UberPocky

So, I’ve decided to boycott the rest of the political discussion season. I will still follow it as I do, but I will from here until after election day keep my opinions to myself, and I ask that all of you that I know please respect my decision and do the same. I have told a couple of people of my plans and they all ask the same question: Why?

Well it comes down to that I do not agree with Obama or McCain entirely about how this country should proceed. I’ve decided that the Libertarian party is the one best represents what I believe. That is: Socially Liberal, Economically Conservative. Most Libertarians will vote either Republican or Democratic depending on if they feel Social issues are more important or Economic issues are more important at any given election.

Now, in the last month or so during my political discussions I have a tendency to point out what I like or don’t like about both candidates. However, the moment I point out something I don’t like about Obama to an Obama supporter I’m yelled at: “How could you not support him? He will save our country! You must be a racist!” Or something of that sort, either way, the result is anger. Honestly, it’s the same on the other side. Although, it more often goes like this when I talk to a McCain supporter about things I like about Obama: “How could you support him? He will destroy this country! You must be a socialist.” Both of these results are completely detestable, they are also the worst case scenario. They are also the most frequent results of my political discussions of my last month. And every day this goes on that result is more and more frequent.

From here until election day, I will be keeping my political thoughts to myself. Only because I am attacked when I speak my mind, from both sides. It makes me sad and tells me that now this country is going in the wrong direction: “If you don’t agree with me, you are a bad person because ___________.”

I mourn logical and calm political discussions. They are clearly dead.

First of all “≠” is “not equal to” and “≈” is “approximately equal to”.

I’ve been thinking about this for the last couple of years. I’ve been fighting with this idea. I’ve been trying to come to some conclusion. The general thought is Science ≠ Religion. However, in some ways I’ve never been able to shake this feeling that Science = Religion. For me Science is like Religion, more then not.

So here it is in list format.

Science ≠ Religion:

• Science is based on ‘scientific fact’, Religion is based on ‘religious fact’ or belief.
• Science has a ‘right answer’, whereas in Religion each ‘right answer’ is determined by the person practicing the religion.
• They get ‘conflicting answers’ on some similar questions. Which creates a little bit of a contest, so one must step back and the other will reign that answer. Which steps back? I think that’s up to the person.

Science = Religion:

• They both are working to answer some similar questions: “Where did we come from? Why are we here? etc, etc.”
• Both Science and Religion has massive grey areas of discussion, how the practicies are done and if they are safe and right. If the answer is that of the one predicted, if there even is an answer yet.
• It’s a process though experiments (at least I feel it should be, some religions aren’t). E.g. If something isn’t working for you in your religion, take it out. At least I would. Don’t drop the whole religion, pick and choose. With science, it picks and chooses for you. Some things don’t work so those theories are dropped and reworked.
• They both make people feel on top of the world now that they have all these answers, they are both very easy to convince a human their way is right.
• They both help make sense of the world, and help us humans live in this increasingly complex society. They both provide a way of living.

Therefore, I’ve come to the conclusion: Science ≈ Religion. I’ve found a way in my life, that they do not conflict at all. Is this a good way? Do they need to be kept apart? Can they work together for a ‘greater good’?

P.S. I’ll be adding more as I think of things, and please leave comments on the compare, contrast of science and religion. I will update the time stamp each time I update the page. That will make the post ‘bump’ to the top of the website. I would kind of like this article to become a discussion, if you all are interested.