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Originally Posted by countdown2chaos
However, you are only semi-right, religion of the west maybe, but scientific knowledge doesn't contradict Taoism or Buddhism or Hinduism or Shinto.
As science goes on, religion may decline, but spirituality will not, it can and will only rise as people become more enlightened and see through Dogma and religious bullshit and come closer to the true Original Source.
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Those religions are designed differently and you are correct, the Eastern religions allow for more scientific thought. I personally think Hinduism is the best designed in regards to adapting towards new scientific information.
And as science goes on and Jesus goes the way of Zeus and Thor, it seems he might be replaced by Xenu, or Joseph Smith. Who knows when these things become mythology. Who knows what religion spirituality will lead us to, and what detrimental effects this new God or Gods will have on humankind. I say detrimental b/c by just looking at the track record thus far, it seems likely.
I appreciate you condemnation of religious dogma and rhetoric, but I believe spirituality ultimately enables such dogma and rhetoric. All it takes is a few charismatic assholes to lie about something EASILY lied about (spirit, god, afterlife) and BAM you have a new religion breathing down the neck of the secular.
I am of the opinion that religion should just go away and take its primary enabler spirituality with it.