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Usedtoknowsomeone46 t1_ixb2hoj wrote

Reply to comment by Derivative00 in Santa's House in downtown Rockville by ILovePublicLibraries

I was. Religious parents are terrible. Thankfully I grew up with the internet and was able to figure out that religion and magic is bullshit and that science is the best tool we have fairly early on.

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Justagreewithme t1_ixc9w08 wrote

Science and religion aren’t contrary to each other, they go hand in hand.

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Usedtoknowsomeone46 t1_ixc9zu0 wrote

Negative captain.

Science is based on evidence. Religion is based on faith.

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Justagreewithme t1_ixcg32h wrote

It sounds like you are inappropriately grouping all religions into one.

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Usedtoknowsomeone46 t1_ixcqdiw wrote

No that's literally the definition of religion lol.

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Justagreewithme t1_ixctsf8 wrote

Only as much as it is the definition of science. You believe in science because you believe the evidence presented to you. Some people interpret that same evidence as proof of religion. They are one and the same.

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Usedtoknowsomeone46 t1_ixcub7j wrote

False. The evidence presented by science can be repeated and independently verified by a third party.

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Justagreewithme t1_ixcweqa wrote

Same with religion.

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Usedtoknowsomeone46 t1_ixcy3xl wrote

...No? If it's empirical and peer-reviewed it's no longer religion, it's science.

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Justagreewithme t1_ixd0dpa wrote

So you are saying God is science?

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Usedtoknowsomeone46 t1_ixd0jfu wrote

Absolutely if you can show me empirical and peer reviewed evidence.

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Justagreewithme t1_ixd195d wrote

Okay. Literally anything applies -laws of gravity, Big Bang, laws of motion and most importantly, the laws of conservation of matter.

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