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Originally Posted by Beelzebaby666  I was half guessing. I have heard the term before but I thought it was used by people who aren't blind followers and more in to finding how The Creator became the many representations of God. I think most of the religion people practice is grapevine. IE, Someone a thousand years ago saw or wrote something and over time, and through men who wished to have power over something, it's morphed in to what it is now. Like gossip.
I'll have to read more on this because I see there's a lot more to it. |
I rarely disagree with Sam, but Intelligent Design is not religion. It was most loudly (and in court) defended by people with a purely religious agenda, but it's not just religion, nor any particular religion. It is the concept that there was a Creator, and there was a purpose (not random mutations) that guides the universe.
While not specifically against evolution, it merely points out that evolution and abiogenesis cannot stand up under the same criteria given for proof for Intelligent Design by the courts. Evolution and abiogensis are riddled with holes and guesses and untestable, unprovable arguments - just like intelligent design.
It's actually a quest for fairness in our science classes, not indoctrination.
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I liked your last comment. It's nice to know about what others believe, so long as you can do your own thing. I read the books for that CSM class on religion( the course was BORING ) and I noticed that the oldest religions fostered many similar religions, so I surmised that all religions are the same, only certain individuals changed and adapted them for their own use and to meet their own "needs".
The beauty of my faith is that I can pick and choose from any religion, what makes me feel good. I believe that the unnamed intelligence is the earth itself and we are all at the mercy of he beauty and rage. Until someone can control the weather and the tide, I'll stick with that. |
An interesting take.