[ExI] No gods, no meaning?

Keith Henson hkeithhenson at gmail.com
Fri Apr 24 21:43:11 UTC 2020


Jason Resch <jasonresch at gmail.com> wrote:

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> There's no reason I see that religious ideas cannot be extended and grow
together with advances in scientific understanding. To assume otherwise and
say religious ideas must stagnate perverts and restricts not only religion
but science as well.

The only way I can see this sort of convergence is if science
eventually understands the psychological mechanisms that result in
religions.  Science is supposed to lead to an understanding of
everything.  At some point, it should lead to an understanding of why
humans have religions.

Keith


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