"The World Would Be a Better Place Without Religion" -- A Sentiment Common on College Campuses

[cbayer]

44. You keep moving the goalposts.

The fact is that you made a very broad brush statement and you keep redefining what you meant.

That's cool. The more specific you get about this, the more accurate you are likely to be.

Just talk to kids in catholic schools or adults that went to catholic schools. Particularly Jesuits. I think that will blow your hypotheses right there.

You have not presented any evidence either and it's really up to you to back up what you said.

Lots of scientists are also religious people. Many have no problem reconciling the two or at least seeing how different and incomparable they are.

I think we can agree that when faith challenges empirical evidence, we have a problem. Religion does not lend itself to empirical inquiry, but it does lend itself to inquiry of another kind.

As does dogma, something the pope at least appears to be doing at this time.