A lot of you who are critics of God Havent even taken the time to carefully read and test the scriptures in the bible up against the things found in the universe.
So again; Why must God and science be separate
2006-11-22 05:05:58 · 25 answers · asked by Maurice H 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
because religion has nothing to do with reason,
and science is about reasoning....
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2006-11-22 05:07:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
Religion = belief in that which cannot be proven through observation.
Science = a system of facts, observations, and explanations that tie such things together (theories).
Seems like they're separate by definition.
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What would you like me to compare? The fact that the biblical authors thought the earth was flat? The fact that they thought the heavens revolved around them? The fact that they never mentioned dinosaurs in the creation story? The flood that has no geological evidence whatsoever? The lack of giant fossils that angels created when they mated with man? The fact that it's impossible to put every species of animal on an ark? The fact that nobody can part a sea, or walk on water? Can't turn water into wine?
What part would you like me to test scientifically?! Let me tell you the results: it's not how it's depicted in the Bible. The Bible is wrong. Blatantly so.
2006-11-22 13:11:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some might want to think that God is some far off being and used magic to create. Others don't want to believe because they they think that in order to believe that one must turn their back on science. However nothing can be further from the truth. Does one think that a God that created the universe didn't have the building block before hand? For creation there had to be in place the building blocks of creation. And does one think that a God of creation would break his own laws in order to create? If so then what kind of God would he be?
That would be like looking at a building and deny that there was a builder. So you never meet the builder or saw with our own eyes the building process or even the plans or materials. Does that take away the fact there was a builder? It would be foolish to think so. So it is with creation, just because you were not around to see all that is created does that mean no creator? Deny the creator but live in the creation. It is a bit short sided. I don't have to know all the means in which creation came about just as I don't have to be around to see a building being built. It is a simple fact, building = builder, creation = creator. They go together.
Does it matter if anyone believes as I do? No. Does it change anything about science being used as the building blocks of creation. No. Is there anyone alive today that was around when creation came in to being? So any ideas that anyone has are just guesses at best and based on things that no body alive today has all the answers for.
God, yes, Jesus yes, science yes. They all go together.
2006-11-22 13:25:48 · answer #3 · answered by Dead Man Walking 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Have you ever heard that sometimes when people tell you that you can't do something it's them hiding envy and hate within advice because they either can't do or are scared to try? And also that people hate what they fear and fear what they hate. These two stumbling stones in the human psyche I think could be a start to this answer or at least would be included.
Obviously God created a lot and much of which we do not understand, how could we considering our youth? Those 'religous fanatics' would spew a story in which a fruit of knowledge caused adam and eve to lie to their all knowing father. Sounds like a naive act committed by a child after learning something new and then facing a parent to whom the lesson is not to me. Children may start without full understand of the world but that doesn't mean won't get there eventually.
For the children who do gain understanding, that trek is made seemingly fearless and it almost looks automated but those children are unsure. and some of those children are afraid of success right. Well I say we all are like those individual children and just like one part of a child may know where the other part doubts, thats how we are interacting with each other.
Some kids would rather the father knows everything and that everything is something that the kid himself shouldn't be involved with. It's that fear of growing up.
2006-11-22 13:29:52 · answer #4 · answered by Snap J 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Let's get something straight.
Science is not at odds with God. Science is at odds with Christianity and the Bible.
To be quite honest with you, I think a lot of Christians are going to find in the afterlife that what they have been told about God and the world, and what God had intended are two completely different things.
Christians are arrogant enough to believe that THEIR opinion of God (and it is nothing more than an opinion) is the only true "word" of God, and are quick to ignore their own teachings and judge and condemn others for not having the same opinion.
It's very, very sad...
2006-11-22 13:26:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, but you're wrong. I've read the entire bible several times, and refer to certain passages frequently. I'd be willing to bet I know it much better than you do (or the vast majority of "christians" who post on here quoting it).
"god" and science ARE seperate -- by definition. Belief in god is faith in a supernatural being, not supported by earthly evidence. The bible itself says, "...faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." (Hebrews 11:1).
Science, on the other hand, *requires* evidence that IS seen, that is observable, repeatable by anyone, and demonstrable. It absolutely rejects any kind of supernatural cause for anything, and only looks for natural answers to natural questions.
That the two are completely different does NOT mean that you have to choose one or the other -- that's the nonsense that is pushed by "creationists" and others who have no uderstanding of science. The two things deal with completely seperate areas of inquiry. Those who try to manipulate science to "prove" the bible, the existence of god, miracles, etc. don't even understand what their own religion is about, and most certainly do not understand science.
But here's the real kicker: science doesn't *care* one whit about religion. It can't serve to validate religion, and it doesn't seek to invalidate religion. It seeks natural answers to natural questions, nothing more. Some of the natural answers science finds contradict "stories" in the bible or other sacred books -- science doesn't care if that's the case or not, it simply wants to find knowledge. It's not out to get religion, it doesn't want to do away with religion...IT DOESN'T CARE.
There are many christians who understand what science's role is, and appreciate the way it seeks knowledge, and understand the evidence presented for natural answers. Those same christians accept with no problem that many of the "bible stories" are, like jesus' parables, made-up stories meant to illustrate a point...not hard-and-fast truth that if proven wrong bring down all of religion. It doesn't shake their faith at all. The bible is not a scientific book, it was never intended to be -- the concept of science didn't even exist when it's parts were written.
The two things ARE seperate, and MUST remain that way -- as they have completely different goals and methods. That doesn't, however, prevent any person from accepting both of them.
2006-11-22 13:20:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
because a lot of what science says contradicts things that are in the Bible.. God created man vs. man evolved from monkeys.. the universe was created in 7 days vs 15 billion years.. that sort of thing.. the problem is that those are science theories, but people treat them as if they were proven facts..
2006-11-22 13:09:11 · answer #7 · answered by Byakuya 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know.
Man relies on science but God already knows more about the universe than we could comprehend.
Years and years before columbus, it was written that the Earth was round.
Man just wants to be their own God, the origional lie.
2006-11-22 13:24:12 · answer #8 · answered by ♫O Praise Him♫ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a Christian and a Creationist, I hope it helps to see why I think they should be sepperate. Creationism really isnt a science, there is no experimentation you can do to show how God did something. We can say "God created life" and I believe He did but how can experiment to see how? I just think that people wont study science so much if the universal answer is "God did it".
2006-11-22 13:13:17 · answer #9 · answered by impossble_dream 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
ALL is ok but what you wrote that is god(jesus) so wrong. jesus pbuh was a mesanger of GOD. God does not die. He does not need to sacrifice anything. He is GOD. He does not need to spill blood to forgive humanity.
You see, if i have a servent, and he is a bad servent, and does bad things in my house like steal and rob, but then one fine day I tell that bad servent that all your sins and mistakes are forgiven because today i am giving my son in sacrifice(killing him). Sound lame, but you attribute the same to GOD. You see, this status of Jesus being elvated from messanger to God was done by Paul because he wanted to make christianity easy by saying that since god has sacrificed his son, all christians are now scott free to do anything since all their sins are paid for. It even appeals to the common sense
2006-11-22 13:13:07 · answer #10 · answered by Mustafa rOcKs 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Religion is centred around blind faith - you believe in God without ever having any solid evidence that He exists.
Science is centred around demonstrable principles. The scientist believes nothing unless is can be replicated and documented.
2006-11-22 13:09:22 · answer #11 · answered by mark 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋