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Originally Posted by thekremlin
There are also people who think that there is a greater power, something more to life than what we can observe and quantify.
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This. Science cannot answer everything, only questions about the observable universe. Science can explain how the big bang happened, but not
why it happened. Religion cannot explain this either, but it does offer an outlet for people to express the emotions that stem from these unanswered (unanswerable?) questions. I don't see anything wrong with communing with others in a religious setting (just like I don't see anything wrong with a bunch of dorks sitting around and speculating on how cool it would be if there is life on other planets or parallel universes) as long as, at the end of the day, participants are able to separate fantasy from reality and keep a healthy perspective about their made-up beliefs. Religion should just be something that is "left in the church" just like me tying up and spanking my girlfriend should be something that is "left in the bedroom".