Loopholes in Religion

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Re: Loopholes in Religion

@Sinistra

Has religion been revealed only to modern humans? That would be to say that God specifically wants to be worshiped by only one of his many creations. Adam and Eve and their story…Should we consider that the beginning of time? Meanwhile Neanderthals walked the earth? This is not to dilute the credibility of any one religion, might I add. I am more interested in the configuration of religion in the human mind and whether we require any logic for its explanation. How far does one take the idea of “faith” or perhaps “blind faith based on books”

Have you ever read the piece of fiction called “Flatland”. Its a story of two dimensional world and its being which were (obviously) two dimensional figures. The story touched upon the fact that for the two dimensional beings, the idea of 3rd dimension was unimaginable.

Why cant we ‘open minded’ people try to think for a moment that maybe religion is possible, but just like we cant imagine 4th dimension (does not mean that it does not exists), we cant imagine a creator or a super being.

I have mentioned the sudden jump of intelligence in human beings in last two centuries as something that evolution could not explain. Concept of love and hate is something that science cannot explain. Should we start calling them loopholes in science? Just because we cannot rationalize something does not mean that it does not or cannot exist. 500-600 years ago, every single theory, test and observation was in agreement that everything revolves around the earth. Is it anymore true? Similarly, the concept of grand design and need of a designer for this universe may have not been proven yet, but who is to say that the universe does not have a creator.