Atheists be trollin'

[germboy]

I recently watched a video on youtube in response to the claim by religion (i/e conservative Christians) that 'you can't trust science.' It points out all the great things science has done for us, and that religion has not progressed mankind at all

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Re: Please read carefully. This comment was written carefully, and not intended to be incendiary.

[lady_gray]

You've either not read any Dawkins or not read it closely, or perhaps merely with the intent of finding things to support your own views. "The selfish gene" isn't a literal statement ascribing sentient properties to DNA. It's merely a simple way of describing the function of biology and evolution.

Dawkins does for biology what Stephen Hawking does for astrophysics: he tries to use layman's terms to explain complex theories so that they can be understood easily by people who are not scientists or even scholars.

I think, if you are a Christian, forgiveness is what you constantly strive for, no? And understanding? And to be kind and good to others? Dawkins wants that also. An excerpt from The Selfish Gene:

"Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish."

Even from a Christian standpoint you must agree. If we are born with original sin, we are born selfish and greedy. Psychology supports this. It's called "egocentrism" and we grow out of it with proper upbringing and a gradual understanding of the world around us and our place in it. But altruism and generosity must be taught. Else why would we form religion to codify the ethics we so desperately need to coexist peaceably?