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RE: Someone asked someone else , why do you think Allah is real? - Boudica - 05-30-2022 (05-29-2022, 09:42 PM)dork.master.king Wrote:(05-28-2022, 01:50 PM)Boudica Wrote: This thread was a little rambly, but it sounds like you're asking why each of us believes what we do about the universe's creation?It was a little rambly yes but it was more of a reply to literally someone asking the below thread owner(Which whom I assume is a Muslim) ''why do you think Allah is real?'' than a question. But thank you for your reply , It reminded me that I didn't that I didn't leave a reference to the original question from the other thread I understand what you mean! Providing information on your thought process or why you have that viewpoint can often help increase the level of understanding between you and the other people in the conversation. It's useful thing to do. My only critique would be to find a way to organise it when typing to make it a little easier to follow. I say that as someone who used to be very guilty of this myself! haha. It took me years to become a better writer, where I could get across the same detail with less words. It's definitely much easier said than done. So, when you say GOD and The Big Bang are the same thing, am I correct in thinking you mean they are two ways to explain the same thing: i.e. The beginning of our universe? I believe most, if not all, religions have different ways they approach that, whether it be a god entity or several god's, or something else entirely. I understand what you are saying. That the leaders in religious wars are driven by religion, but my personal viewpoint is that when you go to the source of it, it's not religion at all. Let's take a look at history in Europe. Lots of versions of Christianity manifested over 2000 years, and many many wars occurred there. However, Religion and state were not two separate things. Religion = power. If you were a King, you were considered close to god, and therefore had the divine right to make decisions. Priests often had a lot of power in their communities, and would be given good homes and land. I can't think of a single example of religious war that at it's core, was truly about the religion itself. It's normally over two religious communities each claiming land as their holy land. There's no real reason they couldn't co-exist and find a way to share that space, other than human greed. Most religions teach against harming, murdering or hurting others. Again, Christianity is a prime example, where the core values are to "love thy neighbour" and not to commit murder. Yet how many wars were waged under it's banner? This is why I say it's not the religion itself that cause the war. Religion is a way to explain the things humans can't explain. It doesn't force you to commit crime or bad acts. You can have communities from the same core religion, who behave so differently. This is why Muslim communities are treated so poorly in the Western world. There are some who study the same texts, but choose to act on them very differently. However, Mr Kurd on this board is living proof his religion is not vicious by nature. Often religion is used as an excuse for people's behaviour, but it's rarely the driving force itself. Very interesting what you said about science! I was once told that science in it's own way, is also a belief system of sorts. We trust science more because what it tells us is more tangible. We can see, read, touch and experience some of what it tells us. However, science also get's it wrong sometimes. You only need to look at medicinal practices and how much they've changed over the centuries/decades to know that is true. When a new study comes to light about a topic, we will believe we know the "facts". Then, another study may find totally different results or reshape what we already thought was true. Therefore, those facts have changed. In which case, science isn't totally definitive or reliable. |