I'm a scientist. I've been trained to be one. So what exactly does that mean?
I would say that means I use hypothesis driven research to answer questions. In other words, when faced with a problem I start asking questions. Once I have some background information, I form some kind of idea, and then go about poking holes in it until it crumbles to the ground, or it pokes back.
If asked the right way, any idea can be broken down into IS or IS NOT. For example, take the statement "Pure water is made of Hydrogen and Oxygen." As most of us know, that statement IS true. Or another example "Obama will be the next president." At this point, the statement must remain a hypothesis until we can further test it, but there will come a day that the statement will be either one of the IS, or one of the IS NOTs.
So what about God and religion. I can make the statement "God exists." As with the above examples, this statement must too join the ranks of IS or IS NOT. What I find interesting is that people both inside and outside of religion seem so afraid of testing this hypothesis. Is it bad to question God's existence? I would argue that it IS NOT bad to question, because by questioning we can find the answer. What are people afraid of? Are the religious more afraid of finding out the answer might be IS NOT, or are the non-religious more afraid of finding out the answer is IS? And why do we hate each other for asking (or not)...
The fact is, the statement "God exists" has a literal answer. Accepting it or not in no way impacts the answer. But does the answer itself make an impact? - that is the real question.
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Deep thoughts by Jack Handy...uhmmm I mean Deep thoughts by SO
I liked your post, much like your lesson on Sunday. Thanks for always being there to remind me who I'm supposed to be.
Heck yeah, the answer makes a big difference as to why it is or isn't asked. I would say that is the reason most people do not sincerely, truly ask. The next reason it isn't asked: how can we ever really know?
Maybe the next most important question is: What would we do if we ever found the answer to the question? Would we change anything? Interestingly enough, I have a close Catholic friend who admittedly does not believe in the existence of a God. Yet he says he would be disappointed if his children did not marry Catholic one day. Tradition runs deep.
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