tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488651241352366915.post4911689296701960468..comments2024-01-15T04:46:58.572-05:00Comments on Atheist Camel: Can Religious Myth and Science be Reconciled? Should it be??Dromedary Humphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14165566701791663057noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488651241352366915.post-70098305259195065152008-06-11T18:32:00.000-04:002008-06-11T18:32:00.000-04:00excellent post! thanks Leo, well said, as always.excellent post! <BR/>thanks Leo, well said, as always.Dromedary Humphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165566701791663057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488651241352366915.post-19285049705460448012008-06-10T20:08:00.000-04:002008-06-10T20:08:00.000-04:00I took a Mythology class last fall, and the basic ...I took a Mythology class last fall, and the basic theme repeated over and over is "the myths of a culture are important as being a look into its psyche, rather than saying they're not true, since that is obvious". People who try and say science/math/etc can live together with religious literalism are trying to have things both ways. They see the power behind science, but they don't want to let go of their mythology either. That the Christian mythology is the same thing as the mythological elements of other religions is a point usually lost on them. If someone wants to believe in an Einstein like God of universal complexity, that's fine, but you can't bring in superstitious mythology with it. It will never gel. <BR/><BR/>There are people, many of them in fact, that embrace evolution, whilst saying that God is behind it. Why do positive and negative charges attract? Why do neutrinos need to come in three flavors? Why is mass directly tied to speed? If you probe deep enough, any base of knowledge hits that edge where someone can claim that there is where God comes into play. It's sort of an unfalsifiable argument, since no one can come up with an answer to every problem to come up. That doesn't make it a virtue though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com