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Originally posted by chavos
To assume that because some religious sects focus on stability and easy answers, that all are like this is a logical fallacy...
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Religion is a quest for understanding, a way to find something that eases your soul. However, that quest has limits, and those limits are defined by your particular religion.
Take evolution as a prime example. Most religions have creation myths, and most of them are incompatible with the theory of evolution. So nine times out of ten, what happens? The theory is discarded and the myth is maintained and defended as the truth.
Science doesn't have those limits because no aspects of it are immune from criticism and refinement. The process is infinitely more outward-looking than the religious quest for truth, which tends to be a matter of trying to marry old thinking with new and different environments and situations.