sorry, cont.
- dru's not growing up:
- Ancient religions had the same sort of basic reward/punishment ideas. Most religions do.
Laws are essentially about control, does that make them a bad thing? Should we remove them on the basis that they are inherently controlling? Or do we accept that there is a good reason to promote social control aka cohesion. And again, "most religions do" - I think if your faith has literally zero impact on your behaviour, you may as well have no faith at all. If it doesn't impact on how you believe you should conduct yourself in this life - how you relate to other living beings or what, if any, rituals you observe - I don't know, it seems pretty empty. Unless you are just using it to ~explain the universe~*
the statement "I can't believe in a faith that isn't accurate" just makes no sense. Faith is about bridging the gap between what can be proven and what is believed, there has to be a gap, it's a "leap of faith" - you can't say "I believe in science" the same way you believe in God, science is not a matter of faith. Of course there are a great many people who do not believe in science but they are demonstrably wrong. Your idea of "correct" belief seems to actually negate the acts of faith millions around the world live by and perform, which seems pretty offensive.
*"explaining the universe" without it having any impact on your relation to other beings in the universe is again a pretty empty conclusion