Posted by Pauldohert but apparently deleted. I pasted this from the email alert.
Because science is not a personality cult.
Einstein never accepted Quantum Mechanics yet it is the most successful theory of all time (right up there with Darwin's Evolution). As much respect as he gets for Relativity it does not transfer to other fields.
Religion is based on "prophets", anointed leaders and unquestioned dogma. The prophets and anointed leaders can be shows to be bigots, (and often pedophiles).
In science nothing and nobody is beyond critique. If it doens't fit the observation the reputation of those who back it means nothing.
As cool as some of the ideas attributed to Jesus may be he is reported as backing the hideous Old Testament. Those who follow "the ways of the Lord" are zombies, constantly vulnerable to being conducted by the high preists of doctrine to engage in the worst of human degeneration. Personality cults are objectively flawed.
Religion is enhanced by the age of the story. The older it is and the more often it is repeated the more reliable it is considered. Observations of reality do not even rate and any conflict is ignored.
In contrast a scientific theory that conlicts with observation must be immediately abandonned or reconstructed. This reconstruction is not the weakness as accused by the religious but science's central strength.
Only an idiot would expect the 3000 year old story to be more reliable.
Why are atheists on these boards so dissmissive of religion - when someone like Einstein clearly was not?
http://einsteinandreligion.com/
Because science is not a personality cult.
Einstein never accepted Quantum Mechanics yet it is the most successful theory of all time (right up there with Darwin's Evolution). As much respect as he gets for Relativity it does not transfer to other fields.
Religion is based on "prophets", anointed leaders and unquestioned dogma. The prophets and anointed leaders can be shows to be bigots, (and often pedophiles).
In science nothing and nobody is beyond critique. If it doens't fit the observation the reputation of those who back it means nothing.
As cool as some of the ideas attributed to Jesus may be he is reported as backing the hideous Old Testament. Those who follow "the ways of the Lord" are zombies, constantly vulnerable to being conducted by the high preists of doctrine to engage in the worst of human degeneration. Personality cults are objectively flawed.
IT shows massive arrogance and ignorance to me.
I can see the answer coming back - that organised religion, in a hard coded format wasn't anywhere near Einsteins thing either. We know that, and to be honest I reckon most religious folk, dont operate on that level either. Its just that's easy introducation for the 6 years olds, or a framework to start from/
So why do atheists here insist on debating on the six year old religiuos story telling religion stuff, but also then dismiss all other religiuos beleif, as the fumblings of the uneducated?
Religion is enhanced by the age of the story. The older it is and the more often it is repeated the more reliable it is considered. Observations of reality do not even rate and any conflict is ignored.
In contrast a scientific theory that conlicts with observation must be immediately abandonned or reconstructed. This reconstruction is not the weakness as accused by the religious but science's central strength.
Only an idiot would expect the 3000 year old story to be more reliable.