science & religion?

Question

bible starts from the begining of the creation up to 2000/1000 yrs ago but didin't mention any thing about dinasours, when science have evidence about dinasours which dwell on this earth millions of yrs ago, what do you think?

Answer 1

I think the bible and all other holy books are not supposed to be about science...they are to teach us faith in a higher being and morality. it's not even the Bible's job to talk about science or dinosaurs. Science teaches us about our relationship to this world; Religion is about our relationship to the Creator and mankind...those are two very different things. and, I might add, should be. one is the search for 'truth'; one is the search for 'fact'.

Answer 2

Some things in the bible cannot be taken literally as the truth, eg the creation and all. Who was there to those first few days down anyway? So the bible was a way to express things as best they could during their time and their beliefs. I think if i remember correctly there is a reference in the bible about a large beast, which could be a dinosaur. There is a continual argument between when the earth was formed, however scientists have theories regarding other matters which are accepted as true but theydo not have complete and comprehensive evidence to prove it. Its only because the laws and equations 'seem' to fit in with the workings of the world.

Answer 3

Science says many things, later it changes again. For example many arguments are there regarding Black Hole, Big Bang and Universe. But nothing was proved. Atleast they don't have any perfect idea about formation of earth. Evidence about dinasours could be changed later. But words of Bible stands forever.

Answer 4

I believe the it is 6000 years ago for the bible? not sure but I think its more than 2000/1000.

On another note, if you are trying to get scientific truth out of a religious book, good luck because Truth as defined by science is not the same as Truth defined by religion. I would say look at it more from a moral point of view and extract metaphorical lessons from it rather than reading the literal meaning. Basically, as a work of literature.

Answer 5

For a believer, it means nothing. A lot of things that happened in the world are not mentioned. They aren't relevant to faith, anyway.

To a non-believer, it doesn't much matter what it says, although the fact that the Bible is often not in accord with empirical evidence helps strengthen their arguments against belief.

For ME, faith is faith and needs no empirical evidence, and science is science and should not involve faith. So I sort of see them as being in two separate universes, and looking at it that way, it makes perfect sense that they describe different occurrences.

I see no use in explaining my faith to non-believers (unless they happen to ask in a curious, rather than an adversarial way), and I see no use in explaining science to those who have put on a blindfold in the name of faith.

So you might wonder where I stand on something like creation/evolution. I stand firmly in both camps.
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Answer 6

the bible does not mention "dinosaurs" because that term was created by modern scientists. there are books in the bible that mention gigantic lizards however. Leviticus 11:29 mentions that "any kind of great lizard" is unclean for eating. Also, Job 41 describes a "leviathan" (verse 1) "Any hope of subduing him is false; the mere sight of him is overpowering" (verse 9). it doesn't actually say "Dinosaur" but read the chapter and you can see the similarities.

Answer 7

because the bible was written as a guide for people to follow the words of the lord and it was written by people who were spoken to by Him. He was giving them themes to write about, and although dinos DID definitely exist they had no direct impact on human life as Earth underwent extreme planetary changes at that point, we basically started anew. God shook the big EtchaSketch and made the Garden of Eden so to speak. No point in bringing up the past. He gave us the knowledge to know and research dinos but we didn't need it in the Bible since we won't really run into them at the market or anything.

Answer 8

Both the Bible (in fact, all religion) and Science have the same objective--to explain things. Science grew out of religion. Science has left religion behind. We used to think it rained because God was angry, or God was happy, or God was sad, and now we know its because low pressure moves in to the area. People who believe in religion are sincere and usually well motivated--but obviously, not always so! Religion has valuable lessons to teach in terms of ethics and dedication to principals, and even history, but as a scientific text it is worthless.

Answer 9

You are wrong.
1st A large percentage of Christians understand between Gen1:1 and Gen 1:2 there is the possibility of billions of years.
2nd The Bible does not mention most animals. They are not a main character in the book.

Answer 10

Science and religion have apparently different aims and objects, yet in fact they are closely related and act and react on each other.
Religion without science degenerates into superstition, while science without the help of religion gives rise to materialism and lack of faith. Science, to speak the truth, has only purified religion, whereas religion has given a touch of beauty and mystery to science.