Is science really compatible with religion?

Question

Can dogmatic belief and free inquiry co-exist?

Answer 1

Through partitioning of the mind, yes.

Answer 2

Yes science MUST be compatible with religion.I feel that if someone bases his belief in religion but removes science and use of logic than it can lead to ignorance and superstition.People often think Bible opposes to science but we should realize that Christ himself said that the Bible was written in parables so we shouldn't believe that Bible is non-sense because if you read many of the ancient literatures they used to explain many thing with the use of symbolic terms and not literal.We should look at Sir Isaac Newton as an example,he was science genius yet he could interpret the real meaning of the Bible,he used logic and faith in the same time.The Islam for instance helped the development of science in Arabia,they develop many types of Chemistry,Medicine and even had numerous of Alchemists.The Baha'i Faith as an example says:
"If religion were contrary to logical reason then it would cease to be a religion and be merely a tradition.Religion and science are the two wings upon which man's intelligence can soar into the heights, with which the human soul can progress."
We can learn from many of these examples and all I'm saying is if we remove ignorance and blind faith from religion and use science in place this world will have a better future.

Answer 3

Yes, if religion actually wanted to find out if any of its theories were true. Dogmatic belief however is the exact opposite of the scientific method.

Answer 4

NO NO NO!

fundamental to science (by definition) is that nothing can be assumed to be true. every new idea is based on the ideas of the past, but should those ideas become questionable, so are the new ideas! (i.e. the world is flat and all new ideas about the world have to take that into consideration. later we discover that the world is an orb, and fundamental elements of nature are rewritten). RELIGION, in contrast, is seen to work from the OPPOSITE point of view! "THIS IS SO!" "THEREFORE all new findings will be weighed in against this truth." the world views here are mutually exclusive: Baroque Monarchy (to make many assumptions, more than necessary, and hold strong to them regardless of later findings), and Spartan Meritocracy (to make as few assumptions as possible and disregard ANY assumption once new information proves it false). there are 2 other world views that don't hold much. Baroque Meritocracy (to make many assumptions, but to discredit these assumptions as new information proves them false, thus leading to Spartan Meritocracy eventually.) and Spartan Monarchy (to make as few assumptions as possible and to hold on to them regardless of new information which proves them false, which is dangerous). Religion is a Baroque Monarchy, and science and reason are a Spartan Meritocracy. they cannot coexist to support the same purpose. my rewording is not necessarily that great, i would suggest a gander at the site in my reference.

EDIT:
CLOUND, here is god's response to job when job suggested such a thing as that the earth hung on nothing: Job 38:1-4
Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind: "Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?...Where were you [a] when I laid the foundation of the earth?"

EDIT2:
This is to expand on the idea that god created evolution. if that were so, at what point in our evolution did god decide to inject a soul? remember that evolution is GRADUAL. we did not just suddenly become Homo Sapiens over night. so do animals all have souls? bugs? bacterium? Or, which is more likely the case, is a soul simply a way our own consciousness explains our own consciousness and the very fact that we recognize ourselves? Also, since we know that evolution, by it's very nature, ensures that beings are "getting better" over the years. This means that god says he created man and woman in his image, but then allowed us to evolve into something better? or has god stopped evolution? don't say yes just because you don't see monkeys turning into people... bacteria still evolve to resist our new drugs. Influenza evolves every year. your own immune system adapts and changes! so small scale evolution STILL takes place! no reason to believe that we are not, also, still evolving and adapting.

Answer 5

I think that "dogmatic belief" is redundant.

And depending upon how you define it science is certainly compatible with religion.

Dogma (the plural is either dogmata or dogmas, Greek δόγμα, plural δόγματα) is the established belief or doctrine held by a religion, ideology or any kind of organization, thought to be authoritative and not to be disputed or doubted. While in the context of religion the term is largely descriptive, outside of religion its current usage tends to carry a pejorative connotation — referring to concepts as being "established" only according to a particular point of view, and thus one of doubtful foundation.

Science in the broadest sense refers to any system of objective knowledge.

Answer 6

Absolutely. Check out the Institute For Creation Research.

http://www.icr.org/

Brightest Blessings

Answer 7

Yes!

Another cause of dissension and disagreement is the fact that religion has been pronounced at variance with science. Between scientists and the followers of religion there has always been controversy and strife for the reason that the latter have proclaimed religion superior in authority to science and considered scientific announcement opposed to the teachings of religion. Baha'u'llah declared that religion is in complete harmony with science and reason. If religious belief and doctrine is at variance with reason, it proceeds from the limited mind of man and not from God; therefore, it is unworthy of belief and not deserving of attention; the heart finds no rest in it, and real faith is impossible. How can man believe that which he knows to be opposed to reason? Is this possible? Can the heart accept that which reason denies? Reason is the first faculty of man, and the religion of God is in harmony with it. Baha'u'llah has removed this form of dissension and discord ...

Answer 8

No. Religions try to use god to explain what we don't know (or didn't know at the time) about the world. Inevitably science will find some of the answers we didn't know when the religion was invented and they just won't fit.

Answer 9

yes of course science and religion are not compatible in fact, they are the same thing loking for the right answer to things such as where we came from were we are going that all has the same thing to do with religion AND science.

an example is the theory of evolution

christians and scientists are debating over this very issue

but the funny thing is that evolution is not disagreeing with the bible you merely have to look at it in metaphors rather than pure fact

and it says that on the first day he brought chaos and darcknes it refers to the big bang

how it says on the second day he brings light is referring to the after math of the big bang (i.e. the earth, suns, planets,solar systems, galaxies, and the universe

then it says on the third day hje brings plants it is referring to how plants were the first form of life

then on the fourth day he brought fish it referss to the theory we all started out as fish

then on the fifth day he brought cattle it refers to mammals which were the next evolutionary step

then it says on the sixth day i brought man and blesed him it refers to how we are a very young species and how he blesased us with intelligience, the only reason we are the dominant race

and days to god may be like hundreds of millions oif years to us humans.

Answer 10

It kind of depends on the nature of the religion. Ultimately, I believe science is the way we figure out the mechanics of the universe we live in. The how.

Religion, in my opinion, is more about the why. Trying to figure out the reason we're here, God's purpose for us and our destiny with God and each other.

When I view things in this perspective, science & my faith coexist.

Answer 11

there is no science without religion. for example evolution; scientists say that the big bang theory created the universe but how exactly did that happen? there is always religion involved in science so yes science is compatible with religion.