What is more important, Science or religion?

Question

Science can exist without religion but sadly that doesn't work the other way around.

If it wasn't for technological advances in science I doubt we would have long fruitful lives that we do now.

Please don't say if it wasn't for "god" than we wouldn't even exist. I am not "attacking god" I am "attacking" mainstream religion.

What is the point of religion in the modern world?

People behave not because they are bound to by religion but the fact that society have laws and regulations to punish evil deeds on earth. Not wait for some firery pit to deal with the criminals.

What is the point of religion?

To go to heaven seriously now, I think that is a way humanity tries to make themselves immortal because they can't come to terms with dying.

How is religion more importan than science?

Stop using and doing everything that relates to science and go pray for everything.

Answer 1

both----
religion is most important soul wise......

and science is important to keep us lving on earth...physically.

Answer 2

Laws and regulations are created based on wordviews. Every world view is founded on some form of religion, whether theistic or atheistic.

A religion sets up several basic precepts:

The creation of the world
Human morality
After death existience

The bible does set up regulations and punishments for evil doers on earth, and not just the afterlife.

There is no way for a human to make himself immortal. The soul itself is immortal, and will spend eternity in either a state of eternal punishment or paradise.

QUOTE:
Many historians (of different religious persuasions—including atheistic) have shown that modern science started to flourish only in largely Christian Europe. These historians point out that the basis of modern science depends on the assumption that the universe was made by a rational Creator. An orderly universe makes perfect sense only if it were made by an orderly Creator. But if there is no creator, or if Zeus and his gang were in charge, why should there be any order at all? So, not only is a strong Christian belief not an obstacle to science, such a belief was its very foundation1.

True Science has no contradiction with the bible.

Please check my source for more information about science and the Bible.

Answer 3

“Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.” – Albert Einstein

Science is what is known, religion exists in the realm of what is unknown.

For example, at the limits of science in cosmology, cosmology crosses over into profoundly philosophical and theological issues, that science most likely can never answer. Knowledge thus consists of the answers that both provide, both deductive and inductive. The answers will be reasoned out and probably never proven.

Thus, science and religion are both important.

What is the point of religion in the modern world? The logical conclusion of a materialistic universe is nihilism. That is a huge problem for civilization. Religion, or God in people's lives, is very important to this modern world. It is just not fully recognized yet.

I'm not worried about people. People behave because they are normally good and yes, society punishes bad behavior. I'm worried about nihlistic goverernments, and politicians in power. There is no control over them.

No religious person is certain they will live eternally, and what their life might be. I know of no one that believes for that selfish reason. Maybe some do. They believe it spiritually, because it makes sense in today's world and provides a "peace and serenity, that surpasses understanding".

Don't think one-sided. Think broadly.

Just a thought.

Answer 4

Your are trying to compare apples and oranges and the two have nothing to do with one another. You might also want to rethink your statement about religion not being able to exist without science because it can. Also what religion are you speaking about because there are many. If you want to look at history you will find that men like Noah, Abraham, and Moses to name a few, lived much longer than man does today.

It would be easier to try an answer if you had explained a little more of what you were trying to say. Like what do you mean by mainstream religion?

You ask "What is the point of religion in the modern world" but again you do not say what religion you are speaking about. There are many different religions and they all believe something different. Also there are many different gods that people worship but there is only one true God and creator. You can be your own god or your god can be money, another person, drugs, your job, etc. The Egyptians had gods for everything, the sun, the moon, and hundreds of other things.

Your statement about people behaving because of laws isn't totally true either, look at how over run the jails are. When man is only living for himself he is going to do what ever he can that he thinks he can get away with. Man is sinful by nature, stop and think about it, you don't have to teach a child to lie but you do have to teach them to tell the truth. You don't have to teach a child to be selfish and say "Mine", but you do need to teach them to share. And all people are this way and some don't ever grow out of them. Not only do they continue to be selfish and all the other things they did as a child but they get worse.

One question you might ask yourself is where did we come from, did we just come from nothing, just an accident or is there a creator. It also sounds like you do not think there is a heaven but you did not explain what you do believe in, which makes it very difficult to answer your questions or reply to your statemnets.

I wish you the best in your search because it appears that you have a lot or questions and some confussion about life itself. I hope that you will not stop seeking until you have found the truth and are at piece with who you are. Also I hope you find the purpose of life while you are living on this earth.

Please don't think I am trying to be arguementive with you. I wish we could talk face to face. I really hope you find the answers you are looking for because I do care. There is nothing more important than a persons soul.

Answer 5

What good is science in saving a person? Can science grant eternal life with God?

The point of religion in the modern world is to save people by sharing the Gospel (good news of Jesus Christ) with them. People today are just as lost if not more lost than the people that came before them.

God has prepared a great place for believers that can only be attained by believing and following Jesus Christ. No matter what we do here on earth we are all destined to die but we have a choice and say in what can happen to us in the afterlife.

Answer 6

The understanding of science would logically be more important than religion. Science has always been around even before we existed, it is our understanding of it that has not always been with us, that is why we have most of the religions of today, because at one time we did not have an understanding of science. Religion is still needed today, but a day will come when we all put away that security blanket.

Answer 7

Since the beginning of time, man has created religions. Science is relatively new (well, on a scale of how long humans have existed) and a rational, logical approach to answering similar questions to religion (and curiosity about lots of things - i.e. why does that do that?) I think there pretty interlinked, but for me, I live for science not religion. And science is so beautiful and intricate it makes me feel spiritual. I dont need anything else :)

Answer 8

Religious and
scientific ways of knowing have played,
and will continue to play, significant roles
in human history. . . . Science is a way of
knowing about the natural world. It is
limited to explaining the natural world
through natural causes. Science can say
nothing about the supernatural. Whether
God exists or not is a question about which
science is neutral.

The core of science
is not controlled experiment or mathematical
modeling; it is intellectual honesty. It
is time we acknowledged a basic feature of
human discourse: when considering the truth
of a proposition, one is either engaged in an
honest appraisal of the evidence and logical
arguments, or one isn't. Religion is the one
area of our lives where people imagine that
some other standard of intellectual integrity
applies.

Answer 9

i couldn't disagree with you more. religion is fueled by faith and belief, science by knowledge. they are two very different concepts. i think both are very important- without science we wouldn't have any of the medicine that we have, but without religion we wouldn't even be here. and you couldn't be more mistaken when you say that people can't accept death, i accept death as a natural part of life just the same as birth. people must come out of this world in order to make way for new life. but it is the realization that paradise awaits that makes people with good faith unafraid. you just need to believe, not everything is black and white. you need to learn to see the gray, accept it for what it is, and move on. just because you don't believe in something you don't have the right to criticize what others believe. as for the point of religion, who can you turn to when you need help? the monkeys we "evolved" from or the GOD who created us? i'm not being a hypocrite, i still respect your beliefs of not having faith, i just don't accept it. move on.

Answer 10

Religion was invented as a way to control the masses. In the extreme sense, this is shown by its authoritarian rules and the discouragement of any questioning of its methods.
It is also a default answer for things that are beyond your understanding. For example, why do planets move? For people without any understanding of astronomy, it is because of some divine being.

Answer 11

S.a.r.a.h. hit it on the nail but instead of saying "religion" I would say "spirituality" because like it was mentioned there are things that science just cannot do; can you come to terms with that?

Long, fruitful lives? To an extent I agree but I can't all the way. I can guarantee that most people born after 1970 won't make it to 80, because for one technology keeps replacing things and we are using our body less and less and becoming dependant in an "unhealthy" way