Parents who force their children into religion?

VitaK

VestanPance wrote: »

They really are. Science has no place for faith/belief or any other mumbo jumbo. A scientific mind requires methodical research that can be critiqued by peers in order to agree with or disagree with the results produced by that research.

Taking something on belief is as unscientific as accepting something on a hunch, or because Dave down the pub said so.

It is almost a faith in itself to think that everything is neatly organized and can be explained.

Faith is very important to many. Not because it explain why an apple falls to the ground, but because it tries to answer some very fundamental questions about ourselves.

lostinrates

DavidMackie wrote: »

there's a huge number of adults into it too, the whole culture is thriving in the UK. its about dissolution of dogma. there is no faith, but only physical experience. along these lines you try a bunch of meditative and visualisation techniques and try to change your patterns of thought and break free into more joyous experience. quite hard work.

My point was that its hard to say a whole religion or group is intellectual (or perhaps is not).

Although, your posts raise some interesting points, I certainly don't intend to push those further.