Do you believe more in science or religion? And why?

Answer 1

I believe more in science and faith. Religion is human based. Having faith is different from religion......

Answer 2

Both...
"Religion with out science is blind, science with out religion is lame"--Albert Einstein.

People think you have to make a choice...well the truth is you don't, you can be religious and believe in science at the same time. Just because science can explain how it happened doesn't have anything to do with whether God exists or not, and I'm including the evolution theory in on this one. The bible uses metaphors to explain complex things...personally I think the creation thing is one of those metaphors.

Think about it for a second...the first thing God said in the beginning was "let there be light" according to science the sun was the first to form in our solar system. Science and the evolution theory says that life came from the water and sea...in the bible the first living things to be made were from water.

It doesn't have to be a fight of religion VS science...they can co-exist.

Answer 3

I believe in both, since science is derived from the same God as religion. The Bible, when read correctly and studied, is very scientifically accurate. Example: The Earth is round, NOT FLAT. (Isaiah 40:22) "There is One who is dwelling above the circle of the earth". This was said hundreds upon hundreds of years before many if not nearly all serious theories regarding the earth's shape. That is only one example, though, so that's why I believe in both; some people might use science as means of 'proving' the Bible is wrong, whereas theyre only lying to themselves. But that is an opinion, and I still respect theirs :)

Answer 4

If you want a truly good discussion about the question "Are Chirstianity and science compatible, or not", or if you are interested in an honest discussion about God and science, or whether or not there is a God provabvle by science then you should read the book "The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward God". Its written by Lee Strobel. An introductory high school biology class first propelled Lee Strobel toward a life of atheism. God and science, he reasoned, were mutually exclusive. When the former legal editor of the Chicago Tribune converted to Christianity, he decided to investigate the science he had once accepted as truth. Did science point toward or away from God? As Strobel interviews a variety of scientists on everything from debunking evolutionary icons to the implications of the Big Bang to the existence of the human soul, he builds his case: scientific evidence points toward Intelligent Design. Although the discussion often veers into the academic, Strobel works hard to make it accessible to those without scientific training. Throughout the book, he salts interview transcript information with interesting personal stories of his own spiritual and scientific quest for knowledge, as well as sometimes over-detailed descriptions of the actual interviews (right down to the type of beverages consumed). Each chapter contains suggestions for further reading on particular issues of science and faith. Strobel concludes that, when correctly interpreted, science and biblical teaching support each other. He quotes physicist Paul Davies, "…science offers a surer path to God than religion."
As for me, science is now proving the existence of God, something I, and many generations before me, already knew.

Answer 5

Science. There has yet to be one scientifically discovered truth that has been replaced by a religious doctrine.

Here are some examples of the opposite:

The Earth is flat and unmovable [Job 9:6, Koran 27:61] and God opens a literal dome in the sky to let it rain [Gen 1 & 7, plus God being scared the Tower of Babel would reach the firmament in Gen 11, plus Chronicles 16:30...etc] -- Incorrect. Earth is round.

The sun moves around the earth [Joshua 10 + Greek God Apollo] -- Incorrect. Earth spins.

The other planets are actually gods, which is why they backtrack in the sky [numerous greek dieties] -- Incorrect. As the Earth overtakes their orbits, they exhibit retrograde motion.

Disease is caused by sin or demons. [Jesus curing epileptics by casting out demons, Ps 38:3, etc...]. Incorrect -- Germs, bacteria, and viruses (among other things) cause disease.

Further: Science has been extraordinarily beneficial. Medical science saves more people everyday than religion ever does. Prostetic limbs, electricity, internal combustion, and computers are examples of how science got it right. I can easily list 10,000 others. Science is common sense with extremely accurate instruments.

Finally, religion has caused extreme suffering.
100 years ago, the Bible was used to argue against women's voting rights, 200 years ago it was used to defend African slavery, 300 years ago it was used to burn and imprison tons of "witches", and 400 years ago Giordano Bruno's tongue was nailed to a post and he was burned alive because he said the Earth goes around the Sun, which went against Biblical teaching at the time. Currently it is fighting a useless fight against evolution, just because it upsets some religious doctrines. See a pattern here? (I can provide references for every single one of those claims -- email me if you want them)

"I have more faith in a shadow than the church." -- Magellan, referring to a lunar ecclipse. He was the first person to circumnavigate the Earth, despite the church warning him he'd fall off the edge.

Is that enough of an answer?

Answer 6

For years religion has tried to brainwash followers into thinking science was evil and that you shouldn't question God. Most religions are mearly playing upon fears and selling mythology as GOD's Will. Yes I said mythology. The Bible should not be taken literally, because when you do it makes you sound uneducated and crazy.
I think when all is said and done, science will prove the Big Bang Theory and soon after find GOD. At which point religions will seek to destroy Him for being a false deity and unprofitable.

Answer 7

I am a believer in science- it makes sence. I understand the points religions have and all but the stuff thats involved but I have to say it sounds kinda like hocus pocus to me- not to offend anyone. I am not a person that judges by religion or appearence. I chose a religion that does not involve stories or worshping anyone- in any form. My religion has ways that are unselfish and giving. Basiclly- it has the same points made without stories.

Science

Answer 8

Because science, through the scientific method, offers a process of self-correction and an assumption that answers are discoverable, I trust its endeavors. When a religion seeks to offer comfort and ease the suffering in the world, I trust it. When a religion's adherents seek to impose their moral code onto non-believers and non-compliant believers, I do not trust them. And when they challenge science with logical fallacies designed to dupe the world, I trust them least of all.

Answer 9

wrong question

theology is an imperfect study of God
science is an imperfect study of nature
both have fallible people

creationists and naturalists both look at the same observations and data

they both bring different assumptions to the table and look at the same data though their presuppositions

so it is more a question of which assumptions you bring
many scientists in history, Isaac newton, Werner Von Braun, etc etc .. were 6 day creationists

In reality you would not be able to find a positive example of a specific day to day practice in medicine, agriculture of technology that depends on macro evolution and would not also be in an intelligent design or reactionary view. You could however find negative examples like social Darwinism and racists which rest on evolutionary naturalism.

I lean toward a creationary view, I have 4 degrees in engeneering and personally I think its more reliable, more consistent with both the data, the best interpretation and most importantly the word of God

Answer 10

For spirituality I believe my religion(God, Love, Charity). For physical things I believe Science(Aah I got a headache! I need Aspirin).

Answer 11

"Believe in" is misleading.

I trust most scientific conclusions because they have been proven by experience. I cannot find any reason to argue against the theory of gravity, or other scientific theories.

Religion has no theories, religions rely totally on faith.

There is no valid comparison between religion & science.