2007-01-08 01:35:16 · 23 answers · asked by jsjmlj 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Science is the nemesis of superstitious nonsense. When the shoe fits...
2007-01-08 01:48:21 · answer #1 · answered by Sweetchild Danielle 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not per se.
Science has no interest in metaphysical questions. It does not answer questions such as: Is there an afterlife? Does God exist? Etc... These questions are outside of its domain, because its domain is that which can be verified and measured.
Science comes into conflict with a special brand of religion which makes precise claims about the nature of the divine and its relationship to the physical world. People who read scriptures literaly and insist that everything written must be as is in the real world, in particular, tend to find science offensive.
These debates are not new. Christian authorities once had a problem with the idea that the earth was round, because the Bible clearly stated angels would come from the corners of the earth. Later on, they accepted it was round, but insisted it was at the centre of the Universe in spite of mounting astronomical evidence to the contrary, because they insisted God must have placed its creation at the centre of the world.
Today, a certain number of religious people take exception to darwinism, because they feel it either takes away from the dignity of man, or otherwise takes God out of the equation. But scientists look at the evidence, and very, very few serious scientists doubt the theory of evolution today.
In my opinion, the problem lies in a missunderstanding of the realm of religion and science. Science does not make metaphysical judgement. Religious authorities should not attempt to make scientific assesments. The fact is this has very little to do with true spirituality. A literal reading of the book of Genesis is in no way necessary to the message of Christianity. In fact, there is considerable historical evidence to suggest the texts making up Genesis were meant as symbolic - since they were written by a pre-scientific culture with little regard for modern standards of truth (so that a scientific reading of Genesis is, in fact, anachronistic).
Evolution is a descriptive theory, like all scientific theories. It does not make moral judgements. It does not answer questions such as: Does God exist? Is life sacred? Is mankind a privileged species? Etc, etc...
The problem lies in the obstinacy of certain religious groups to disregard all evidence and to insist on articles of faith that can not be defended, instead of delving deeper into what the true meaning of their mission on earth is. The debate, as far as scientists are concerned, has been resolved a long time ago and is taking energy away from much more important questions which are of the domain of spirituality proper.
2007-01-08 10:00:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Science is the nemesis of superstitious belief, of which religion is a part.
2007-01-08 09:46:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. Not to any valid religion.
Trying to apply the rules of proof of one to the other is what causes silliness like attempts to twist the creation stories of a religion into "factual" proof.
This only results in bad science and bad religion.
They serve different purposes in our lives.
Religion ought to result in applied practical imparital compassion. This is unrelated to science.
2007-01-08 11:11:20 · answer #4 · answered by Praise Singer 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Science has no agenda when it comes to religion. Science makes statements that religious people don't like. Religious people make statements that science is out to destroy their faith. Science only wants to teach what is really true. Religion wants to keep the status quo, including the large amounts of money they collect from their believers. Science informs people that they don't have to send money to some guy on TV in order to be happy and free. TV preachers don't like that so they stir up the controversy between religion and science saying that science has an agenda. The agenda is for religions to keep you ignorant so they can continue to get your money so they can pay for their gay male prostitutes, drugs, legal fees, trips to luxury resorts, and to keep their pedophile priests out of the newspapers.
2007-01-08 09:48:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No!!!!!
In the same way that a steam roller is not the enemy of a turtle that happens to be crossing the road at the wrong moment.
Science is about finding truth, as religion is full of lies science is going to gradually disprove much of what the bible says. This is not intentional, Darwin was quite a religious man until he saw biblical creation contradicted by the facts.
2007-01-08 09:43:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
No:
A mass of gases which one day exploded and created the universe, the Big Bang, we only found this out with the Hubble space telescope:
"Do not the Unbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were joined together (as one unit of creation), before we clove them asunder? " (Quran 21:31)
2007-01-08 09:53:04 · answer #7 · answered by By Any Means Necessary 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Science disproved Abrahamic faith a couple hundred years ago.
It's not necessarily the nemesis of religion, but it is the nemesis of some of its biggest players.
2007-01-08 09:42:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 3⤋
No. Benjamin Rush, the founder of America's public school systems, wrote that science is always the most advanced in Christian nations.
2007-01-08 09:43:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, they are mutal.
You need science to explain physical observations.
You need religion to explain spiritual observations.
2007-01-08 09:50:13 · answer #10 · answered by Emperor Insania Says Bye! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋