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Originally Posted by notinmybackyard
Science and technology have given us nuclear bombs, depleted uranium, a pacific ocean with more plastic in it than actual living creatures, created an over population problem, extinction of species, etc... etc... etc... etc....etc
If all of the so called "scientific-factual-logical" people were indeed scientific, factual and logical.... Then would it not have been prudent to NOT develop the "*toys*" that we use to kill our fellow human beings and destroy the enviroment?
A dichotomy of logic and science most often tends to be a very selfish dichotomy that provides power hungry men the tools to commit their atrocities but never accepts any blame or responsibilty for its own involvement.
So how about just basing decisions on sympathy, compassion, respect and tolerance. Which are at the very least words within the language of religion.... But are in of themselves illogical, non-scientific and factually irrelavant.
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Yep......People are mostly assholes no matter what they believe in. On top of that the current system of greed is really unfair to all but the very elite/wealthy. Greed causes most of the poor decisions of the non-religious. Science, reason and logic are not the problem, humans themselves are the problem. Greed, power and the misuse of technology are the problems you are pointing out.
The inmates are running the asylum!!!
Science and inventions can be either horrible or magnificent depending on their usage, this doesn't change the fact that science is real and provable and god is not. Using the tangible and provable as a basis for decision making seems better.