Saturday, October 25, 2003
The other day, actually Thursday, I had a very interesting conversation, more like debate, with a friend about religion and science, over dinner. Of course, only on a full stomach can your brain work at full capacity, or that was what we thought. However, we weren't really in the mood of proving that for ourselves, since the subject matter was of something much more serious, the coexistance of science and religion.
I seem to have forgotten, why we started talking about the whole thing, but it seems that he believed that science and religion were two seperate things that should not intermingle. However, as debatable a person I am, I had to disagree. I believe science and religion go hand in hand, even though there are various cases in which science and religion do not agree, like evolution for example, which is completely taboo in some churches. I see nothing wrong with evolution. The fact that people "may" have evolved from monkeys is nothing to make a big deal about. The bible only said that God created people in his own image, but then the word "create" is arguable. Since, you really can't be sure whether it was direct influence or indirect influence. Now, what I'm trying to say is that a person can "help" create something through external influences, so there's nothing wrong in thinking that maybe humans were created through God's manipulation of the evolution process, which he may have created in the first place. Now nothing wrong with that. Of course, I can see how some people can find this disturbing, since people are egocentric beings after all. For the longest time, we believed we were the center of the universe for crying out loud. That really makes you wonder whether people were truly "created" in the "image" of God. We as a species have intelligence, which make us put more importance on ourselves than anything else. Now, if dogs also had the same intelligence as humans, would we still be keeping them as pets? Would we still feel just as unique in this world? Now, that's a question best left for philosopher, since I don't feel like killing a few brain cells just to try and solve it right now.
More to come.....
I seem to have forgotten, why we started talking about the whole thing, but it seems that he believed that science and religion were two seperate things that should not intermingle. However, as debatable a person I am, I had to disagree. I believe science and religion go hand in hand, even though there are various cases in which science and religion do not agree, like evolution for example, which is completely taboo in some churches. I see nothing wrong with evolution. The fact that people "may" have evolved from monkeys is nothing to make a big deal about. The bible only said that God created people in his own image, but then the word "create" is arguable. Since, you really can't be sure whether it was direct influence or indirect influence. Now, what I'm trying to say is that a person can "help" create something through external influences, so there's nothing wrong in thinking that maybe humans were created through God's manipulation of the evolution process, which he may have created in the first place. Now nothing wrong with that. Of course, I can see how some people can find this disturbing, since people are egocentric beings after all. For the longest time, we believed we were the center of the universe for crying out loud. That really makes you wonder whether people were truly "created" in the "image" of God. We as a species have intelligence, which make us put more importance on ourselves than anything else. Now, if dogs also had the same intelligence as humans, would we still be keeping them as pets? Would we still feel just as unique in this world? Now, that's a question best left for philosopher, since I don't feel like killing a few brain cells just to try and solve it right now.
More to come.....
Monday, October 20, 2003
This is where I post random thoughts for the day.....
