The idea of religious engineers has always been one that fascinates me.
That seems like a perfectly bland and normal combination. What on Earth makes it seem fascinating?
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#62Spiritual atheist. But when I get the time I'm going to start a new religion: Ovumist.
The holy tract: http://www.galactanet.com/oneoff/theegg_mod.html
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#63So do Mormons get to check two boxes? Mormons are Christian.
One of the key differences between Christianity and Mormonism is their classification of Jesus. Where a Morman would say that Jesus is the son of God, a Christian believes that Jesus is God incarnate.
Mormons do believe that Jesus is God incarnate. Mormon doctrine holds that Jehovah (the name of the God of Israel used in the Old Testament) and Jesus are the same person. See: https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bd/jehovah
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#64The idea of religious engineers has always been one that fascinates me.
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#65You can be an Agnostic Atheist. Agnosticism is about whether you believe you can prove the existence of God or not. Atheism and Theism is about actual belief in God. One can be an Agnostic Atheist or Agnostic Theist. Agnostic atheist= I don't know whether we can prove God exists but I don't believe in God Agnostic theist= I don't know where we can prove the God exists or not but I do believe in God. Being an agnostic…
You can also be an Atheist Buddhist.
You can also be a Christian Atheist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_atheism
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#66The idea of religious engineers has always been one that fascinates me.
False dichotomy.
How is that a false dichotomy? I guess there's the implication that there is only religious and non-religious engineers. But isn't that a binary? I'm curious as to what other options there are.
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#67The idea of religious engineers has always been one that fascinates me.
I'm one. Feel free to ask me anything you want. With the caveat that I don't participate in uncivil discussions.
How do you deal with all the inconsistencies between science and religion? e.g. evolution vs creationism.
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#68I grew up in a family of catholics, went agnostic, went militant atheist, and then realized the universe is so fucking weird and likely beyond our ability to ever truly comprehend it that "who am I to judge others for believing in ridiculous things?".
Which is to say, I think all religions we have that claim to have any kind of historical meddling from a 'creator' are rather obviously fictional and borderline ridiculous, but I don't have any better answers to "the big questions", so I'm fine letting people believe whatever they like without opposition or debate so long as what they believe doesn't result in the oppression of others.
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#69So do Mormons get to check two boxes? Mormons are Christian.
Christianity and Judaism are considered separate religions. So, I don't think Mormons are technically Christians or Jewish despite using both of there religious texts. Or if they are then I think Muslims might also qualify as they also believe in Judaism + Christ + one more prophet. Though depending on who you ask they might require Jesus to be part of the holy trinity and not just another prophet. PS: Granted, I thi…
Muslims believe in Jesus as a prophet, but not that he is the son of God. Mormons do believe that Jesus is the son of God, which is the defining characteristic of being Christian