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    I can see arguments on both sides, but I thought yurimon raised some good points. Science can't explain consciousness, and if you can't explain consciousness how can you be sure of anything else? If we can't be sure about the nature of reality, then science can be seen as just another belief system.

    Bottom line we have only been on this Earth a short time. It would be foolish to say that we know everything or completely reject the wisdom of religions that are thousands of years old.

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    • at least science doesn't claim to know everything. Religion just tells you quit thinking about that question you just had,pango
    • thousand years of wisdom. what is that?pango
    • It's the wisdom of elders. going back many hundred of year.youngdesigner
    • the same elders that told us that the earth was being carried on the back of a giant turtle?_niko
    • No different elderyoungdesigner
    • not asking about wisdom told how long ago or told by who. i'm asking the detail of the wisdom.pango
    • btw. "different elder" which one?pango
    • Are you talking about the same elder that built the giza pyramid aligned to stars in the middle of earth?yurimon
    • because to do that who ever built sure knew the earth was round and its position in spaceyurimon
    • really? i'm not a scientist or smart to begin with. couldn't they just study the pattern on how stars moves and predict where' it's gonna be for the next ten years?pango
    • it's gonna be for the next ten years? it's not like they align every day or every year after all.pango
    • just did a google search. and they say it only happens once 2737. so people who built it only saw it align once or never seen it aligned.pango
    • why they do it? who know? maybe they just really like pointing at the stars...pango
    • ok just did a bit more googling. it actually happens pretty often. but still i think it's cool they like to point thing at the stars.pango
    • as if religion can explain consciousness at all, their answer to everything is "magic"moldero
    • Not really. thats your stereo typical assumption. should look into it...yurimon
    • also keep in mind that how people see the world changes as indoctrination changes.yurimon
    • so..... which elder?pango
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