RE: RE: Science and Religion
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RE: Science and Religion

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This is an interesting topic to me.

I'm not sure that the 2 magesteria do not overlap, in practice. I see a lot of talk online about religious claims having scientific validity. I'm not sure that scientific claims of a real Adam and Eve or a global flood are compelling to me.

On the other side, religion is something having to do with how individuals and groups behave in certain settings. I think science has a lot of good things to say about why religion developed, and why it is sticky once it gets in our heads.

One resource I really like is a book I read by John C. Wathey called

Illusion of God's Presence: The Biological Origins of Spiritual Longing

Here's a link to it on Amazon which may be an affiliate link.
https://amzn.to/4bVzVfJ

One can read more about the author and his research on his website:

https://www.watheyresearch.com/about/

Here's a long YouTube video by Wathey.

As for me

I think religion is a human behavior that naturally follows from our nature. I am very much on the science side of things but I have religious beliefs my social circle taught me as a child. I choose to believe things that have no evidence but actually have natural explanations, just because I am able to choose to believe some things that are helpful to me yet have low probability of being "true" in a literal sense. Religion has value to me, and apparently to many others.

Thanks for the excellent post which led me to revisit the topic in my mind. There's tons more that can be said, but this reply is my thoughts in a tiny nutshell.

Have a great day!

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