Is scientific education the enemy of religious faith?

Question

Most scientists are not religious. Does science give people a method of seeing what is really true and what isn't, ie truth is based on evidence, not faith.

72% of scientists reject God
20% doubt god
7% believe

http://www.lhup.edu/~DSIMANEK/sci_relig.htm

Answer 1

Faith is the purposeful refusal to provide a factual, evidenced answer to a question. Science is the pursuit of factual, evidenced answers to questions. I would say that they are ideas in opposition.

Answer 2

I hear it all the time until I bring up REAL scientific evidence that life could only be created. That there is NO possibility of spontaneous life generation. It's the scientific principle of chirality. Chirality totally destroys the claim that life came from spontaneous means. All protein chains must be built of all "L" proteins. All DNA must be built of all "R". It is a scientifically verifiable fact that a random chance process, which forms a chiral product, can only be a 50/50 mixture of the two
optical isomers. There are no exceptions. Chirality is a property that only a few scientists would even recognize as a problem. The fact that chirality was missing in those amino acids is not just a problem to be debated, it points to a catastrophic failure that "life" cannot come from natural processes. Just with this very limited information I have given you here you have to realize that there was/is a reason for faith in an intelligent power that controlled this fact of the creation or both proteins and DNA. Like you said truth is based on evidence. So be honest and admit that your "I believe in science so I am better and smarter than you" is not what you believed it to be. That a reason does exist for faith.. I am not asking you to believe just to stop being a science snob.... Jim

Answer 3

No it presents an argument that will in turn cause debate of the two, science in this area is not accepted and generations of belief will be hard to break. However neither hold the whole truth, religion is Law & science persumed facts in this case. Religion is at the theashold of change with the heads of churches being exposed about homomsexuality & drug, the muslums are pushing for a biger peice of the pie and people are seeing this exposure is a way never before seen. The power strugle there is more at stake than salavation for the church, its there power and wealth that they fear of loosing and the beleivers turn the other way and try to forget these thing are happening, Sad Huh

Answer 4

Absolutely, tacitly, inexorably not! Science and religion are very good friends, and like good friends do, they do not interfere in each others business, specially since they are based in somewhat opposite principles. Science makes a postulate and demands proof and evidence of the veracity of the statement or question.--Scientists have this thing about verifiability. Religion makes a postulate based on faith, that means no proof or evidence of veracity is forthcoming--religious people have this thing about faith and trust. Science tends to deal with everyday material necessities and religion with everyday spiritual and ethical needs, so each has it's own territory. Science ,like a good friend, expects religion to nurture the human spirit. Religion, also like a good friend, expects science to answer and nurture the human need for material knowledge. Can't we just get along?

Answer 5

I disagree with you. Many scientists are religious. They might not be 'Christians' but they have a faith in a god. Many scientists even balance Evolution with their own spiritual beliefs. No, scientific education is not the enemy of religious faith. Is anything really the enemy besides our own human nature to doubt? Science should be used to strengthen spiritual beliefs. My God made this, and this is why this works.

Answer 6

Science and religion are two sides of the same coin. For living a peaceful, harmonious and a joyful life... we need both science and religion to survive.

Science leads us to become a professional. One needs to follow the path of science to fulfill our physical needs. It can be any profession directly or indirectly related to science... but we definitely need one profession to earn our living. In fact science is necessary to live our life of 70~80 years without hindrance.

Religion is that vitalizing force which keeps the community bound together. It is religion which keeps us reminding that there exists one force about us all... the power of God which runs the system. In absence of religion... the wanton desires of lusty human beings would completely ruin the existence of life on Mother Earth.

The depletion of the ozone layer is a vital testimony to it. Science is unable to help us in the matter. It is only when our conscious pricks us to stop indulgence in all nefarious activities... would the continuance of life on Mother Earth become more pleasant.

Scientists all over the world almost reject the existence of God. They want proof of the existence of God. When the religious community asks them to show the smell of a flower before they can show them the existence of God... the scientific community becomes silent on the matter.

Religion and rather spirituality is much beyond the grasp of science. To think that the scientific community someday would come to senses... it is just not possible! It is not the fault of the scientists... the whole scientific surmise is based on the fact that it wants proof of everything. In matters religion and spirituality... it is more of faith in the existence of God that matters.

Scientific community is meant to do their job. Religious leaders theirs! And so do the spiritualists. None is wrong ever. It is only a question of perception! More on science and religion here- http://www.vijaykumar.com/is_there_a_god.html and http://www.vijaykumar.com/religion_starts_where_science_ends.html

Answer 7

I don't think so. My religion is "Religious Science" - and some people might call that an oxymoron - but it works for me. You can check it out at www.religiousscience.org - it's very open at the top - and talks about the law of nature. God is just Love - and it doesn't take a lot of faith to believe in Love.

Answer 8

I can't begin to understand why so many people pit science and religion against each other so much. I've always seen science as a really cool way to find out some of God's methods.

It just completely baffles me why the two should be seen as being so different.

Answer 9

It is not true that most scientist are non religious. Science for me is the affirmation of God existence, without question!

Science is the indisputable evidence of Faith already expressed.

Obviously Grace comes first, then Faith, then science reveals the facts that God knew all along.

Answer 10

Of course not. Science and faith go hand in hand.
You say most scientists are not religious? I think you are mistaken. In fact I would go so far as to suggest that most scientists are religious.

Answer 11

Most scientists most definitely ARE religious and have been for the entire history of science.

The enemy of religion is not, never has been and never will be science. The enemy of both religion and science is marxism....which attempts to manipulate one to destroy the other. More and more, people are catching on to what you are doing. Expect to be treated the way you deserve to be.