Extremes of Faith and Disbelief

[Anonymous]

Very interesting article on cnn today that parallels a lot of the discussion here:

http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/01/living/deepak-chopra-atheism/index.html

Some quotes:

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No doubt faith is in crisis.

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Unfortunately, the goal of many faiths is to obey dogma and accept a cultural mythology.

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Millions of people have walked away from organized religion to become more spiritual, not less. They call themselves seekers; their disbelief is a starting point for starting their own investigations.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for sharing. I liked this one:

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In my own conception of God as the source of consciousness, creativity, intelligence, love and evolution, the reason to be spiritual is to increase all of those qualities.

[Anonymous]

Liked the article, thank you for sharing.

I’ve met atheists who are as militant and pig-headed in their beliefs as extreme believers. My favorite line from the article was “Rationality is a specialized aspect of the higher brain, but it’s not the end-all and be-all of life as anyone can tell you who has experienced love, music, art, compassion, self-sacrifice, altruism, inspiration, intuition — indeed, most of the things that make life worth living.”

It seems that science and religion are parallel roads, both searching for Truth. I believe the two paths of science and religion don’t meet and there is little point in trying to bridge them – at least in this life…

In fact a healthy mutual distrust – not extreme but acknowledgement of the flaws of each – probably keeps both science / religion or faith / disbelief “honest.” Atrocities have been committed in the name of both science and religion.

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