which is held to a higher standard? Science or Religion?

Question

If a Scientist goes on TV and makes claims that are false, or unprovable he is pounced apon by the scientific community.

But if a Pastor or Religious leader goes on TV making outrageous claims without facts or evidence they are given a pass.

Is it because Science needs reproducable evidence to be valid, or is it that we are all awaire of the history of Religion and it's "faith" or lack of need for real facts or evidence?

Answer 1

There is no comparison here.

Science is the factual study of the physical universe. Verifiable unbiased facts and proofs are essential and available for those willing to learn.
NO FAITH/BELIEF involved/required

Religion is based only on FAITH/BELIEF. PERIOD.

Heart transplant is real - Science/truth
People go to heaven or are reborn - Faith/belief only. - religion

2+2=4 - science/math/truth
God created earth - Faith/belief - religion

Science and religion should be more separate than church and state.

Answer 2

Science. It is obvious due to the many claims about miracles and how prayer won football games and such that religion seems to have no standards, rather they are changed as times change. When I was a kid, it was not ok to be divorced in the church. Now it is no big deal. Also, ministers such as Pat Robertson make outrageous claims, and while some will chastise, most will not openly criticize because they are speaking against someone of so called faith.
Religion is used as a tool for people to gain power and influence. The others that really practice religion are just taken advantage of--- as noted in a prominent news show interview that was talked about today. where it was revealed that the Republican Elite don't care about religion, they just use it for their own personal gain and despise in private those who are religious.

Answer 3

Actually it is hard to say. I saw a show tonight on public TV that was about radio telescopes receiving a ton of gamma rays from space from an explosion. Because of the intensity many astrologers and scientist said that it was defying Einsteins Law of relativity. Without blinking an eye they twisted and warped the facts until they fit within the E=MC2 law. It was almost comedy to watch. But I am biased because I am a child of GOD. There is accountability for your ideas as a representative of GOD. A great example would be Benny Hinn. He is looked upon as the Jerry Springer of Christianity. We measure everything against the Bible. (The Black and Red print not between the lines). So to answer your question. It is a matter of integrity for both camps. There is money/grants to be made on both sides. he he he I know.. Weak answer.

May GOD richly bless you.

Answer 4

There is no comparison. Explaining the natural world in natural terms is the purpose of science. In such matters, science is not only held to the "higher" standard, it is the only standard. That simply is not the purpose of religion, which is why people who attempt to find the answers to scientific questions in the Bible come out looking so foolish.

And in matters of divine revelation and spirituality, the Church is the only standard God has provided. That simply is not the purpose of science. While science and religion are the two great seekers of truth, the specific kinds of truth they are capable of dealing with are very distinct, with very little if any overlap. That's why genuine scientific truth can never conflict with genuine religious truth. Truth cannot conflict with truth. Unfortunately, many who call themselves Christian have rejected the single standard God has provided for discerning spiritual truth, the Church which the Bible refers to as "the pillar and foundastion of truth". Instead they seek truth through their own personal interpretation of a book compiled under the authority of the very Church whose authority they have rejected. The results are obvious - thousands of conflicting denominations, continuous fragmentation, doctrinal chaos. Since their many beliefs conflict from one denomination to the next, it is hardly any surprise that some of their beliefs also conflict with the findings of legitimate science. If it came to science vs. God's Word, I would go with God's word every time. But as I said, that conflict does not actually exist. What does exist is conflict between science and the unauthorized personal interpretations of God's Word provided by pastors/preachers/ministers of thousands of conflicting churches. When this is the conflict, and science is the subject matter, I'll side with science. That's where scientific truth is to be found.

Answer 5

First off, a true pastor would not go on television. It is a tool of the Devil. As far as I am concerned, anyone who would listen to a religious leader on television, deserves what they get. Examples are Benny Hinn, Jack van Impe, and Pat Robertson. They have all proven themselves to be false prophets. Second, a true pastor is accountable to God. That is a much higher standard than a scientist who just has to make sure he is loud enough, or gets the right journals to support his.

Answer 6

When was the last time a scientist was "pounced upon" publicly by fellow scientists?

Come and look at the evidence for Christianity...let me know if you'd like some links. People who honestly examine the evidence usually wind up becoming Christians (Decartes, Pascal, Chesterton, Lewis et al.) Christians will help you dig up evidence...anytime.

Answer 7

Nice try, but in the religious community, leaders who make outrageous claims are not given a pass. I'm sorry if this isn't what you need to hear.

You're 'About me' states that you are interested in bringing the truth to people. Does that only apply the your version of the truth?

Answer 8

Religion is held to a much higher standard, and is scorned a great deal more often than science. Religion is by no means just simply given a pass. Religion is challenged in the courts of this Country more than any other segment in society. I agree with you, there are both men and women who get on TV and make all kinds of outrageous claims about God, many of which are scriptures that have been grossly misinterpreted. People who do this are a farce and should not be paid any attention to at all and in no way, shape, form or fashion represent true Christianity. This is no different than a scientist getting on national TV and proclaiming the validity of evolution with no more evidence than a few bones found out in a mountainous region no one but apparently him or her has ever heard of before.

Since I have mentioned evolution, lets look at it for a bit.
Science will claim that evolution is supported and validated through the fossil records. How, please tell me, come we do not find living examples of evolution in progress today? If evolution is an on going ever changing phenomenon, as is consistently and constantly claimed by science, shouldn't we be finding all kinds of living creatures in all stages of evolution? One of science's main driving points about this, is that it is a slow moving process not visible to the naked eye. Even if we can't see with our physical eyes the changes as they take place, shouldn't we still be finding creatures at different stages of evolutionary development, like monkeys that walk upright as humans do but still retaining their monkey like traits? Science has yet to explain this discrepancy in the theory of evolution.

No doubt about it, it takes a great deal more faith to believe we, as human beings have evolved in to the complex and diverse life forms we are today from a series of randomly occurring chemical and biological changes over millions
perhaps billions of years than it does to know that God created each and every living thing, including the wide diversity in which it lives on earth.

Look at planet earth. Do you honestly believe the earth is placed just the right distance from the sun and at just the right tilt to be able to support life and all of its seasons after having been thrown to this particular spot in the universe and formed from a huge explosion billions of years ago?

Just something for you to think about.

Answer 9

God had the first Science Lab in Heaven,
And I have no idea where your getting information,
But Science and God, well its all beginning to line up.
More Scientist believe in God today, and become Christan's, due to facts slapping them in the face.
One Scientist, spent his whole life, dedicated to proving God wrong, he did die a Christan,
It had to do something with a baby.
Facts are there if you want to search for them.
But God keeps his doors closed to non believers, that's why he is invisible, you can not find him with out faith.
but his lab is still set up,
I can not wait to get to Heaven to play in it.
Now that's a scary thought, but true.

Answer 10

Faith has the unique trait of being its own standard - a pretty brilliant invention, if you ask me. But, being an atheist, I only admire it at a distance.