Why can't scientists and religous leaders agree on how the earth was formed?

Answer 1

Excellent question!

The problem here is that scientists examine what they are able to, and make their best guesses based upon what they can observe.

Religious leaders take information they have been handed down from predecessors and try their best to understand it, then pass it down to the next generation.

The history of science is one of replacing former "facts" (like the Earth is flat, or leeches will help cure sick people) with newer and "better facts". Of course, the scientists who knew the Earth was flat were positive of their findings much like the scientists are of today.

The history of religion, however, seems to be working in reverse to that of science. The "facts" were given to mankind by God through His prophets, but over time these facts have become garbled and misinterpreted by men. With each retelling, with each passing generation, we see that the Holy scriptures are being spun off in hundreds of directions, and none of them are right.

What I have found, though, is that if you study God's word in the original languages and search out the original meanings, you get something wondrous. You get the truth. Science does not conflict with the truth that lies "hidden" in the scriptures. That truth will strip away the layers of religious tradition that does conflict with science, and that is a very good thing for anyone who is on a quest for the truth of what happened, why we are here, and where we are headed.

The truth in the scriptures tell us that this world is ancient, not 6,000 years old. It tells us of the age of dinosaurs. It tells us that Noah's flood in the "Eretz" was a regional flood, not a global one. This goes on and on, with the lies of tradition being swept away, exposed for what they are... the ramblings of men.

What we need to consider is how fantastic things would be when REAL scientists and REAL religious leaders sit down and say, "Hey, we figured it out!" There is only one REAL truth to existence, my friend, but there are multitudes upon multitudes of perceptions and beliefs. The best we can hope for is to find our place in the scheme of things and do what we can to be what we were meant to be. Those who are supposed to find their way back to our Father will do so, and those who aren't won't. It's why we are here.

Terrific question, thanks for asking it!

Answer 2

They do, only the religious flakes who have problems with causal reasoning and empirical thinking have the problem and it is only a problem in the United States. Other Christian nations have no problem whatsoever.

America has its own brand of religious flakiness, unique all to its self.

Every major religious community except the fringe ones agree on the formation of the Earth.

Sola scriptura was invented in the sixteenth century and is filled with philosophical and logical holes. If you are an extremist in the belief in sola scriptura, then the Earth cannot work as scientists have observed because that would mean sola scriptura is false.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

some do - they call themselves creation scientists, and from the same scientific theories and practicesas the norm, they come to different conclusions, such as intellegent design. The majority of scientists and religious leaders is what you meant to say, and the majority is not always the best judge of truth or right, now are they? Try this link, if you're serious about finding an answer and more open minded than the majority...

Answer 5

Some christian know how it was formed.
Most xhristians have no idea!

It is all there, most of it between Gen 1:1 and Gen 1:2

The rest of Gen from 1:3 to Gen 2 is just a recap, and the creation of men!
Gen 2 begins the creation of The Adam!

Answer 6

Because, both are not sure of the 100% truth.
Religious leaders are going by a book not knowing but believing that it's the truth and that's it. Where as Scientists are looking for reasons, having theories but having no way to prove it.

Both types needs 100 % evidence to believe in one I guess - but then again, common - it will be boring without religious people shouting when you fart and the scientists having no reasons to laugh at.

Answer 7

the scientists live in the real world and the religious leaders live in a fantasy world of gods and monsters religious leanders will never acept the facts if thay do all the brainwahed christians will leave them and all there churches will all fall down

Answer 8

Scientists look at the available evidence and draw conclusions. Religionists start with their conclusion and look only for evidence that will fit it...and try very hard to ignore the rest.

Answer 9

Well, science essentially is oblivious to god... and rightfully so. Science is looking for natural explanations for natural things. The presumption of science is that everything that can exist and anything that can occur in the universe is, by definition, natural... even if we cannot presently understand it or explain it. Again, this is as it should be.

Religion does not see it that way, though.

At the bleeding edge of science, at the point where it REALLY starts to get interesting, SCIENCE says: "We don't know... OK, boys... let's roll up our sleeves, dig in and find out."

At the bleeding edge of science, at the point where it REALLY starts to get interesting, RELIGION (imagine South Park - Officer Barbrady) says: "That's too complicated. God did it. Move along. Nothing to see here. Everybody go home now."

Religion exists in a strange dichotomy between two logical fallacies... the 'Argument From Incredulity' ("I can't understand how that might have come to be; therefore, god did it.") and the 'God of the Gaps' fallacy, also known as the 'Divine Fallacy'. The God of the Gaps lives at the bleeding edge of science... and religionists view the advances of science as an encroachment into their territory. They are at war, fighting a rear-guard action against the advance of scientists... and the preoccupied scientists, for the most part, don't even KNOW that they're in a fight.

Science doesn't attack god. That is true from the perspective of science... as I said, science is oblivious to god... he/she/it is simply out of scope. From the standpoint of the religiose, though, science is the mortal enemy. First they took away the earth being the center of the universe, and the focus and purpose of all creation... the god of the gaps got his butt whipped. Next thing you know, lightening is just an electrical discharge... not a manifestation of the wrath of god. The god of the gaps got his butt kicked again. Disease caused by germs, not demons. Ouch. Planets aren't wandering stars... they are bodies that orbit the sun. Whap. Stars aren't little lights placed on the firmament (the solid barrier between heaven and earth... i.e., the sky)... they are actually suns, like our own, unimaginably far away. God of the Gaps gets kicked right in the balls. And on, and on, and on. The God of the Gaps has NEVER won a fight with science... NOT ONCE. Every time there is a scrimmage between science and the God of the Gaps, another gap gets filled up with knowledge, and the God of the Gaps slinks away, with his tail between his legs. Earth isn't 6,000 years old... it's 4.5 BILLION years old. G of G gets kicked in the nuts again. And on and on... and on.

Well, they're tired of getting kicked in the nuts... so, they've changed tactics. Rather than fighting the battle on the basis of knowledge and evidence, they fight it on the basis of lies and misdirection. Science won't engage them... heck... it won't even acknowledge them. So, rather than engaging science, they just appeal to their constituency, which is scientifically ignorant for the most part, and feed them a bunch of plausible sounding pseudo-scientific lies. Take 'Intelligent Design'. The strategy is not to argue this on a scientific basis... it is to "Teach the controversy"... except in the scientific community, THERE IS NO CONTROVERSY. But their dumbass constituency doesn't go to the scientific community for their scientific information... no... they go to the people they TRUST... their SPIRITUAL LEADERS... and they get fed pseudoscience, misrepresentations and lies.

Willful ignorance, lies and delusions are winning. Science is losing. The God of the Gaps, FINALLY, is holding the line against knowledge, reason and critical thought.

So, while it is true that science doesn't attack god, that doesn't really matter... because as long as they PERCEIVE science (in general) to be an attack on god, we're going to be in an ongoing fight. At some point, in the near future, we need to wake up and realize that, or we're going to end up back in the Dark Ages.

Answer 10

Scientists apply logic to the available evidence.

Religious leaders believe what they were told to believe by the primitive, barbaric and egocentric men who compiled ancient fairy tales about creation.