Floydical
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The 2 classic answers are a belief in God or a belief in science. However, even more religious people are starting to realize that a belief in an almighty, all powerful God is a little ridiculous. They may still call themselves religious and practice what God/Jesus would want from us, that being a good person, but they may also admit a doubt in an actual god.
Now if most of us are basing our opinions on science where our knowledge continues to grow, is it safe to say the whole Bible is fiction? That would be easy to generalize but I think a lot of people tend to believe what's in the Bible. Especially considering there were many stories in the Bible left out, perhaps more proof of its authenticity.
The point I'm making is there may be a common ground between religion and science. If stories of the Bible are true, how do we explain it scientifically? If stories from our ancestors include super beings with the power to fly do we instantly deem them stories and nothing more? Did the wall of Jericho really fall from the sound of a trumpet, or is there another explanation? Did the Israelites really survive for 40 years in the desert feeding on mana? Where did the mana come from?
Again, these could all be called stories and nothing else but evidence and logic is starting to form a different answer, one that proposes it wasn't a all-powerful god that was at the heart of the bible, but super intelligent beings. These beings could also be the answer to our own origin. Perhaps their origin was random, but they may have directed our existence to its current state, created us if you will. Its an idea worth putting some real thought into.
Now if most of us are basing our opinions on science where our knowledge continues to grow, is it safe to say the whole Bible is fiction? That would be easy to generalize but I think a lot of people tend to believe what's in the Bible. Especially considering there were many stories in the Bible left out, perhaps more proof of its authenticity.
The point I'm making is there may be a common ground between religion and science. If stories of the Bible are true, how do we explain it scientifically? If stories from our ancestors include super beings with the power to fly do we instantly deem them stories and nothing more? Did the wall of Jericho really fall from the sound of a trumpet, or is there another explanation? Did the Israelites really survive for 40 years in the desert feeding on mana? Where did the mana come from?
Again, these could all be called stories and nothing else but evidence and logic is starting to form a different answer, one that proposes it wasn't a all-powerful god that was at the heart of the bible, but super intelligent beings. These beings could also be the answer to our own origin. Perhaps their origin was random, but they may have directed our existence to its current state, created us if you will. Its an idea worth putting some real thought into.