How much bullshit do you really believe?

There is no absolute.
There is only perspective.

Everything is considered.

 

It's ALL bullshit.

The hard part is trying to make it meaningful.

 

I've got a background in science and I'm a computer expert.
I disagree.

See, there's a certain presumption by some that religion is evil and illogical.
This is incorrect and arrogant.
Because cold Atheism can be just as much bullshit...as the other bullshit.
Either can be used for evil and illogic.

You can be intellectual and still enjoy your faith.
One does not have to supersede the other.
And actually if done right, one can enhance the other.

I find that my knowledge of the complexity & dynamic of the universe is an awesome perception.
The more complicated and detailed it is...the more profound.
Perhaps this is something "more".
You can't prove it isn't. I can't prove it is. So what. Does it really friggin' matter??

I enjoy the symbolism and flavor and warmth of my faith...doesn't make me any more stupid or short-sighted.
Unlike many unenlightened people...I don't deny science or what it finds.

The same close-minded people of religion that deny science,
are the same close-minded people of no religion that deny humans some sense of being a part of something bigger.
Both are presumptuous. Both are arrogant.
Surprise. You are a priest or zealot either way.

In comparative terms it is ALL bullshit.
You find your own friggin' meaning to it all. That's life...then it's over. (or maybe not)

Me? I'm going to continue enjoying my theoretical physics in dimensional analysis.
Then I'll also enjoy my Seder with my family on Passover.
Then I'll enjoy a walk in the park...or an espisode of the Three Stooges.
Whatever catches my fancy. I can do it ALL.

Damn I hate it when people think others "should" be THIS or THAT.
What if I want to do either ...or both ...or change my mind.
Who the fuck are they??

 

In your arguments against religion, do you examine the best in religion? After all, you look to the best in humanity in your humanism....

Mark Vernon, from Teach Yourself Humanism (2008)​

 

Well, thank you for that about Jews...I appreciate it.
We're not recruiters, not our thing.

However, I'm not going to judge ALL religious people according to those who are close-minded. You're doing a blanket opinion.
That would be like me saying that ALL Atheists are cold depressed soulless individuals who make choice with no emotion or passion. They are not.
That also would be like saying ALL Muslims are THIS, ALL Mormons are THAT, ALL Catholics are _____. Fill in the blanks for everyone.

You not believing in something DOES affect your decisions, right or wrong. You are making calls and opinions based on this.
I think that pretty much all people of faith believe in Gravity...they've incorporated that into their systems by now.
Anyone else we define as having "issues".

And as an active technology and science participant...
perhaps you have not had the "entertaining" experience of having established pros be given I new idea or method,
having hissy fits and just can't think otherwise when something does NOT fit into their acknowledged knowledge base.
Science becomes their religion...at whatever level.
Hoo Boy, its like you've told them the World is Round...even if you have real and mathematical proof.
Even Einstein had a hard time embracing Quantum Mechanics. "God does not play dice with the universe"

One person's world view is what it is...some flex, some don't.
ALL questions are not answered...even in science.
They still can't PROVE mathematically how a golfer can swing and hit a ball. (I've had this discussion with Mathematicians, I'm developing a Math)
They still have a difficult time incorporating Chaotic effects into weather systems. (I've had these conversations with NOAA scientists)
They still can't definitely tell you why Mass triggers Gravity/Relativitistic warps.
They still can't unify all the Forces.
They can't tell me why certain Constants are constant.
What is beyond the Big Bang...they've just started seeing this...What is beyond Subatomic Particles...How do they all inter-relate in realtime?
And oh so much more...

Every few months we get ANOTHER science zealot saying we have solved EVERYTHING, what more is there to solve???
Then Life, The Universe & Everything tweaks his nose a bit, coming up with another question. (42 )

Marx said "Religion is the opium of the people"
(paraphrased incorrectly as "religion is the opiate of the masses." in reality "Die Religion ... ist das Opium des Volkes" but hey, I could be wrong)
But Science CAN be a religion.
Atheism CAN be a religion.
Ask friggin' Russia & China how that experiment went down...

ANYTHING taken absolute will sooner or later be wrong.
ALL is dependent on our definitions. (ooo...now THAT is a philosophical debate... Oi)
Actions and Observations executed this way can be painful and harmful. Religious or Scientific.

Pretty much you're just coming off as being presumptious, arrogant and angry.
Me. I'll take my soup with a touch of salt. I like the flavor with the warmth.

 

Meaningful? I thought the goal was to keep it from smelling up the place.