@hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world
Post #2311764
2026-01-02 01:54 UTC
Science is for things we can prove, religion is for things we want to believe.
Why not use science when possible and religion when needed?
Everyone is free to believe in the funny old man controlling us and still accept that atoms exist.
These things are not mutually exclusive. And if they are to you, that's probably because you're a dick about it.
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@petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-01-02 23:52
Not to get too reddit athiest about it, but the main problem I'd have with even innocent spiritualism is that it's a bad habit, basically. If somebody believes something that isn't empirical, you can't use empiricism to bring them out of that pit. And the more they train that muscle, the stronger it is, you know? It creates a bunch of mental sweater-snags that either prevent people from believing obviously true things, or that allow them to be yoinked by snake oil salesmen into wackier and wackier positions.