2006-11-09 16:10:54 · 11 answers · asked by enlight100 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Yes, assuming you actually meant "complement" not "compliment".
Physics will always leave some things unanswered. No matter how much we understand, there is always another question, and a bit more that is unknown. Some people find this circumstance uncomfortable. For them, religion can help them feel at ease.
If you mean as a part of science itself, the answer is "no." though you might say this is a semantic argument. The moment an empirical observable enters the picture, it becomes a part of science.
For instance, general relativity cannot describe the nature of the universe prior to the planck time. A theory of quantum gravity is necessary for that. Until then, one can easily say "God created the cosmic egg which expanded in the Big Bang" but that doesn't really help science move forward. Eventually, maybe we unify gravity and the other forces and come up with a theory of quantum gravity. That will likely push our understanding closer to the origin, and maybe all the way to the origin of our universe, but probably won't explain the generation of the framework of natural laws that permitted our universe to originate. Again, you have room for a religious ultimate cosmology to explain where that framework came from, and again it does not help the physics at all, but will make some people feel better.
Religion is not a part of the scientific method because it includes suppositions that are not based on the cycle of observe, hypthesize, test, observe. As soon as an element of religion enters that cycle, in my opinion it is a part of Physics. I suppose you could say that Physics can be a subset of religion, but most religious dogmas conflict with science at some level; it does not have to be this way, but tends to be. Note that I said "religious dogmas" and not "religions." As near as I see it, most religions can get along side by side with Physics, it is only when people start making literal interpretations of religious teachings as descriptions of the physical world that they sometimes run afoul of science.
2006-11-12 11:53:21 · answer #1 · answered by Mr. Quark 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If someone some day discovers empirical evidence of a causative force for the "Big Bang" that is outside of Physical Cosmology it could be the basis for a Religious Cosmology theory of origins to be postulated.
2006-11-09 16:16:32 · answer #2 · answered by the_buccaru 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really.
Physical cosmology can reinvent itself readily when observations contradict it.
Religious cosmology usually refuses to acknowledge all but the most blatant proofs of wrongness then relies on pretzel twisting reinterpretation of dogma to pretend that it was right all along.
2006-11-10 03:16:29 · answer #3 · answered by corvis_9 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hear to what Jesus says in answer to end time queries. Mark 13 " yet in those days following that misery, the sunlight would be darkened, the moon won't provide its mild, the celebrities will some distance from the sky, and the heavenly bodies would be shaken. This only exhibits the death of a celebrity. This ultimately impacts the universe as all of us comprehend it and creates an inbalance in each and all of the cosmic area. however the the the remainder of the heavenly bodies ( universe) will nonetheless exist and a clean earth would be created.
2016-10-21 14:03:49 · answer #4 · answered by equils 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religious cosmology is religious cosmology, and physical cosmology is physical cosmology....Both can't compliment each other....
simple is that, now our techology can make one pyramid.....
2006-11-09 16:20:36 · answer #5 · answered by M.R.Palaniappa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, because the religious person will ultimately say "god did it", something a scientist will laugh at. The problem is that oponents of science, mostly religious people, don't know enough about science yet they claim science is wrong. However, a person educated in science and mainly scientists will never say "god did it".
2006-11-09 16:43:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes 100%. I will quoate you some word by word verses of the quran in this regards with refrences which you can check your self. Keep in mind the the Quran was revealed 1400 years ago and has retained its orignality ever since, a fact which even many non muslim historians vouch for.
"Do the unbelievers not see that the Heavens and the Earth were joined together(as one unit of creation), before, and We clove them asunder" (Refering to the Big Bang: Quran 21:30)
Also
"Moreover, He Comprehended in His design the sky, and it had been smoke, He said to it and to the earth, "Come ye together willingly or unwillingly" (Refering to the mass closing in with the force of gravity) Quran 41:11
simlarly in countless places quran mentions that earth is a spehre, moon has reflected light ect.
All these facts were not discovered in the 6th century AD, hence Prophet Mohamad (PBUH) for sure did not know them. Only one explaination, that the Quran was revealed directly by GOD.
2006-11-09 20:48:52 · answer #7 · answered by Mustafa rOcKs 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Why not?
As one learns more and more of quantum physics, it could support the argument that a supreme being (God) is more wondrous than we ever imagined!
2006-11-09 16:22:15 · answer #8 · answered by Scarp 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
depends on the individual
2006-11-09 16:14:39 · answer #9 · answered by bprice215 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No way in heaven or hell. One is fantasy and the other is reality.
2006-11-09 19:46:24 · answer #10 · answered by hznfrst 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋