As an agnostic, I never doubted the existence of God, but if I were to choose between the belief of either science or religion, it would have to be science. I believe religion in a sense was created as a good thing. It allowed people to gather under a common interest and have hope for a better future during bad times. I also believe that certain groups of people under certain religions have often taken things too far. In an essence, what makes it hardest for me to believe in certain religions is the fact that people are conformed into the religion of their society. Some people never get the chance to follow the religions of others, just because they do not have access to them throughout their lives. If there was a divine being, I don't believe that being would leave so many people out of what is promised to his or her followers.
For the video, I agree with Sam Harris and his bit about how religion has no room for error. I do not like how certain religious people blindly defend their own religion and look down upon those who disagree. This point binds into what I said earlier about how not everyone has the same access to certain religions based on where they are raised.
Science is a gold mine for a thinker, because science leaves room for error. In science, people are not encouraged to blindly defend their ideas and when they are proven wrong, they must accept it. While I will agree that religion does indeed have it's strong points for certain groups of people, I believe that science is the stepping stone into the future.
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