No. No one seeks to become gods through curiosity. It is intelligent curiosity that has brought about the greatest events of our history. It is what double the average lifespan, and what allows us to communicate here. So if you'd prefer to forgo intelligence and mature responsible curiosity, feel free to go back to living like a caveman. Until then, you have little to say against intelligent curiosity.
King Solomon was the wisest man in documented history. The difference is, I seek my knowledge from G-d. You seek dark knowledge and pseudo science.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
-Proverbs 1:7
Not surprisingly, some of the greatest scientists and inventors throughout history have been Christians and Jews.
One such man was Matthew Maury who being inspired by Psalm 8:8 became the Father of Modern Oceanography.
We cannot "observe" the year 1860 or 2009 for that matter, and yet I'm strongly convinced they occurred too. You see when we ignore all evidence to embrace ignorance, it's easy to claim we can't observe anything at all. Turn away from the light, and all you're left with is blindness. You should know that, given your name.
We know they occurred because we have books to read from people that lived back in those times. Just like we have a Bible that tells us what happened 6000 years ago. And it wasn't a big bang by the way.
The irony of your post is that you use a date numbering system of which points to Jesus Christ at reference year 1.
But go ahead and continue in your blatant ignorance...
Well no. The first form of intelligence was organization, enhanced reasoning, and learned behaviors. Getting scared or impressed by random things in nature and building religions from it was a reaction, now seen as not quite getting things right. Yes, the sun is impressive. No, that does not make it divine. Nor lightning. Nor fire. These were the first religions, as best we know. Not Jesus. Not even Judaism.
Getting impressed by things in nature called G-d.
But setting that aside for a minute. What makes you so sure that you have it right? I mean after all, those people who worshiped the sun were following their brains and logic and it led them to worshiping the sun. I'm glad you think you are just soooo smart. They did too.
As I said in my previous post: humans worldwide concoct stories and folklore to explain the unexplainable and the feared.
They shorrr do. One of which is called Global Warming. We are still worshiping the sun, just with a different twist to it.
That doesn't make those things holy,
Nope it doesn't
it just means those people didn't know better at the time.
This is seen even in modern humans, in the form of defense mechanisms. Psychiatrists have studied these mechanisms extensively. But then again, I can't actually expect you to accept verified knowledge when you're so intent on shunning the "forbidden fruit".
It goes back to the unanswered question. Which scientists do you find to be valid: the ones that believe what you believe or the ones that don't?
"I believe that the more thoroughly science is studied, the further does it take us from anything comparable to atheism." ~Lord Kelvin (British Physicist)
