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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I have heard this said before and I don't agree. Just because 100,000 people believe something does not mean it is a valid viewpoint which may be used as rebuttal against science.
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I don't see anyone rebutting science. They're simply saying that morals should be considered in the application of science.
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I really don't understand when it religion rose to the level of scientific proof.
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It's less of a religious issue than a moral one. I know several atheists who oppose abortion. "Stealing is bad" is a moral belief, and can be asserted to stop someone from stealing other people's research, even when it might help their own research, yet you don't hold up the "stealing is bad" viewpoint as representing someone's religious beliefs being allowed to trump your own desires. And your comment about scientific proof is misaimed. No one is trying to prove anything by asserting these positions. They are simply setting out their moral beliefs. Surely you're not saying that we have to ignore moral beliefs as we guide our lives? I think you're actually saying that you don't hold those same moral beliefs, and that thus those other people must be wrong.
