Mythology and science
Posted by: Jack Grant in Fundamentals, Politics, Science and Technology, right-wing politicsThe University of Kansas is offering a course on the so-called “Intelligent Design Theory” but not exactly in the way the proponents of the belief might prefer:
Creationism and intelligent design are going to be studied at the University of Kansas, but not in the way advocated by opponents of the theory of evolution.
A course being offered next semester by the university religious studies department is titled “Special Topics in Religion: Intelligent Design, Creationism and other Religious Mythologies.”
“The KU faculty has had enough,” said Paul Mirecki, department chairman.
“Creationism is mythology,” Mirecki said. “Intelligent design is mythology. It’s not science. They try to make it sound like science. It clearly is not.”
I repeat yet again (redundancy intended, because that seems to be the only thing that reaches those whose beliefs triumph all reason), science and religion do not conflict.
Science is the how.
Religion is the why.
If you cannot see the difference and insist upon imposing your religious beliefs upon everyone, how can you truly say you have faith in the truth of your beliefs?
If your beliefs are the truth, they should stand on their own, immune to any challenge without the need to impose them upon others.
If your beliefs are so weak as to require imposition upon others, are they really the truth you claim them to be?
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Unfortunately for religiots, the question why is ultimately unanswerable, for even if you say God, you can still ask why God? If you recall an episode of the great 1960s show THE PRISONER that was the question #6 asked the Village’s supercomputer to put it on the fritz.