Atheists - What drives you?

[Half_Man_Half_Wit]

@sWozzAres

That’s what faith is - belief without proof, as opposed to science which is faith in proof! Proof is a central feature of the scientific method, it’s not applicable to religion, by definition.

‘Proof’ doesn’t figure in science at all; no theory is ever proven correct, just accepted on pain of falsification. In fact, if it’s not possible to rule out a theory, it’s not considered scientific (by most).

I also don’t see, at a fundamental level how these religions contradict each other, it’s more accurate to say that they all say essentionally the same thing, they just use a different language to say it. For instance, you can be Buddhist, Hindu, Taoist and a devout scientist simultaneously with no contradiction.

You can be a Hindu, believing in the concept of Atman, i.e. the true, unchanging self, and a Buddhist, following the doctrine of Anatman, i.e. the non-existence of a true, unchanging self, only if you don’t really know anything about either.

I think that science tells you “how” and religion tells you “why”. You need both for a complete picture.

The answer any religion gives to most ‘why’-question is: because god. The answer it gives to the question ‘why god?’ is typically: shut up.