SCIENCE MINDED PEOPLE please answer?

Question

what attracted you to science, was it a failure of proof in religion like it was for me, or do u believe in religion while keep an open mind to science at the same time. or do you perfer science over religion and how has it changed your life?

what is your favorite topic in sciece, and a brief explanation about why

Answer 1

People intentionally want to understand things, and how they work. Science is about discovering what the form and functions are (the story/theory) and how they are connected based upon an evolving story and reproducible and calculable concepts.

Religion, has a story, and does not want anyone to question it. A mind set where belief and faith trump truth. If religion had more of a changeable process, I might be able to take more stock in it, although statistically, a large number of do people participate in it. I believe it is their way to gain social acceptance and feel part of a community.

On the flip side, there are certain aspects where scientists think that reality is ultimately calculable, and all this order is logically emergent. For example, computers have evolved from primitive parts, but they only serve the software, a collection of two mathematical numbers, 0 & 1, but how they are ordered, strung together, integrated, and ordered is a mental manifestation of mind into a higher functional and dimensional reality, not necessarily part of biological random evolution. And life is infinitely more complex than computers.

I see science as revealing the functional mechanism and religion fundamentally trying to ascertain if it was intended or not. Both sides seek truth, but the theist wants to see the mind of god, but not the god of mind, and the scientist wants to see the science of mind, but not the mind of science. Both will come face to face with a duality embedded in some form of truth.

What is the truth that science has so far has established? That from the big bang, hydrogen atoms merged to form the matter, energy, forces and life in the Universe, which ultimately evolved and formed a mind which then turned around and saw and defined the atom, and the big bang form nearly 15 billion years ago.

What attracted me to science is that it has tangible ways of ascertaining the truth, which is that randomness is not the sole/soul driving force behind the order and beauty of material-form, life-form and mind-form. If energy ins not created nor destroyed, was mind already in existence before the big bang?

My search in science has led me to see the duality of this. I have interest in physiology (cellular & molecular), physics (classical & theoretical), biotechnology (the field I currently work in) and philosophy of how the mind works (functionally & theoretically) to observe and order all that human beings have manifested in this short time that we have been on this planet.

Answer 2

I have loved science since I was a little girl in grade school. It's about answering questions, seeking knowledge, and discovery. Science and religion are two different ballparks to me and it's not hard for me to keep them separate. I don't practice any specific religion anyway, I have found more spirituality in the woods near my home than in any brick building. Science opened up the skies to me; astronomy fascinates me. Because of science, I developed a life-long love of reading that has served me very well. I adored Carl Sagan and will watch Cosmos when it's on every now and then. It's the idea that just around the corner is something new and exciting just waiting to be discovered. I want to be there when it happens. I hope I'm alive when we make "first contact".

Answer 3

A few of the Universal Verities conflicted with my fundamentalist Christian, Bible upbringing. You may want to separate 'spirituality' from man-made religion. Our Universe can encompasses both Spirituality and Science in a balance. In the end, at the subatomic level, both science and spirituality are very closely related if not intermingled, IMHO. God the Granddad is Myth. But Universal Energies that perpetuate active matter are very real. We view some of this evidence in Science i.e. Geology. But as a Psychology prof. once warned, asking "why" in science is not a very good question if you are looking for tangible answers. One famous Physicist said that, looking for a "Heavenly" connection in atomic particles is a certain pathway to madness. Big questions? Why DID the "Bang" happen? Why do we insist on 'needing' to believe in something larger than our own mortality? The answers only lead to more questions.

Answer 4

I like science because it seeks to answer questions about our world. It uses a logical system of observation, hypothesis, testing, interpretation of data, observation ... I also am very "religious". I have studied science in college, and also have a degree in theology. So, how do these come together without contradiction?

First, I ignore "seperation of church and state". For one thing, it is not in the constitution. The document simply states that the state cannot favor one religion over another. This document is neither a theology text nor a science book, so forget what everyone says about science and religion not mixing.

Genesis instructs us to engauge in scientific work. Gen 1:28 says, " And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth." The word, "subdue" means to understand and wisely use. To understand the earth, we must study it. God doesn't want us ignorant.

Many religious authorities have made the mistake of throwing away very valuable information by ignoring the facts discovered by science because it does not fit in with what they choose to believe (yes, it is possible to misunderstand the Bible). Many scientists have made the same mistake by throwing out the facts found in the Bible.

If the Bible was given to us by a God who wanted to tells us something, then He could not lie to us in it. If He did lie, then He is not the God that He claimed to be and, therefore, cannot be trusted at all. This applies to science as well. If the purpose of science is to find facts, truth, then the scientists cannot throw away those facts that do not fit their model. By choosing to ignore certain information, science becomes a religion and is no longer based on the scientific method. This is where certain branches of science has gone.

However, to throw away the truth that science has uncoverd is just as wrong. We must reinterpret the data, recognizing that scientific truth and truth as presented by God are the same. If there seems to be a contradiction, it is because we are still ignorant and must continue to search.

Answer 5

I wasn't really attracted to the science part of this catagory, it was the math. I do however have an opinion about science vs religion.

Personally, I feel a connection. I do believe in a higher power, I will refer to the higher power as God but I think "God" is inside of all of us & it is up to us, weather or not we will share the connections or weather or not we will even open up to the connection that I beleive we can ALL feel, if we just let our selves.

As far as the science end of your question, I think science is great, we can't live in this day and age without it. I think it also could be possible that great scientists may feel the same connection that I feel with every living thing around them, except they interpret it differently & the result is Scientific answers.

Answer 6

I was always interested in the sciences and ended up in chemistry. However, I am also a theist, though not interested in churches except as architectural or cultural objects and comparative beliefs. Many of the questions that religions argue about are of no consequence to me. But I have a strong belief in God - someone or something - put all of these great scientific laws in place and then let it roll. I do not find science and religion in conflict.

Answer 7

I am science minded. I worked in a genetics lab for several years. I personally don't see any connection between science and religion. They are always pitted against each other, like good and evil (which is good depends on what side you are on). But, I think that they are the same as a comparison/contrast between any two other disciplines. It is like comparing Dance and Math. Neither one is good or evil. I just think that they are different.

As far as religion, I personally don't believe in organized religion. I have my own mish-mash of beliefs from all sorts of religions. I think that there is reincarnation. I think that everything/everyone has a soul. I think that we should try to do good while on the planet and we should love thy neighbor. Etc, etc.

My favorite topic in science is chemistry. I like its organization and predictability. I also like that it is involved in all other sciences.

Answer 8

I never grew out of the "how come the sky is blue" phase. It seems no matter how many questions I ask, each answer only opens up a whole new host of questions and I love it. Even in the lab when we were having lab lunch and eating Chinese I asked "what kind of a plant do these little corns grow on?" No one knew. What can I say, we are Drosophila people not botanists. So what kind of a plant do they grow on?

As religion goes I have my own wacky, out in left field beliefs. I model my life after my dog. That wonderful, wacky, loving yellow lab.

Answer 9

My attraction to science was not in the slightest related to a lack of proof in religion. However, my scientific background has led to a rejection of religion and mythology as a means of explaining the universe.

I prefer physics, maths, electronics and computing. The why is, how could anyone not?

Answer 10

I really liked how science allows us to explore the world around us. I fell in love with chemistry because at first it was so challenging, but second I loved how delicate and precise it is. I'm also one of those types that loves color and flame tests are awesome... and come on, who doesn't love blowing things up? Ever seen the thermite reaction?

:) I also really really like math (especially series and integration) and biology and botany too. I've done work in ecology (specifically water chemistry) for the past four years, and am interested in zoology. Physics hasn't done it for me, probably due to the classes I was in.