Religion is a prehistoric cave man's way of trying to explain the inexplicable now science is doing this so...
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It's so simple, and so true.  It amazes me that so many people are so blinded by the "cult of personality" that is religion, that they cannot understand this very basic premise...
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To me it is quite obvious that religions are man made.. all history and facts point to that. For example, the Bible is so scattered. It was written by different people over a long period of time. Anyone could justify an action or belief with a passage in it. \n\nLife is scary and strange and there is a big unknown out there. The idea of a monotheistic male creator and judger seems so silly. However, the interrelatedness of all life is apparent, and that connection with the godlike can happen to anyone, whether religious or not. Of course, those who believe will tell you it's merely a question of faith. Therefore, no consensus can happen. There is no arguement available in response to that.\n\nWhat I find funny is that a lot of typical religious teachings about how to behave in society make logical sense for the survival of the species. We don't need religion to teach us to be "good" people. In fact, many people are killed in the name of "God."
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An odd question, but you may have a point; an example would be some of the 'scientists' who have associated themselves with young-earth creationism. One guy has a degree in paleontology and studied under Steven Jay Gould - he knows that creationism is a load of bunk, but ignores all the evidence for an ancient earth, because he wants to believe the bible. I can not comprehend this kind of double-think, and find it quite scary, but the logic seems to be, "There is so much evidence against what I wish to believe, so I must have lots of faith to continue believing - this makes me a good servant of god!"
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Thats what I said long ago, evolution is a religion
701508
The only clue you gave was uncharacteristically for an archaeologist, so based on that I would say he was looking for the answers to how life started but instead of digging at a site for fossils or other remains he looked in the Bible and found his answer.
850891
You can teach that - just don't pass it off as science (its like pushing your pamphlets under the door), put it in a religious instruction class.
917008
it's interpretation what it's about,\nbut a lot of stuff maybe not Literal,\nbut it's funny how the  story of the 'Flood' \nand other stories recur in remote religions throughout the world
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As it seems this question has raised yet another debate, I'd like to add my 2cents. As the father of paleoboy, and a Christian, I believe I have raised my son well. Because I have not fallen into the ignorance, as I will call it, of pre-empting God. Evolution is merely a theory, man should  not be assumed to be included in this factor. In fact, there exists more questions  of man's progress than proof of any evolution. \nThe animals however, and lower life, could have been designed by God in many numerous ways. Who are we to question the means, or claim to know as to how God works? He works, as we know, in mysterious ways! Could he not have in fact, by design, created species that could evolve and adapt to earth changes, if for no other reason, to allow clues behind for the event of man to discover, to weed out those that would choose to use this information, to disprove His existence?\nTo claim we have all the answers to the mysteries of God is to fall into ignorance as Christians. I back up my son's answer, as an open, unquestioning mind as to the works of God. Paleontology is a science, based on evidence, and a great deal of theory, which is always subject to change with newly discovered evidence.
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this is a very wierd statement....\nscientist do not strugle with religion... they do their science.\nI do not understand your point.... science is not interested in religion at all.... it is all about understanding the place where we live.... \nreligion, ... well it is up to you to decide what role it plays in your life. '
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it makes perfect sense.  Man needed a way to explain the world back when we were primitive, but God's obsolete at this point in techonogical sophistication.
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don,t worry some zealot will interpret the words of the bible to fit his beliefs-----dinosaurs existed and darwin was right---you can interpret the words in the bible or any religious book to fit your views---i believe there is a god---but not all the different gods that all these different religions describe---all those books were written by men!!!--they are not the words of god--they are the words of weak men-trying to get control of the people around them----it worked--
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It's the study of fossils.
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All the religions are relics from Bronze Age. They have Bronze Age mentality, morality, and laws. They are out of sink with time. They should be retired into some museum together with the people who wish to believe in such fairytales.\n\nIn the Bronze Age, our knowledge of the objective world was also based on beliefs and myths. But already 2500 years ago Greeks learned to distinguish between beliefs and facts in the fields of logic, mathematics, physics, biology, and to some degree history. This was the beginning of true science. Science is the true religion of the modern people. Science has every capacity to explore the spiritual realm. Of course it would be a very different science, the science of the inner world, but still, it is a science, not mythology. Scientific inquiry, rather than religion can discover the necessary conditions for people to live in peace with each others.
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I agree and this is one of the most difficult issues that I have been struggling with lately.  Our ancestors of 2000 years ago did not have the science nor the technology to explain everyday events.  "Oh my gosh!  That glowing ball is back!  It must be a god!"  So, they named him Helios.  I'm just so confused as to why the Bible is still the end all, be all authority.  We've obviously made leaps and bounds in our understanding of the earth, our solar system, our galaxy and our universe.  Ugh!  I'm just so confused and find it VERY hard to follow with blind faith.
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lol brave attempt, but ulitmately it doesn't matter how much scientific proof you can offer a creationist their blind faith won't accept it.\n\ncarbon dating may not be an exact science but it's a darned sight more accurate than believing in several unrealated documents compiled 100's of years after the events they 'record' by a roman emporer with an agenda..\n\nit's all fairly accademic to discuss the bible or creationism (or any religion) on somewhere like yahoo, you'll never change someones beliefs and at the end of the day, what does it matter. I wish i could believe in a god,it might make living feel slightly more purposeful...
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Archeology is a science and the science is not static like the "true"  Bible. In the Bible all the thinks are true without question, they are "God" words.  In science we question all the thinks and the true of today maybe be false tomorrow and this concept is not bad is really good. If you are a believer your true is based on faith, if you believe in the science your true is based on proof and the proof are generally changing. Yes there are a  lot of discrepancies between the evidences. Are you willing to accept the differences even if they point that Bible is incorrect?
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that is a wonder to me too, religions, such as the most popualr christianity was invented thousands of years ago and went under many modification, thus protestant, catholic etc.... by some roman or other major ancient empire leader, however, eventually people will come to realize how primitive religion is, compare the significane of religion today with the concept a hundred years ago, back then priests were next to kings and leaders, now ther jus some horny guys wantin to F some kids in church