"Science can be an ally in helping us understand what faith is telling us"...?

Question

At least science and religion are working together on *one* issue!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070118/ap_on_sc/evangelicals_global_warming

What do you think?

Good trend?

Or should scientists and evangelicals stay out of each others way?

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Answer 1

I think Joseph Campbell came up with this idea several decades ago and his teachings on comparative mythology and faith just aren't widespread enough yet for people to realize it.

In other words, I'm very much in favor of this.

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Answer 2

It's kind of funny for an atheist scientist to reach out to the evangelicals. I saw an interview of Edward O. Wilson asking this. I don't see anything wrong with urging any organization to help the earth even if they have conflicting views.

FOR THE MILLIONTH TIME Einstein WAS AN ATHEIST! Read a book on him. He admired religion for the same reason Edward O. Wilson does their ability to cater to people and some moral values. He didn't believe in it.

Don't start stating what a true scientist is because you wouldn't know for the life of you. You are trying to create a predigest toward your belief which is sick considering this is a question of belief and non-belief coexisting and helping the earth.

This isn't a debate on dinosaur bones and Galileo. Save your poorly written propaganda for yourself. Try to learn about carbon-14 dating instead of skimming into things said about non-scientists. Carbon-14 dating only is good for things 60,000 years old. Your claims sound halfwitted and lack any sense of logic to an audience that needs clear proof.

And "true" does true have a new meaning these days?

True : suffices your ideals.

Truth isn't about making you happy.

Answer 3

The Protestant church as all of us be attentive to it would not exist as we communicate yet i'm specific somebody else could have had subject concerns with the Catholic Church later and ruin off and initiate his very own Christian church. The Catholic Church would not blame the Protestants for something. The pope on the time of Luther and Calvin did disagree with them and a few others. however the Church in no way adjustments purely because of the fact some human beings don't like it fairly is traditions and regulations. God in no way adjustments hence the Church that His Son started in no way adjustments. there have been some undesirable seeds interior the Church like there are in all religions. however the guidelines, Traditions, dogma, teachings of the scripture and the religion has in no way replaced and in no way will. that's what makes the Church good and the only that God's Holy Spirit oversees. The call "Catholic" got here countless 1000's years after Jesus walked the earth. however the Catholic Church is the unique church that Jesus began with the 12 Apostles. you may ought to reread the gospels, Acts, and others.

Answer 4

There's no place for dogma in science. Declared absolute truths directly contradict the scientific method. On the other hand, there's no room for questioning when it comes to absolute truth. Scientific curiosity destabilizes religion. I say that if science and faith want to work together on certain issues, that's fine but they shouldn't put up the facade of bridging the gap between the two. As long as each side holds its own ideals, they really can't be reconciled.

Answer 5

True religion has nothing to fear from science. True science has nothing to fear from religion. If both are TRUE, then both are consistent with each other.

Problems arise when believers on both sides get so enamored of their beliefs that, when facts arise that seem to contradict established beliefs, they deny them, sweep them under the rug, or warp them out of recognition.

There are several radiometric ways to date rocks. When someone tells you, "this rock is 3.5 million years old," ask them which metric was used. Why? Why not a different one? Often times a rock will be dated by two different metrics, which will yield two wildly different dates. The scientist will choose the date that seems to fit best. That, however, is not scientific. How can any of those dates be valid if they could all be valid, depending on what fossils were or were not found in the rock?

And when Galileo proposed his theories, he was opposed by the Catholic Church because his theories did not jibe with their beliefs. However, they had gotten their beliefs from the ancient Greeks and had reinterpreted the Bible to fit them. They then claimed them on Biblical authority, instead of examining the Bible to see what it really did say.

Answer 6

Personally, I think that Global Warming is real, but not the fault of Humans.

There are so many things that are put into the air naturally that are far worse than anything Humans are responsible for. Volcanic eruptions for example.

I think scientists and creationists should work together, but in a quest for the truth. Not a quest for finding the evidence to support your theories and dismissing the evidence that contradicts your theories.

Answer 7

The more religious folks become scientists and work with scientists the better, because the more people will realize that they aren't really the polar opposites they're made out to be.

Religious people say God did something, scientist try to figure out how he did it.

Answer 8

Who cares about the trend, sorting that issue out is the most improtant challenge facing humanity over the next 50 years.

Answer 9

There are certain topics that they have a common interest in but generally speaking religion needn't look to science to give it validity. Religion has nothing to offer.

Answer 10

Science is a religion as well. Most of the pseudo-science believers claim that there is no proof of God, blah blah, .. but blindly believe 'science'. Show them proof about anything spiritual, and they pooh-pooh it away. How else do religious fanatics behave?

The funniest thing is, TRUE scientists, just like true religious followers, believe in God. Einstein believed in God, Pascal believed in God, Mani Bhaumik (co-inventor of Lasik) has even written an entire book scientifically explaining spirituality.

There is only ONE truth, and all true followers will achieve it, it doesn't matter what they follow.