Can Science enrich Religion?

Answer 1

Yes. As a Wiccan, I believe that science is our best tool for understanding the physical universe, and I am a definite "technophile".

To me, religion and science are two different ways of approaching the mysteries of life and the universe, and I find them to be complementary, not in conflict.

Answer 2

Synthesis of "Science enrich Religion" was the conference held in Bombay, Science City inCalcutta and California organised by
His Holiness Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Swmi, a disciple of
Srila Prbhupada (ISKCON founder). Srila Prbhupada also founded Bhaktivedanta Institure to discuss with scientists.

Many of the scientists and nobel laurets were invited along withe religionists for these conferences and were many discussions.
There are many books available from these conferences.
http://www.binstitute.org/books/
Books like,
Essays on Science and Religion
Seven Nobel Laureates on Science and Spirituality
Savijnanam: Scientific Exploration for a Spiritual Paradigm etc...

See this for more details.
http://www.binstitute.org/

Answer 3

True Science is a logical. At least Christian religion, is based(founded) on logic, and acknowledges that things can grow beyond sight into faith. Where the line between sight and faith is will vary with the person presently.
So Yes, science can enrich religion(Christianity).

Answer 4

I don't know about other religions. I know more about Islam. The Quran has many scientific miracles. We all know that Quran was found 1400 ago, but i has scientific facts which were revealed by modern science nowadays. I don't think that religion is just about spiritualities, I think there must be a material proof sometimes in order to strengthen our faith. See this link.

Answer 5

--Haven't you got things mixed up--religion that relies on science to be valid, is not the religion of the Bible?

--Is not your question made invalid by your implying that God needs to learn from science?
--Should it not be the other way around, for was is it science that invented gravity and the many other forces that science has not even come close to discovering?
--Or was it the Great Scientist ,God --that put science into the heavens and all the known & unknown sciences and their laws that govern such?

--Do you really think that Sir Isaac Newton thought he invented gravity , because he discovered the laws behind it?--hardly, he was the one who gave due credit to the One behind the "dynamic energy" or energies that formed all types of matter in the universe!

--Did man come up with knowledge of life and its intricasies by sitting down and equating things mathamatically all by their little gray cells or did they not have to humbly analyze the Creation as is strongly recommend in the biography of Job by Moses:

(Job 12:7-9) “ 7 However, ask, please, the domestic animals, and they will instruct you; Also the winged creatures of the heavens, and they will tell you.  8 Or show your concern to the earth, and it will instruct you; And the fishes of the sea will declare it to you.  9 Who among all these does not well know That the hand of Jehovah itself has done this,”

--For science to continue to improve in understanding, there indeed has to be an acknowledgment that many a scientist stubbornly refuses to do!

On the Book--"The Religion of Isaac Newton”- A review by--“Scientific American” magazine (August 1975), says that “for Newton . . . there were two ways to examine the universe God had made, one through the book of nature, the other through Scripture.” Newton gave the following as his standard for studying each of these: “Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things. . . . He is the God of order and not of confusion.”

Answer 6

It can and should and does in most religions. Christianity has a hard time with it, I don't know why. I'm not sure about Islam, but I know that most of the other religions readily accept science and are not threatened by it.

Answer 7

Yes, like strong acids enrich single celled animals.

Answer 8

If you investigate, you would find many of the ancient christians or ministers were into science. I believe investigating in the old and in science keeps us knowledgeable in those areas in life. Some of it, I through out cause I don't believe in it, but, it's good to know about it anyway.

Answer 9

Yes, and vice versa. Many scientists understand that (here come the thumbs down), and Christians certainly do, too. That does not mean that unproven "science" is acceptable, unless you call it an act of faith.

Answer 10

Science will hopefully push back the frontiers of religion to the point where it has nowhere to stand. Maybe then rational thought will prevail over superstition.