Where does science and religion clash?

Question

FYI I'm an Atheist, don't need any attacks or conversion attempts

Answer 1

In the human brain.

Answer 2

Religious claims require no evidence to confirm them, you either believe what your religion teaches, or you don't. No matter how fantastic or nonsensical, as long as it is the requirement of your religion, this is referred to as blind faith.
The common Christian mantra is 'I don't have to prove it I know it's true'.

Scientific claims always need proof, an unproven scientific claim is called a theory, until irrefutable evidence is found to support the theory, scientists will not accept a theory as the truth.
Therefore whenever science asks for proof of a religious claim, they clash.

Answer 3

I think it depends.

On a basic level, I like the "how" and "why" difference listed by a previous poster, and I would agree that they are different sides of the same coin, or at least tangential sides of two coins lying next to one another...

I think the actual conflict is between ideological certainty and an interpretive paradigm driven by the need to question and investigate.

There are plenty of people who turn rationality and logic into a type of fundamentalism. (I always liked how Immanuel Kant--who never darkened the door of a church--wrote that he had to leave room for faith, even though he held reason in high regard).

Likewise, there are plenty of religious people who let the discoveries of science influence the shape of their faith, while at the same time using their religious beliefs to shape their ethical responses to scientific discovery. (For example, would genetic modification of zygotes commodify pregnancy and children and would that dehumanize us as a people?)

good question, as usual.

Answer 4

Hey Jim. You know, I think I know what you're asking. I think that where they clash is on what they believe. For scientists, they always seek answers that can be proven with physical and tested problems. For those that are religious, they try to find answers based on faith and spiritual belief in something. Does that help answer your question any?

Answer 5

I'd say that science and religion mostly clash on the topics of science and religion. Also, on this site.

Answer 6

Whenever religion creates fixed doctrines regarding the physical nature of the universe.

Answer 7

well there are certain cases such as the big bang theory versus creationism evolution versus creationism and so forth and so forth that's in the minds of some

Answer 8

you can reshape religion to fit science, but you can not reshape science to fit religion.
unless you are real good at propaganda (Bush administration)or have enough money to hide it

Answer 9

religion explains why of everything
science explains how of everything
they are basically faces of the same coin

Answer 10

evolution/creation?