of course, one can question and research and still be religious.
people must come up with the questions, but they can range from how, where, what, why, and even IF. So there can be a belief in something before it is proven. the proof only verifies it was true, but it was true before the proof.
and yes people do have the habbit of looking through the words with shaded glasses (you tryen to get me in trouble) but there are different levels to bibles thumpers just as an example , some follow the word of god or god's in a good way , and some wanna kill you if you are not one of them <shrug>
same as are someones out looks
just cause they are religious dont mean they find god under every rock
lol just remembered what i was thinking about many messages ago
to the Pope : would it hurt religion if another alien life form was to be found
Pope : why ? he never said he made just use
was a good answer : )
but any who it runs right up there with never a straight answer = NASA with only looking for intelligent life forms on human like planets
who is to say it would be like us <shrug>
could drink liquid nitrogen and move really slow but have high intell (why did i just picture a very cold chillen sloth)
or live in the clouds and only come down to eat or work on there bean farms
eat bean's , live in clouds <shrug> ruff crowd
you are maken me write books lol
added to the list of how many licks does it take to get the center of a tootsie roll lolly pop : )