Linda Woolf wrote:
> I'm pretty much going to stay out of this debate which has
> again decided to rise to the surface. However, I would ask
> that folks be specific when discussing religion. It appears
> that many individuals are discussing Christianity as opposed
> to religion in general. Almost all of what has been said,
> including a reference to an afterlife, would not apply to
> Judaism as well as a host of other religious beliefs. For
> the most part, this simply represents a Christian
> ethnocentric bias prevelant in North America.
An excellent point, and one that extends to another area as
well.
Those who have been arguing that it isn't reasonable to use
scientific methods to examine religious beliefs need to pay particular
attention to this point--because not all religions DO oppose a
scientific study of their tenets. Buddhism, for example, encourages
scientific examination of ALL of their beliefs and principles. As a
consequence, the arguments that religion should not be examined
empirically or held to scientific standards really should be arguments
that "Christian religion should not be examined empirically or held to
scientific standards," a very different statement.
Rick
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