But that will not deter the religious or atheist to religious
people in continuing thier scientific research to find new
discoveries, to try to explain the unexplained. Maybe Hawkins
himself is delusional. Even with sold evidence, these solid
evidence will continue to be proved to be fallible as new
discoveries continue.
Just like in 10 years time, the new space telescope will search
further and may discover new things for new theories to disprove a
previous theory. Maybe your strong belief in the big bang has made
you yourself so delusional and no different than those with ur
delusional religious truth. Delusions or not, athiests and
non-atheists alike will continue to break grounds in research and
discovery. Dont forget to discount those facts.
Like science and ur 'delusions' , will continue to compete
and go on the same path of discovery. So unless u are a scientists
yourself, you can hardly discredit them, just because they have
notions of religious belieft.
You dont see a pronounced religious scientist giving up on his
research and discovery because God says so. The continuation to ask
the questions, to seek the answers will not stop there. I am as up
to date to science as up to date to the reference of religous
references. Till the day i die, i will continue to be updated and
will look back knowing, that somethings, are just too
uncomprehendable for us to even begin with, but at least we tried
and will continue to try.
So what is the difference between you or religious
people "keeping up with religious knowledge" or "religion keeping
up with the latest findings/knowledge" and
scientists/philosophers/science keeping up with the latest
findings/knowledge?
Let's take your perception/people's perception of the
world as an example. You see red/blue/green/yellow around you. The
color blind person sees only shades of grey.
What does that tell you? Colors are people's delusions
in that there are no colors in this world! There are only spectrum
of light! Your brain assign colors to these different spectrum of
light!
The color blind person can still touch an elephant and say,
elephant! He will never ever touch a color and say, blue! Blue does
not exist, not like an elephant, and you need a brain to see blue
(just having eyes will not do, just as color blind people have
eyes).
If you lose the sense of touch, you will still be able to
see an elephant. You will still be able to hear and elephant if it
calls out. Not the same with color. You lose the ability
to interpret the different wavelengths of
lights, you cannot see color because colors do not exist. What
humans see as blue, an insect could very well see something else
and very likely see something else! (Actually what we see,
everything we see is but an interpretation... but that is another
story hahaha)
You are right in saying that what scientists know about
the universe today is still ongoing. You are wrong in saying
religious people are seekers. Religious people (maybe not you) are
people that claim to have found the truth/people that have found
IT!
"Jesus IS the ANSWER" they claim. You ever hear them say
"Jesus is a small part, maybe the answer"? Of course not. That is
not how religious people operate. You want people to give you 10%
of their salaries in the name of Jesus, you have to tell them
"Jesus IS the answer" or else no one will or very few will give you
even a cent.
Scientists will tell you: "All the findings, all the
research, all the observations, points us to this direction but
once we come up with new evidence and proofs, we will let you
know."
The evidence, proofs, observations are open to all to
review, criticize and object to. Some religious people will
kill you together with other innocent people if you dare criticize
their religion. While not all will kill you if
you criticize them, ALL, will not accept criticism and
change their core beliefs. They will simply cling on to their core
beliefs.
You see, if they accept the criticism and change, the
religion disappears.
All religions (otherwise they would not be called
religions) are based on unproven beliefs.
Science tells you, "it points to this direction, given
the state of the art but subject to change", the religions will
tell you: "WE KNOW, WE FOUND IT! IT IS LIKE THIS!"
So the choice is yours and even for some scientists, are
you willing to accept the versions the religions offer, when
scientist tell you the evidence so far is this but subject to
change?
Are you willing to accept the REALITY, the reality based
on what we know so far even if it is uncomfortable, or do you want
to live in a set of delusional lies, comforting to hold on to, but
nevertheless, unproven, illogical and baseless?
