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In reply to the discussion: Kick if you agree with this assessment about the influence of religion on people. [View all]Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)That returns to my earlier question, "Who cares?" Certainly not the material universe.
But the OP was based on Dawkins claiming religion closes the mind to inquiry into things outside itself. As I pointed out earlier plenty of people of faith contribute to scientific inquiry. Yet, somehow Dawkins and his sort have closed their minds to anything they cannot observe as if their ability to do so is the sole determining factor of reality. Moreover, they attach a moral quality on accepting their article of faith as if the material universe knows or cares. To refuse to denounce the possibility of realities beyond our own is to utter heresy.
Is observation a good place to base one's assertions? Absolutely. I'm certainly not slamming science as a pursuit but I also admit its limits. Hell, scientists can't even decide whether or not eating eggs is healthy.