2timothy316 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 28, 2021 2:23 pm
Your definitions of soul and resurrection, who taught you those things and do they have a love of truth or just love of being right? What do you want? Do you want truth or just to be right?
Too many independent sources over many years to fully list.
I’m not sure that ‘truth’ and ‘being right’ are mutually exclusive, as you seem to imply. I simply want to understand. Biology, chemistry and physics offer reasons for why a dead body can’t be brought back to life. Those reasons are testable, all the way down from defining ‘brain death’ to the chemical processes involved in rigor mortis and tissue decomposition. Religion on the other hand, provides just stories with no explanation, just various interpretations of scripture.
2timothy316 wrote:I know some that keep a belief simply because they fear being ostracized by their political party or even the people they go out drinking with.
Being part of many ‘in-groups’ lends itself to fear of ostracisation, certainly. We’re in agreement on that.
2timothy316 wrote:If you have interest then read the thread.
Not that much, to be honest.
2timothy316 wrote:There are more questions in science than answers, that is one thing I think they would all agree on.
To put this in context, why should asking a variety of different scientists about the future and getting different answers be any more surprising than asking a variety of different religious leaders the same question? Science is simply a method of investigation, presupposing nothing (if practiced properly).
There are more answers in religion than questions. Unfortunately, some of the answers are contradictory or nonsensical. That might invite more questions from some, but it’s unfortunate (in my view) that the type of fear mentioned above often discourages such thought.