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Originally Posted by Baltar  Yep, that's what I said -- science is constantly evolving, and as we make new discoveries the old beliefs and laws are replaced by new ones. But in religion, the same texts (some of which were written thousands of years ago) are still being used. Certainly they contain some wisdom but they also contain a lot of outdated information, laws that are incompatible with modern civilization (stoning people do death if they don't share your religion?!  ), and beliefs based on a very outdated understanding of the universe. As a result, most people who consider themselves religious follow the rules set in the religious texts very loosely. |
That not realy the case, the religious people change their interpretation of the text.
I think that most Muslims in this forum wouldn't think that "Stoning people do death if they don't share your religion" is the right thing to do.
On the other hand their are also a lot of people who would tell you they believe in science, that believe that Newtons laws describe the universe perfectly.
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I didn't think about it that way but now that you mention it I think you're right. I mean, in a way I said that the religions are based on outdated material, but it's also not possible to create new modern equivalents today
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Their are a lot of New Age belief systems that are very modern. Sciencetology is also a modern religion.