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Did you know that everything around you only acts the way it dose while your aware of it? Would this make us god and the devil at the same time?

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If you think about it, religion, science, philosophy are all quite similar. They all go about trying to answer fundamental questions about existence…such as why are we here. They just have different ways of going about it.

Science deals with observable phenomena, but any logician or philosopher can tell you that science is fallible. It is merely a method of making predictions based on observation. Science can never deliver certainty, only very high probabilities. This is because we can never observe the future, only the past, and predict accordingly.

Philosophy at one point dealt with many of the same things as science, but now it is mainly the realm of asking questions about the world that science cannot answer. Science can tell us how, but not why, or what we should therefore do.

Logic, unlike science, can deliver certainties, and in this respect is superior to science. It often relies upon observation to form the assumptions that make its premises, but if the premises are true, and the conclusion follows, the conclusion is certain.

Religion goes on to answer questions that none of the others can answer. Logic dictates that it is impossible to prove or disprove the existence of God, seeing as he is by definition omnipotent. Science can tell us a lot about matter, but not where the matter came from. Philosophy can tell us the best way to live, but rarely can come up with any convincing reason to do so, apart from religion (i.e. how can murder be wrong if animals kill each other all the time?)

Finally, I would like to say that though some terrible things have been done in the name of religion, these are usually the work of extremists apart from the main-line. Al Queda is not a good representation of Islam and the Westboro Baptist Church is not a good representation of Christianity. There has been a lot of good done by religion over the years, and I would say with certainty, more good than bad. At the very least, they are an improvement over atheism in practice. Atheist communist/socialist countries have killed far more people in ”peace” than all religious wars put together.

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I would agree that many people use religion to promote their evil agendas.

I would not agree that common sense dictates that human being and plants are on the same level. Yes, both are born and both die, but seriously, that is your criteria to equate them?

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”We on a level of common sense are no more supperior then the plants and animals we eat.”

So, based on your understanding of ”common sense”, plants should be constructing buildings and elaborate cities while animals should be conducting biotechnological experimentation and leading the way in medical research. To state that we are no more superior is to state that an apple is on the same level of intellect as yourself. I agree, when one looks at the biological life cycle, there are not many differences between us and plants and animals, however; there are many differences biologically that separate us completely from any other species and genus on the planet. A biological study of the nervous system between human and animal is enough to differentiate. Now, when one examines that and couples it with what has been stated as ”religion”, the differences expand the gap between human and the rest of the animal and plant kingdoms. Religion is man-made…faith is of God. There is a difference between the two. You can live your life in a dead religion, following the laws and commands of man…or you, as a human, can choose to have faith. Animals cannot and do not possess that ability. Neither do plants. Science without faith is nothing because in order to search for a nucleus in a cell, there had to be faith that something more existed. Humans are the only animals capable of having faith for that which is unknown – hence, the difference between us and the other kingdoms on Earth; thereby making us superior to animals and plants.

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Religion affects many lives, but something about it drives a stake through my heart. many join religions for its benefits given in the afterlife, others use religion as a reason for committing acts of good or evil. Activities are yet another reason people take on a religion, or they feel a supernatural being could explain the horrors of the world. through this they gain comfort, but ask yourself one question. Are you animal or monster? Are you one with nature or the child of some supreme being? think about it. We on a level of common sense are no more supperior then the plants and animals we eat. We follow the cycle of life, death, and rebirth. And i mean this in no religious way. we are born. we grow old. we die. our remains then, our memories, return to the world and are shared by those who live.

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