Logic proves that natural man is aware of a greater cause. Religion has distorted that awareness.

May our first time debating be an enjoyable experience. As an aside, at your stage of life, no thought is completely unique, you are a product of your education and life's experience, and as such your ideas are influenced as such. Do you think everyday human thought relies on the scientific method, or does it need to be taught? "Religion and Science are one. Relgion can be defined as the yearning of the subject to know its true nature. while science can be defined as the system in which the subject (through the object), exisits in. " Religion and science are not the same. Religion is a static system of beliefs that require faith in some degree i. e. non proof. Science theory, alternatively, is a system of explanation that requires of itself to be malleable and testable, open to criticism and if necessary its own extinction upon new evidence. "The subject (human mind), can only contemplate on what it gathers from the 5 senses. Therefore it is determental to "imagine" God, or or any greater thing, as it immediatly attains the flaws of Mankind, most notably, the lack of sensory understanding. Thereofore, attempting to understand "truth" or reality, through images leads us in a circle right back to manind, keeping us from attaining any real knowledge. " The human mind can process far more than sensory input. At its most basic consciousness (awareness) is a product of an internal mind, requiring no external sensory input. Additionally we frequently experience non external sensory information, we all dream, fantasise, imagine. We can hallucinate, project our thinking into the future to predict, reason from another's perspective. To say then that non sensory information is any less valid than sensory, is an erroneous assumption. "Thereofore, attempting to understand "truth" or reality, through images leads us in a circle right back to manind, keeping us from attaining any real knowledge. " This is only the case if you demand it of your religion, there are several religions and even xtian rhetoric that claims proof of god is in the physical universe. "Science adopted the scientific method put forward by Francis Bacon. It is a beautiful system that has been used to only half its necessary ability. Scientists only apply it to the object (dividable bodies), and not to the subject (indivisible bodies). this, to me, is even worse than all the crimes done by religion. " Here is another erroneous assumption; one that science is not involved in the non material. The behavioural sciences are exactly dealing with that. Human thought, human behaviour, human emotion and identity, society at the micro to macro level. I am not going to argue with you about "crimes done by religion" because that is not what this is about, despite the rather inhumane sentiment of it. "Though this process makes perfect sense for objects, and is very clear. when applied to motives of people and desires of people, it proves we are striving for euphoria, or a complete union with all things. yet this subject has never been touched by science, and it has been left to the corruption of religion. " Once again, the behavioural sciences are extremely interested in motivation for behaviour, including belief systems. What you describe as "striving for euphoria, or a complete union with all things" is the basic principle of the self needing to belong to group ownership. Humans are social creatures after all. "Though increasingly intericate in relation to the subject, this can be applied to it. as well as everything our senses have ever experienced. It proves that everything is in relationship, constantly striving to reach a balance. the closer a subject is to balance, the better he/she may see the world, and the universe around them. " What you have just described here are basic tenants of Taoism. Harmony (balance) with oneself and universe is the path to enlightenment. "Tao can be roughly stated to be the flow of the universe, or the force behind the natural order. Tao is believed to be the influence that keeps the universe balanced and ordered. Tao is associated with nature, due to a belief that nature demonstrates the Tao. " . http://en.wikipedia.org... One achieves understanding of the universe by being in harmony with it. And yes, Taoism is a religion. ..