A Rant I Indulged in Today...

[ferchrissakes]

Upon reading the following section of an anti-science email I received today, went off a bit on a rant which will prolly only serve to push my religious friend away from me further... but I cannot help myself when I see people thinking so irrationally:

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Re: I would say that some religions are reconcilable with science

[intertubes]

as usual, we are misinterpreting each others posts. it cannot be denied, however, that certain people are luckier than others, is all I'm really saying. I was using the idea of Ganesh to state that these things do happen, but I do not think that someone can alter their luck, except by what you're saying, to fit in better in society, since we are a social species. there are however, forces such as randomness and chance in the world, and to get more mysterious, forces that we cannot perceive. time will tell what and how these things should be interpreted. I think these types of conversations are marginalized because a) they are not productive at places such as work, social events (especially if drinking is involved, although personally I would enjoy it), or family functions (well, maybe not so much our family as others). I think I took issue with your initiation of your post, "sorry to disappoint" which totally sets the tone for said post, making it slightly patronizing is all.

all this can be broken down into physics and correlated to certain aspects of religions and ethos such as buddhism, hinduism and especially taoism, which is itself a social code. I urge you to read the books the Tao of Physics, the Perennial Philosophy, and mostly, The Science of Good and Evil, a book on behavioral sciences, since you seem to be enamored of science as of late.