There is no consensus among researchers as to the best methodology for determining the religiosity profile of the world's population. A number of fundamental aspects are unresolved:
Whether to count "historically predominant religious culture[s]"
Whether to count only those who actively "practice" a particular religion
Whether to count based on a concept of "adherence"
Whether to count only those who expressly self-identify with a particular denomination
Whether to count only adults, or to include children as well (abuse and the escape from religion)
Whether to rely only on official government-provided statistics
Whether to use multiple sources and ranges or single "best source(s)"
2007-02-12 05:41:33
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answered by Anonymous
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scientific and spiritual knowledge are not different but are facets of the same truth.they are just ways to approach the same truth.you may be surprised to find that everything and anything that has happened and will happen is found in the Indian "VEDAS" which is sometimes regarded as a spiritual work. a perfect example of the fact that scientific and spiritual knowledge are not different but are facets of the same truth would be the love that Bhaghat singh and Gandhi had for their country. if studied carefully one will understand that both of them had one thing in common and that they were both equal in one aspect-their patriotism.they just took different steps to achieve the common goal-independence.similarly science and religion are like two ways to reach the same universal truth - god.they both revolve around the same questions to find very similar answers.
2007-02-11 11:11:46
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answered by anuragada poojaari(ap) 5
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You seem to feel its self-evident that both are connected.
Only in the sense that the sea is connected with the shore.
The sea is the truth and it gradually erodes the pathetic lies that religion is built on.
No good scientist can be a religious person without switching off the brain they work with to embrace a superstitious faith probably due to loyalty to family or town of birth.
Its telling that the more intelligent you are, the less likely you are to be religious, isn't it?
2007-02-11 09:22:40
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answered by Anonymous
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I work in the field of science and I'm an agnostic - I feel religion is more an issue of sociology than anything else and it has no bearing on my work.
2007-02-11 09:25:43
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answered by genaddt 7
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science works by hard fact and evidence. Religions offer neither. Religions require faith.
2007-02-11 09:35:39
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answered by Anonymous
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No similarities whatsoever other than trying (one trying rather harder than the other) to find answers to questions, the methodologies could not be more different.
The better the scientist in general the less religion he or she has.
2007-02-11 09:23:50
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answered by fourmorebeers 6
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Science tries to find answers to things we CAN see
Religion tries to find answers to things we CAN'T
2007-02-11 09:26:35
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answered by phillyvic 4
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i would belive in both because monkeys rolled around for a long time then they turned into people but who created the monkeys??? god did
2007-02-11 09:26:21
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answered by Anonymous
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I think why didn't you address this question to sir or mam, and excluded all the women on earth?
2007-02-11 09:22:17
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answered by Anonymous
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Too easy!
2007-02-11 09:24:39
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answered by Anonymous
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