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[quote=Anonymous]I believe in science.

I agree that to believe, you must have faith.  I don't have faith.  For one, I don't need to pin hopes and dreams on faith, as if I pray hard enough this will happen and that won't, according to God's will.  All kinds of bad things happen to people despite their having devout faith.  The answer for why those tragedies happen, from those with faith is, you just haven't waited long enough to see God's plan, but you will.

Second, scripture seems to be a big part of most conventional religions, and adds to the foundation of faith.  People look there for answers to reinforce their faith.  In most cases (except the Book of Mormon maybe?), these things were written very long ago by, shall we say, uneducated people.  Before people understood science.  I see religion as method of controlling society and as a way for the unenlightened to explain the unexplainable, back in times when doing that perhaps made more sense.  To me the Bible is a funny book of nonsense stories (an Arc? animals two by two? woman made from man's rib?), full of phrases that are ripe for exploitation when taken literally, and full of prejudices.

I also have a big problem with the seeming inconsistencies, such as if you are a non-believer, you will burn in hell for all eternity, no matter what kind of righteous life on earth you have led. That is directly inconsistent with the concept people push of a loving, forgiving God.  I think there are strange, miraculous things that exist, like life itself, that transcend the notion of God, and I am more open to the idea of a "force for good."  But definitely no religion, and no dude in heaven with a master plan.

I have wrestled with it, and I do not have a tight argument. But when the only argument on the other side is the equivalent of "because I said so" I think that is weak.  [/quote]

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