Why is there such a battle between Science and Religion?

Question

I kinda believe in both. I think God meant for some to be scientist just like he meant for some to be doctors. Science gives people a chance to have knowledge to change an outcome of a catastrophic event. For example; would we have won WW2 if not for Science? Even if we did, how many American lives would have been lost? It could be that Science was actually part of the reason we have the freedom of religion! But of course if Hitler got the technology to build a Nuclear bomb the outcome would have been alot different. Science has saved lives!!! With Science alot of diseases that where once "uncureable" can now be cured! Steven Hawking said there is room for God in the Universe! And I think he is right! The ones who are atheists still cannot explain what existed before the Universe did. I have my own opinion! I can respect their opinion, but I have to believe that nothing just simply "creates itself"! I think thats impossible.

I do not have a problem! I don't know why that question was asked. lol....

Well some may call me a "blasphemer" just for the simple fact that I believe in Science and in Global Warming. Even though there are prophesies in the book of revelation that go along with destrcution and climate change!!!! I believe in Science! but I also believe in God! I also have faith in God! I believe that Science will never be able to figure alot of stuff out because it is based on "faith in God" rather than evidence. God honors faith. If we learn everything; that would be too easy!!!

I'm not confusing be beliefs with Science!! Thats crazy! I'm just saying you cant go around ignoring things like Global Warming and things that are obviously a threat to our existance. As far as my beliefs, I do not bow down to a physics God or a statue of Einstein! I believe in Jesus Christ and I believe he died for my sins.

I do not believe that humans are a part of evolution! Animals and plants yes!! But I think humans where created in a different manner! Humans where created in the image of God! Some would disagree, but thats what I believe.

God gave man knowledge. But that knowledge is limited. We only need to know that which could save us from destruction. But the rest is faith based. You either believe; or you don't! Insulting someone because of their beliefs is not a wise way to reveal something to someone.

GreaseMonkey I agree that a day to God is not the same as a day to man!!!

GreaseMonkey I agree that a day to God is not the same as a day to man!!!

GreaseMonkey I think alot of folks get confused because the Bible has alot of "parables" in it! Jesus spoke in Parables. Stories that represent reality. If you read the book of revelation to someone about a dragon with ten horns they may take it literally!! But its a parable!! many say the ten horns represent ten nations.

Answer 1

There's not a battle. Science looks at the evidence and tries to find an explanation. If this explanation goes against what's in The Bible, then the Christians do all they can to squash Science. It's sad really.

Answer 2

Well this is a very complicated question.

Technically by believing in science and in God you would be a deist.

Deists are not Christians. If you believe that God created the universe but then has nothing to do with it, you are a deist. Despite what some say, believing in evolution and Christianity is a very contradictory belief.

You can make the argument that atheists have no way of explaining how the Universe was created. But technically neither can you. You can say that God created the universe, but what created God? So now we are back to the start because neither side knows what the beginning was.

Also, you misquoted Steven Hawking. He was a practicing atheist. Some of his quotes have been misused by some religious people. If you read the entire text around some quotes that are used you will realize what he was saying.

To answer the first question, there is a battle because they contradict eachother. Some Christians are now realizing that evolution is a fact, and are trying to add it to their faith.

Answer 3

Very good question...

Men of religion oppressed science for a long time because they feared that science would undermind their understanding of the "truth" that was God. People were/are not allow to question the "truths" revealed to the learned men of God. These learned men were/are narrow minded men on an ego trip. When something rocked their foundational beliefs - they suppressed it.

This history causes many scientists to be bias against religion. Also, some scientist are so smart, they don't think they need a God. They reject and dismiss religion as a superstition - its the thing to do for learned men of science. These are also narrow minded men on an ego trip.

So, its not really a battle between science and religion, it is really a battle of narrow minded men with egos. Armed with extreme view, these blind men touch one part of an elephant and argue what the elephant really looks like. Neither really know, but they reject one another because they are sure of the "truth" they built from just a piece of the real truth.

Lets take the theory of evolution for example. We all know what both sides think about evolution....

Scientists - Because some things evolve, many scientist jump to the conclusion that all things do. Maybe just some things do and some thing don't. There is no conclusive proof that all things evolve. Some do and some don't. Beside, some life had to chemical sluge to start all this evolution - and the odds of that is almost as fantastic as a divine being creating life out of nothing.

Relgion - Evolution is bunk. God made everything the way it is. But some things DO evolve. So face it. If some or all evolves, does it really take anything away from God. Some things change alot and some things really don't. Maybe evolution is just another system God created to ensure we survive. Part of the design.

But egos will be egos...one HAS to be RIGHT and the other HAS to be WRONG. Maybe they are both right and maybe both wrong. Until we really know, the arguement is pointless.

Religion is for the soul and science is for the body. Both are just tools to understand who and what we are. In my mind, to better understand God.

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Answer 4

I am a Christian and grew up hearing that God and science do not mix. After years of study, though, the more I read about scientific evidence, the more I realize they compliment each other. It is a fact that the Catholic Church has done more to alienate Christianity from Science than any other religion, yet science and God prove each other. Most Christians still adhere to this wrong belief, and will fight to the end without any real argumental evidence. God did not create the world in 6 24-hour days. There was no sun revolving around the Earth the first two "days" in the Genesis account, so there were no hours to record the event. A day on Neptune lasts 16 earth hours. We haven't even left our solar system. The rest of our Milky Way galaxy does not record time by a revolution around our Sun, nor the rest of the universe. The Catholic Church believed that in order to prove God's creation is perfect, everything must revolve around the Earth. We know better now, but the underlying false teaching still permeates the Christian religions today.
God said in Genesis that "there was evening and there was morning, the first day." Why does it record a day as the time from evening to morning? That cannot be a full day, it seems backwards. In the original Hebrew the word for "evening" can also be translated "chaos" and the word for "morning" can also be translated "order". Makes more sense that way. God never claimed to have created the universe in 6 24-hour Earth days, although he could have in his own time.
Also the order of the "days" and what occured is parallel to the order and events science has as evidenced through billions of years. God is not bound by Earth-time. God is not bound by any time.
You are right that laws of physics state that something cannot come from nothing. Further, the scientific odds of that impossibility happening are beyond astronomical. A basic law of quantum physics states that if some event is beyond scientific odds of probability, that event cannot happen in any way.
God and science do not contradict each other.

In "The Origin of Species" Darwin acknowledges God as the "Creator" in the first paragraph of the last chapter. (It was edited out by Huxley in the 2nd edition).

Sir Isaac Newton, by far the greatest scientific mind in history, spent the majority of his life analyzing the prophecies of Daniel.

Albert Einstein said, "Science without Religion is lame. Religion without Science is blind." Even he knew science and God not only rely on each other, but are one in the same. God created it so it must be. I wish the battle would come to an end so we could all experience how wonderful God's creation really is.

Answer 5

First of all, Science is based upon facts while religion is based on faith. It is possible to believe in both, however. There is such a battle between the two because science and it's discoveries often hint at the lack of God's existence. Christian religion tells us that life began as a result of an all-powerful God willing it to be so, while science tells us that it resulted from other, more reasonable provenances. This is just one of the many reasons for the battle you mention.
If you think about it, almost every war that has ever been fought has been fought because of religion and religious differences. It is a sorry state. Hope this helps some.

Answer 6

There is no battle between science and religion. Science has NOTHING AT ALL to do with religion. Science is discovery. Religion is ... I really don't know what to call it. I do know that I don't have a 'soul'. If I did, human physiologists would've found it already. They found DNA and genes, didn't they?
The piety just get easily offended when someone scrutinizes their beliefs and finds flaws. So, they defend themselves by attacking whomever it was who pointed out the flaw(s). All you have to do is read the history of the world.
Christians and muslims have no idea what 'live and let live' means. Either live their way or die.
Christians think they're special just because they believe Jesus is the son of (a) god. Not that he is or even existed for that matter.

Answer 7

I am a Christian and perfectly at home with the scientific method. It is a way of finding truth.
When experienced navigators encountered each other from different directions traveling the earth they noticed they disagreed with the date. Upon analysis they proposed having an international date line. This could not be taught as truth until the pope authorized it. Galileo got into trouble when he disagreed with the pope.
I am very glad we use the scientific method today.

The scientific method does not give us an answer to the question of original life. There is only the hypothesis of abiogenisis. Any scientist will tell you that this is not to be believed but only to try to progress it to a theory.

Of course we all believe things that are not scientific. Even the scientific method has to be accepted on faith. All foundations do.

There is not necessarily a conflict between science and beliefs.

If we want to be truthful we must not confuse our beliefs with science. Any one can believe that abiogenisis is true but science is not there yet (ever?)

Answer 8

the battle between science and religion exists because religious beliefs are being dis proven left and right and people who take their religious texts to-the-letter literally have a hard time coping with it. at any rate, there is no reason to believe the universe created itself, no scientist has ever said that. it is impossible to even say that since at the singularity of the big bang, all laws of physics break down and nothing is any kind of certain anymore. Is there a god? i don't know. i don't pretend to. the main reason religion and science don't get along so well is that science is willing to entertain the idea that god may have no part to play in the universe, and to even entertain the idea would undermine any theistic religion, so they don't.

i respect everyone's opinion, but not everyone's character. if you are unwilling to even entertain an idea that is contradictory to your beliefs, you are not worth arguing with. it is a dangerous mindset.

Answer 9

I agree with the 1st 2 answers there is no BATTLE there is an argument ...
Science is looking to proove facts so that people have reason to believe and knowledge in general about our history. Science is trying to support the bibles statements with fact or descredit them with fact ... with that being said when science finds truth in fact with something that was said or whatever have you in religion then religion is all for science no arguments rather praise ...
However when science prooves through fact that there is NO ground no way no proof whatever to something claimed in religion there comes the argument.
The difference here is that science dose not go around looking to support a theroy or dicredit it rather it starts it journey with a simple ground ( being an event said to have occured , an atifact , whatever available ) and works from there ... it si not biast ... it is looking for revelance and or FACT ...
Religion is one way ....

Answer 10

Scientists say that in the Precambrian era, Earth shaped, existence arose, the first tectonic plates arose and began to flow, eukaryotic cells developed, the ambience grew to change into enriched in oxygen -- and basically previously the end of the Precambrian, complicated multicellular organisms, which incorporates the first animals, developed. because evolution is faux, those so referred to as "organisms" do not come into play in any respect. There wasn't even a Precambrian era. God created each little thing in 6 days, as Genesis says. for sure, God did create a lot less complicated organisms, seeing as he created all existence. yet more effective organisms did not evolve from those lesser organisms. wish it really is sensible.