I'm just curious.. The christian and muslim answers here are mostly based on the bible and Quran. But the?

Question

current socity is governed by science. from ATM machine to Computer screen. From vegetable farm to kitchen...everywhere its the simple and complicated science theories. Non of those books have not helped the mankind to achive this level. We are now seeking other planets and travelling outer space. The question is - why we still spoonfed our children with old traditional stuff? sorry about poor grammer or spelling.

Answer 1

Science is the study of God's work.

Answer 2

You are mistaken in thinking that the Bible has not helped us get where we are. You must not only ask where we are. You must also ask where we came from and where we are going. If we came from nothing and are going nowhere, then there is no reason for us to be here, or to be anywhere, or even to still continue to ‘be’, at all.

Either the whole galaxy will eventually get sucked into a black hole, or the Sun will expand and incinerate the Earth, or the entire Universe will someday reach the state of ‘heat death’. No more energy will remain for chemical or nuclear reactions, and there will be no more life, forever and ever, no amen, either.

So, all of human life and effort are headed for futility, why bother? Maybe we just THINK there is meaning and value to life, even though science tells us that all life everywhere will eventually vanish.

If there really is a God, then there is a possibility that our lives have real value and true meaning to them, not just what we imagine after gazing too long into out microscope, or our telescope, or our inkblot, or our beer glass.

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Answer 3

You have missed the point that almost everybody else misses. Science answers one set of questions and religion answers another. The problem arises when one or the other steps out of their area.

For example, during the middle ages, churchmen thought that scientific discoveries were in conflict with the Bible. What they were in conflict with were the personal notions of the churchmen. The idea that there couldn't be spots on the sun, or craters on the Moon, because they were created by God, and therefore were perfect, was false. No where in the Bible does it say that there are no spots on the sun, and no craters on the moon.

When science tells us how we originated, the normal person would want to see proof, particularly when they are in conflict with the Bible. Well, there is no proof. It is just how they think life and species must have originated (without God). So, an idea formulated to explain an assumption (creation without a Creator), with no evidence (Scientific Method: observe, repeat, falsify) doesn't sound like science to me. What do you think?

Answer 4

The interesting thing is that society as we know it was built on religious idealism....it is natural for us to be looking for ways to advance in life and through science we do that.....but science is accomplished by things that already exist..it's just a matter of people putting it together and finding or discovering it...For example before the first flight people laughed at the thought of flying...but why they would witness birds do it all the time so it was possible it was just a matter of a human being putting the puzzle pieces together and flying...however flight already existed...The bible teaches love, respect and honour...It teaches to give and to be honest...The bible teaches us that there is so much more then what we see with just our eye's and isn't that what science is about, more then meets the eye...There is nothing wrong with teaching both.....maybe by teaching both mankind will come to a whole new level of thought..Who knows....

Answer 5

i do no longer recognize sinning or no longer, yet Islam settle for the different Holy-books - we call the e book a million. Zabor - Tzarbor (the Holy-e book in the previous) 2. Torah, 3. the Bible (previous testaments) and finally Quran. For the Muslims - even as the Holy Verses for the Quran got here, there are particular issues interior the former preparation that would no longer be use, we ought to take the recent preparation - it is the Quran, then there issues interior the Holy-books we ought to continually study too and it isn't incorrect to study the books. Then as a Muslim, one ought to examine their personal reputable Holy-e book first - Quran - in the previous interpreting the different holy-books. One ought to comprehend onself in the previous information the others. that is in effortless words my view, enable me verify with the Imam and non secular Muslim experts. i believe the former testomony of the Bible nonetheless exist someplace, yet being saved through whom i do no longer recognize, my wager the Pope in Vetican. only God recognize each and everything

Answer 6

Because that's the way we link to the past; that's the way we learn about ourselves. That's one thing the human brain does not afford us--a racial (as in human race) memory of any great expanse. We all seem to know that snakes can be dangerous, and we all seem to have dreams about falling, but darned if we are born knowing squat about how to have good relationships with other people, how to conduct a sound foreign policy, how to build a boat, etc. Books such as the Bible, the Quran, other sources from ancient cultures and civilizations such as Plato, Socrates, GILGAMESH, Omar Khayyam, Confucius, even people like Leonardo da Vinci, or the Marquis de Sade, Sigmund Freud or Winston Churchill have something valuable to teach us about being human--for good and for bad.

I cannot say all books are worth reading, but most of those acknowledged as "classics"--and the Bible is a leading contender!--should be required reading. Coupled with the kind of critical thinking skills that science teaches us, reading these great books should be an amazing learning experience valuable to all--scientist and faithful alike.

Answer 7

These are 2 separate things, the material life of science & technology & the spiritual life which for me is about the heart & putting everything into perspective. I'm not Christian & I don't agree with religion, but I am spiritual because I beleive we're here for a reason & bad things happen for us to grow or for us to sympathise & show caring towards other people when things go wrong for them. I also think there must be something "up there" but I don't like words like God. Obviously something created us & for a reason, it's not just about advancing technology-wise.

Answer 8

I don't feed my children religion though I impress upon them the need to respect other people's religious beliefs. I tell them that when they are older and can understand what is being said, that THEN and only THEN do I want them to take any of it into consideration.

I think the best way to sum up my belief in God is to say that I believe there is a higher power, but the man made rendition of that higher power has become perverted and corrupt, designed solely as a means of control.

Answer 9

Science...whats the top degree in Science. Oh yes, the PhD.
Philosophy is what it all comes down to - I had a professor tell me it all -all - comes down to two things.
Why are we here, and what is the meaning of it?
So spirituality certainly has a place in science....and in society.
In science every experiment is put up against the null hypothesis.
The null hypothesis started out as "we dont make a difference in the outcome, its God at work"
Why? Because science started out as a search for God.
Will we teach our children those books?
I'd like to take a look 400 years in the future to find out myself.

Answer 10

Humankind is ingrained with the intent to pass on the knowledge of our lives to other generations. We pass on religion because it is a part of us, and need to make certain or children have that part of them as well.

Since you seem to believe we are traveling to other planets, let me ask you this: do you think that an alien race would want to make contact with a species that has no sense of tradition, no belief of passing things onto the next generation, and no belief in something greater than any one of us, or of the race as a whole? What is the likelihood that another race would have developed on another planet and had no history of religion?

Answer 11

Christopher Columbus had a map drawn by Muslims because in the Koran it says the earth is round. there are many scientific proofs in the Koran.

you can thank Muslims for inventing soap and other things that have greatly helped our way of life. even the Koran encourages us to investigate science.

people agree that the Koran is supernatural. even Christians agree. but Christians say that the devil told it to Muhammad. but why would the devil tell us to worship and love God? do a search for 'miracles of the Koran' on youtube. it will change your life.