my own good. If there's no evidence then I don't believe it.