pressure: you missed the point. as for ignorance, to believe that you're less ignorant than everyone else is pretty ignorant in itself.
-edit- i'd like to point out the fact that christianity has had to reform their teachings based on scientific discovery in the past
e.g. earth as center of...
the idea of "truth" differs between religion and science. in science, it represents the absolute nature of things, while in religion "truth" is a vehicle for feelings of righteousness and purpose.
pressure: dude, stop arguing. you can't argue faith versus science, the two are mutually...
"A man whose mind feels that it is captive would prefer to blind himself to the fact. But if he hates falsehood, he will not do so; and in that case he will have to suffer a lot. He will beat his head against the wall until he faints. He will come to again and look with terror at the wall, until...
what we perceive to be reality is a picture that is contaminated by ignorance, emotion, instinct. for a human being to experience truth, all these obstacles would have to be removed, which is impossible.
ultimately the truth is irrelevant, belief is all that counts.
having said this -...