Can we incorporate science and religion in a way that doesn't detract from either ?

Question

PLEASE YOUR THOUGHTS ONLY NO LINKS TO OTHERS THOUGHTS !!! If you can't think for yourself why would I be interested ?

i did not expect so many thoughtfull answers ( did expect the religious to do as they did in some cases ) i will be considering some of these for a while ( a long while in some cases) but one thing i am sure of i am not qualified to judge the best and some deserve to be read by as many people as possible SO THIS GOES TO VOTING READ THEM ALL FOLKS !!!

special THANKS to PAUL and MIGHTYMITE

Answer 1

Yes, true science and true religion concur with each other.

Answer 2

Yes this is done everyday. When I go to a physician I am incorporating the two. When I open my refrigerator door I am incorporating the two. This list goes on and on. What we take for a casual everyday thing originated from science. It says in the Bible every generation is getting weaker and wiser. We are definitely wiser than our ancestors and just look at the obesity rate. We would die if we had to go work in a hayfield all day. Most people have no knowledge where milk comes from except the bottle at the store. Hand milking a cow is a thing of the past. The concepts of evolution is the only thing that Christians have a problem with. You could say stem cell but a lot of non-christians have problems with this also. The medicine we swallow when ill, the great preserved food we eat, the vehicles we drive, the surgerys, equipment etc is all from science. I will never deny that. Just don't tell me my great great great great and so on grandpa was an ape. I won't buy that one. My ancestory does not involve the rodant family either, the fish family or the chicken family. These I find slightly off in the theories. Also don't tell me that some chimp decided to eat meat therefore the proteins added to the brain power. I have probably read and studied more on the subject of evolution than evolutionaries did. They all are perfect non-sense. Also the big bang theory is redundent. How can an item the size of a golf ball make galaxies. It was just by some weird coincidence that everything is where it is and all life crawled from the sea. That by the way includes dinasaurs. I have thought this through many times and it always comes up wanting even in the scientific research.

Answer 3

Science and religion have different agendas and different means of discernment. However, both do try to determine answers for what is true. It is important to note that up until the time of Newton and Darwin, the scientists and the theologians often did both jobs. For instance, the Mendel, the Father of Genetic Science was a Catholic priest; Copernicus who first established that the sun was the center of the solar system was also Catholic priest, and Georges LeMatre who was the first to propose the Big Bang Theory was also a Catholic priest.

Somehow science and religion has grown very far apart, but I see signs that show that they can again be incorporated. For instance, science has looked at mitochondrial DNA and determined that the human race can trace itself back to a common woman who lived 150,000 years ago. This call this the mitochondrial Eve. Also science is trying to understand with constitutes thought. To understand this they are uses terms that begin to sound like our soul. Stephen Hawkings the great astrophysicist has studied the origins of the universe and says he can understand how it all started but he is still in awe over the question of why is it there at all.

So, yes we can incorporate science and religion in a way that doesn't detract from either.

Answer 4

I have always thought (and I'll probably get some flak for this) that they do in fact intertwine. The bible was written at a time when people didn't have the scientific research available that we have now. So, the story was told in such a way that people would understand it. The Bible says that Adam was made from the dust, and science says that man came from the primordial ooze, evolved through stages to what we know as human beings. Don't' you see a correlation in the two? The Bible says that God made the heaven and earth. Science says there was a "big bang". Wouldn't you think that if God took matter "into his own hands" so to speak and brought it together, that there would be a "big bang"? Think about it.

Answer 5

well science keeps changing. sure some things are for sure, like planets orbitting the sun, but theories dont necessarily stay the same.

yet religion stays the same, except people may interpret the texts differently. however, the basics would (or should) remain the same.

i think so. why would you believe in something that doesnt make sense to the world you live in.

Keeping those points in mind, i think they could go together for Islam and science. they dont contradict each other (the solid facts like the planets orbitting, etc.)
but i sadly wont give you a link because you dont want one. however, google it and you might find interesting stuff on science and Islam.

Answer 6

I think that a difficulty here is that people do not understand what "faith" means. An honest religious belief based in faith does not conflict with science, but so many believers want their belief to be based in evidence despite the fact that it clearly is not, and that causes that belief to run up against science.

A religious faith - openly acknowledged to be a person thing, not supported by evidence - is a perfectly fine thing to have. Trying to position that faith politically by making up evidence for the belief (in order to suggest that others should share it) runs us into conflict both with science and with American values.

The most helpful thing I can think of here would be for religious leaders to be more open and insistent on the role of faith in belief, to make certain that their flocks understand that their beliefs are not based in evidence.

Answer 7

There are many instances in the bible that are in accord with science, the creative days for instance. Many think that it took 6 literal days, not so, it took millienia, at one time I was in the days of my childhood, now I'm in the days of my I hope wisdom. The bible in Isaiah and in Job and Psalms refer to the earth as being round, and hanging on nothing. Also, the Mosaic law required certain ways of keeping clean, on cooking, and waste disposal, that are in accord with science today. It's not a scientific book, but in a lot of ways it does agree with science.

Answer 8

I think it's a very delicate balance. But I think on the Evolution verses Creation Controversy they are BOTH THEORIES. So it's OK to look into whether there is evidence supporting one or the other but since neither has been proven as a scientific fact. Neither should be treated as a scientific fact.

I think God has broad enough shoulders(far be it from me to limit Him) to work with either or even both.

Answer 9

No.
Because religion is based in mythology and fantasy.
Science is based in reality and facts.
So you see that the two could never co-exist. Thoughts and Ideas are the atithesis of religion.
Notice how 'onelm0' says yes, but cannot explain how it is possible. The reason? he knows full well that it's impossible.
Such is the "logic" of the average christian...

Answer 10

well i think kids in schools should be able to learn both. evolution and Bible. see first of all why not let us know more and second that way the kids can chooose for them selves. parents are like i dont want my kids to learn that but theyre actually afraid theyre kids will think it make more sense and believe it. its very stupid to try to stop someone point of view by closing theyre perspective. thats why we should have both and if the kid really want to go for God he/she will.
problem solved
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Answer 11

I think so. I believe the Bible tells us about the nature of God and his relationship with people. I believe science can help us understand the awesomeness and wisdom of God. They need not be conflictual.