Mac1958
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Well, I have great curiosity in science and space exploration, and I pay quite a bit of attention to that. If I watch one thing on teevee more than anything else, it's that topic.I'm not on any kind of search. If something presents itself, great. Until then, I'm perfectly comfy assuming that I'll never know The Answer.Tough to tell them apart, and either way, I don't have proof that any of them actually exist.We humans have always created gods - sometimes multiple gods at one time - to provide us with guidance, comfort and answers.
Believers of these various gods have always been convinced, down to their very bones, that they had The Answer and that everyone else was just wrong.
Okay. That's fine. That still has never made those various gods real. And if you really don't see the difference between fact & faith, there's nothing I can say.
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True, we have always invented gods. Many religions, however, know their gods are invented--or at least strongly suspect they are. IOW, they're stories, and they know it.
So maybe start by dividing up the faiths that are mythology and the ones who claim they're not.
Hey, I'm open to anything. When I become convinced of something, I'll run with it.
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There is no evidence that the Norse gods exist, for example. It is mythology. There is plenty of evidence that people worshipped the Norse gods, but no historical evidence for their existence.
There is historical evidence for the man Jesus Christ, however, that historians accept. Most historians accept the existence of a man named Jesus. They do not accept the existence of god named Odin, just for starters. So you can start with that.
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That seems incurious, doesn't it?
Religion seems pretty static to me. I don't see a lot that makes me curious. But science? I'm very hopeful many great discoveries will be made during my lifetime.
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