should science be the base of man's living and not religion?

Question

thanks!!

Answer 1

Reason and compassion should be our guides.

Answer 2

No.
Because if you strip off religion completely and leave 'science', you've really gotten nowhere.

Humans have no way of corroborating science to be absolute fact. Sure, we make measurements and sort things into categories (on all levels). But in all reality, we fail to explain so many things that really need to be. In a sense, relying purely on science is also like having the 'blind faith' that people speak about.

I'm an auditor and when for information I want independent third party verification to give myself more assurance that what I'm looking at is correct. How could I do that with science? All the measurements, theories and other items are things deemed by MAN. Sorry, but aliens haven't been by lately to confirm or disprove any of our scientific theories.

Does this mean I have no faith in anything? No. I view the Bible as God's word, not just something man made, making it the answer to me question.

Answer 3

I disagree, and the element approximately extinct species that take place returned isn't even a controversy, new species are stumbled on for all time, and million 3 hundred and sixty 5 days previous fossils are stumbled on for all time, it merely is sensible that regularly the fossil would be discovered previously the residing specimen is discovered, based on the available information, they might merely assume that it grew to become into an extinct specie, that's no longer faith, faith could be having NO fossil, and NO residing specimen, and assuming that the element exists besides. some issues in technological expertise are a sprint "faithy" by using fact Scientists have faith in a undeniable concept and desire to tutor it appropriate, for occasion the Higgs Boson, or "god particle", a lot of scientists have faith that it exists, the version between technological expertise are faith is that persons who have faith in god have in no way equipped a ten BILLION greenback atom smasher to objective and tutor that gods exists, they merely assume, in keeping with NO information, with the Higgs Boson, there's a a lot of circumstancial information to propose that it exists, for occasion debris don't have mass, so there must be something that provides them mass, and that's a certainty, the Higgs Boson is barely one concept which tries to describe how count gets it is mass.

Answer 4

Many parts of Budda's teachings IS based on Science. Its just rediscovered at a later date in a different language. Buddha as a human prince was Highly learned of the sciences and the arts at that time. In fact he spoke of bacterium in a cup of water during on of his teachings, but the people thought he was silly or being too "mystical", but how do you explain bacteria to a general people whom were mostly uneducated or had only minimum education because education at that time was reserved for the rich? Ability to read and write was already almost like having a college equiv. in our modern times....

In fact I guess all the great sages had the same problem... how would Apostle John describe in a "standard term" what he saw in Revelations that would be understandable to the people at his time, and still relevent to the people of ours?

In fact, what we view as science now... could be considered gross stupidity by our future generations 1000 years from now, just as we think of our previous generations as ignorant for thinking the world was flat and that an illness in the nervous system was demon possession.

Answer 5

Living to treat everyone with the same respect and dignity you desire should be the focus of man...not religion or science. Let the religious have their religion and those who follow science do so but for goodness sakes realize that there is so much more to a person that simply one facet of personality.

Answer 6

study both well and you will find that there is good commonsense in both. its just that we find science and its logical reasoning easier to understand, esp as the explanations are all material in nature. religion too has logic in it but it requires us to make decisions/ choices from a large number of possible scenarios and the margin of error is pretty high. besides when we fail the failure is personal and cannot be explained saying 'all other factors remaining the same'.

Answer 7

To all intents and purposes it is. Despite what believers claim we all act scientifically in the day to day business of our life, we do not have faith that airplanes will fly, we check out crash statistics, we do not trust god we trust agencies and regulators to a greater or lesser extent.

To reverse the quote, show me a believer at 30,000 feet without a parachute!

Answer 8

Medical science has only recently discovered that blood-clotting in a newborn reaches its peak on the eighth day, then drops. The Bible consistently says that a baby must be circumcised on the eighth day.
At a time when it was believed that the earth sat on a large animal or a giant (1500 B.C.), the Bible spoke of the earth’s free float in space: "He...hangs the earth upon nothing" (Job 26:7).
Solomon described a "cycle" of air currents two thousand years before scientists "discovered" them. "The wind goes toward the south, and turns about unto the north; it whirls about continually, and the wind returns again according to his circuits" (Ecclesiastes 1:6).
Science expresses the universe in five terms: time, space, matter, power, and motion. Genesis 1:1,2 revealed such truths to the Hebrews in 1450 B.C.: "In the beginning [time] God created [power] the heaven [space] and the earth [matter] . . . And the Spirit of God moved [motion] upon the face of the waters." The first thing God tells man is that He controls of all aspects of the universe.
THE BIBLE
(2,000–3,000 years ago)
SCIENCE THEN SCIENCE NOW
The earth is a sphere (Isaiah 40:22). The earth was a flat disk. The earth is a sphere.
Innumerable stars (Jeremiah 33:22). Only 1,100 stars. Innumerable stars.
Free float of earth in space (Job 26:7). Earth sat on a large animal. Free float of earth in space.
Creation made of invisible elements (Hebrews11:3). Science was ignorant on the subject. Creation made of invisible elements (atoms).
Each star is different (1 Corinthians 15:41). All stars were the same. Each star is different.
Light moves (Job 38:19,20). Light was fixed in place. Light moves.
Air has weight (Job 28:25). Air was weightless. Air has weight.
Winds blow in cyclones (Ecclesiastes 1:6). Winds blew straight. Winds blow in cyclones.
Blood is the source of life and health (Leviticus 17:11). Sick people must be bled. Blood is the source of life and health.
Ocean floor contains deep valleys and mountains (2 Samuel 22:16; Jonah 2:6). The ocean floor was flat. Ocean floor contains deep valleys and mountains.
Ocean contains springs (Job 38:16). Ocean fed only by rivers and rain. Ocean contains springs.
When dealing with disease, hands should be washed under running water (Leviticus 15:13). Hands washed in still water. When dealing with disease, hands should be washed under running water.

Answer 9

Until all can agree upon which religion to follow, who's particular interpretation of it is "correct", and everyone will decide of their own free will to follow it, religion is a very poor choice to base your life upon.
Science is non-sectarian and can be proven regardless of which "god" you follow(if you follow one at all).

Answer 10

Science H. Logic, YES!

Religion teaches nothing. Zip. Zilch. NADDA. It wastes emotional and mental time and energy that could be far better directed to logical and knowable ends.

Answer 11

No because they is still so much that we can't figure out how to prove when religion tells us everything we need to know