Reply #158: "Hi. I have some demonstrable facts [View All]

[timtom]

and that's all ye on earth know and all ye need to know."

So, you KNOW beyond the shadow of a doubt how many dimensions there are and you know precisely what lies beyond a black hole and you can reverse time, right?

What you know is only what we have discovered through rigorous research, but reality has a strange way of shifting and what was true yesterday is no longer true today.

And as for what is religion:

http://www.carm.org/atheism/terms.htm

"Religion - Generally a belief in a deity and practice of worship, action, and/or thought related to that deity. Loosely, any specific system of code of ethics, values, and belief."

http://www.nmhschool.org/tthornton/world_religions_working_definiti.php

"RELIGION -- (Latin: religio, ligo, "to bind together") A way of seeing, thinking, and acting inspired by questions about what things mean: i.e. Where did we come from?, What is our destiny?, What is true?, What is false?, What is my duty or obligation?, What is the meaning of suffering?, What is the meaning of death?, How shall we live?"

There are many definitions available. Most of them mention belief in the supernatural.

Most.

But there are some that provide variant perspectives on the nature of religion.

Being the big tent DU is, we can each choose one or a few consistent with our existing opinions.

But the fact that there are divergent definitions on what is religion challenges the notion of anyone having a handle on absolute truth.

But if you doubt me, stand before a peer review group and tell them that you have discovered absolute truth, and that truth is science.