It appears you have not yet registered with our community. To register please click here...

Theory of Everything  

  
Go Back   Theory of Everything > Philosophy > Branches of Philosophy > Religion
Reload this Page Progress blocked by Religion
Register Website Toe Club Your Blog Arcade

Welcome to the Theory of Everything forums.

You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today!

If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact contact us.

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
Progress blocked by Religion
Old
  (#1 (permalink))
Brown Belt
chazzysaw is on a distinguished roadchazzysaw is on a distinguished road
 
Status: Offline
Posts: 173
Thanks Given: 3
Thanked 17x in 13 Posts
Join Date: Oct 2005
Rep Power: 12
   
Progress blocked by Religion - 08-29-2006, 10:02 PM

One of the largest obstacles to finding the T.O.E will be religious belief. Religion has been an obstacle to progress for centuries. I can give many examples but I will only say one name and you will know what I mean "Galileo". There are many discoveries to this day that religions have stop, try to stop or delayed. The superstitious beliefs in religion has blocked progress in the world. Religion is the judge of what is morally accepted, safe and allowed. If the T.O.E. turns out to be something controversial and the religions of the world don't accept it, ignorance will remain for another hundred years. The T.O.E. may discover something that will prove everything religion has taught to be false. It appears that religion is not searching for truth but control.
  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!Spurl this Post!Reddit!
Reply With Quote
Re: Progress blocked by Religion
Old
  (#2 (permalink))
Moderator
mkirkpatrick is a splendid one to beholdmkirkpatrick is a splendid one to beholdmkirkpatrick is a splendid one to beholdmkirkpatrick is a splendid one to beholdmkirkpatrick is a splendid one to beholdmkirkpatrick is a splendid one to beholdmkirkpatrick is a splendid one to beholdmkirkpatrick is a splendid one to beholdmkirkpatrick is a splendid one to beholdmkirkpatrick is a splendid one to beholdmkirkpatrick is a splendid one to behold
 
mkirkpatrick's Avatar
 
Status: Offline
Posts: 7,201
Thanks Given: 335
Thanked 617x in 591 Posts
Join Date: Aug 2005
Rep Power: 90
   
Smile Re: Progress blocked by Religion - 08-30-2006, 01:42 AM

Quote:
Originally Posted by chazzysaw View Post
One of the largest obstacles to finding the T.O.E will be religious belief. Religion has been an obstacle to progress for centuries. I can give many examples but I will only say one name and you will know what I mean "Galileo". There are many discoveries to this day that religions have stop, try to stop or delayed. The superstitious beliefs in religion has blocked progress in the world. Religion is the judge of what is morally accepted, safe and allowed. If the T.O.E. turns out to be something controversial and the religions of the world don't accept it, ignorance will remain for another hundred years. The T.O.E. may discover something that will prove everything religion has taught to be false. It appears that religion is not searching for truth but control.
Chazzysaw,I completely agree with all you have said,hopefully this will all soon change
and the truth will stand revealed.

regards michael.


Humilty,coupled with boldness,surprises truth to
reveal herself?
  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!Spurl this Post!Reddit!
Reply With Quote
Re: Progress blocked by Religion
Old
  (#3 (permalink))
Orange Belt
Canute is on a distinguished road
 
Status: Offline
Posts: 39
Thanks Given: 0
Thanked 6x in 6 Posts
Join Date: Mar 2004
Rep Power: 16
   
Re: Progress blocked by Religion - 08-31-2006, 07:51 AM

In a way I agree. Certainly the Galileo incident was unfortunate. But the religion of the Roman Empire and subsequently the rest of Europe is a bastardised affair. The teachings of Jesus, on the other hand, present no obstacle to discovering the truth about everything. Indeed, according to him 'seek and ye and shall find'. Try reading the Gospels of Thomas and Mary for his more cosmological and 'nondual' teachings.

It is impossible to know that something is true if it's not, so science and religion have nothing to fear from each other except a clash of conjectures.
  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!Spurl this Post!Reddit!
Reply With Quote
Re: Progress blocked by Religion
Old
  (#4 (permalink))
Brown Belt
chazzysaw is on a distinguished roadchazzysaw is on a distinguished road
 
Status: Offline
Posts: 173
Thanks Given: 3
Thanked 17x in 13 Posts
Join Date: Oct 2005
Rep Power: 12
   
Re: Progress blocked by Religion - 08-31-2006, 08:21 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by Canute View Post
In a way I agree. Certainly the Galileo incident was unfortunate. But the religion of the Roman Empire and subsequently the rest of Europe is a bastardised affair. The teachings of Jesus, on the other hand, present no obstacle to discovering the truth about everything. Indeed, according to him 'seek and ye and shall find'. Try reading the Gospels of Thomas and Mary for his more cosmological and 'nondual' teachings.

It is impossible to know that something is true if it's not, so science and religion have nothing to fear from each other except a clash of conjectures.
Galileo was only one example, there are many to this day. I agree with you about Jesus' teachings and I am familar with the Gospels of Thomas and the letters of Mary, but I can't help and notice the way these so call Doctors of Theology teach the ways of Jesus, the T.O.E. will never be accepted or revealed. These religious leaders teach their followers superstition and mythology as if it were fact. If all of the miracles and myths were taken out of the Jesus story, we would hear the true wisdom of a man. A MAN not a GOD. Jesus the man, the teacher, the philosopher, said one of my favorite quotes " I in the father and the father in me" John 14:10. Here Jesus tells us the Power is in us and we in the Power. I believe he was teaching about the spirit, the energy,the unseen power in and out of everything and everybody. The T.O.E. I believe will one day connect it all.
  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!Spurl this Post!Reddit!
Reply With Quote
Re: Progress blocked by Religion
Old
  (#5 (permalink))
Orange Belt
Canute is on a distinguished road
 
Status: Offline
Posts: 39
Thanks Given: 0
Thanked 6x in 6 Posts
Join Date: Mar 2004
Rep Power: 16
   
Re: Progress blocked by Religion - 09-02-2006, 06:55 AM

I completely agree. Nice to meet another heretic.
  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!Spurl this Post!Reddit!
Reply With Quote
Reply


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On
Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Spirituality Mohan.C Intelligent Design 47 04-08-2008 01:41 PM
concrete progress AntonioLao Emergence 12 02-21-2007 03:17 PM
Science & Philosophy. Religion & Physics. XXIc. socratus Philosophical Thought 3 12-13-2005 09:29 AM
A work in progress ....TOE.... Rufus Your TOE Theory 10 05-25-2005 10:28 AM



Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.8
Copyright ©2000 - 2008, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.2.0
vBulletin Skin developed by: vBStyles.com