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<blockquote data-quote="perfecxionX" data-source="post: 5838563" data-attributes="member: 572854">Religion is based on faith.&nbsp; Faith, almost by definition, is belief in the absence of evidence.&nbsp; It should be obvious that belief in the absence of evidence is inherently divisive because people on each side of the debate cannot give coherent reasons for what they believe and when stakes are high they resort to violence. This is why religious sects are constantly clashing.&nbsp; In disputes we have two choices: conversation and violence.EVOLUTION IS NOT RELIGION.&nbsp; It is science.&nbsp; It is observable, testable, and falsifiable.What you see with the &quot;debate&quot; over evolution in the United States (I&#039;m making the point here that this is a debate that happens almost nowhere else in the western world) is religious faith clashing with science.&nbsp; This is a continuation of the scientific encroach on religious authority that began during the enlightenment.&nbsp; This is why we don&#039;t burn witches anymore; because we know that when someone gets sick its because of disease not sorcery.&nbsp; The more and more science gives us a reliable depiction of the world, the more it erodes religious worldviews (depending on how specific and widespread the religious claims are).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="perfecxionX, post: 5838563, member: 572854"] Religion is based on faith. Faith, almost by definition, is belief in the absence of evidence. It should be obvious that belief in the absence of evidence is inherently divisive because people on each side of the debate cannot give coherent reasons for what they believe and when stakes are high they resort to violence. This is why religious sects are constantly clashing. In disputes we have two choices: conversation and violence. EVOLUTION IS NOT RELIGION. It is science. It is observable, testable, and falsifiable. What you see with the "debate" over evolution in the United States (I'm making the point here that this is a debate that happens almost nowhere else in the western world) is religious faith clashing with science. This is a continuation of the scientific encroach on religious authority that began during the enlightenment. This is why we don't burn witches anymore; because we know that when someone gets sick its because of disease not sorcery. The more and more science gives us a reliable depiction of the world, the more it erodes religious worldviews (depending on how specific and widespread the religious claims are). [/QUOTE]

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