2007-02-27 04:07:12 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Not at all -- it's very one sided.
Science cares only about facts and knowledge. It cares not one whit about religion, one way or the other. Science ignores anything that doesn't have the possibility of being proven correct or incorrect, which is what religion is.
The struggle is entirely on religion's side. Since science cares only about demonstrable truth and knowledge, it sometimes demonstrates that superstitions and myths held by religious types are completely false. Science doesn't do this deliberately to disgrace religion, it just happens as the search for real knowledge continues onward. Religion, however, doesn't like being proven wrong over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over...so it gets mad at science and tries (vainly) to get people to stop doing science. Any way of thinking that adheres to a dogmatic position that says it already knows all truth is doomed to failure, since knowledge continually increases and things previously thought correct can be shown to be wrong. Religion takes that position of "we already know all truth," and they have been proven wrong thousands of times since the emergence of the scientific method.
As such, religion is doomed to failure for not allowing the possibility of new knowledge.
It can't come fast enough for me...:)
2007-02-27 04:19:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
It is an ancient struggle, but I personally don't feel they are opposed. I feel they compliment one another, and that science continually "proves" my beliefs.
The struggle began when the Original Catholic Church was trying to prevent people like Da VInci from investigating other modalities of worshipping "God". Alchemy was a major problem for the Church, as were the Cathars in France.
2007-02-27 04:16:55 · answer #2 · answered by dorkmobile 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
sure, they are diametrically opposed. technology is in line with info. faith is in line with faith. this would not advise that a individual can't base maximum of what they settle for as real upon info, on a similar time as on the comparable time exempting a number of what they settle for as real from this criterion. "BQ's: Do you compromise that technology itself is a philosophy? if so, does this injury its credibility?" No, i do no longer agree. technology is demonstrably shown to be the main stunning way of ascertaining what's real approximately purpose fact. A philosophy is a subjective concept.
2016-10-02 01:58:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is NO such struggle. science has NOTHING to do with religion. it does not exist to disprove God. the only reason that there appears to be a struggle is because religious people are so threatened by science. no scientist is threatened by religion (unless of course there are physical threats from religious zealots) b/c religion never has and never will have any proof of God
2007-02-27 05:34:56 · answer #4 · answered by rob 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Absolutely not. People who misunderstand science and people who misunderstand their faith can be opposed to eachother.
By the way, I just found the final proof against our being related to monkeys: we are supposed to have some relationship through our genes. However monkeys do not wear pants at all, not to mention jeans! (borrowed from a comic strip I saw this morning). (And yes, I am perfectly aware that evolutionists do not claim we necessarily descended from monkeys).
2007-02-27 04:12:13 · answer #5 · answered by Mr Ed 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is a struggle, but I don't think its a fair fight. Science is armed with experimentation, empirical observation, tests and reliable theories, while religion has old books and faith. In my mind, religion loses pretty much every round, but it always comes back out of the corner to fight some more.
2007-02-27 04:11:15 · answer #6 · answered by Subconsciousless 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Actually, the seperation between science and religion only began in the 1500s.
2007-02-27 04:11:53 · answer #7 · answered by Vincent 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Some people want it to look that way... but those some people tend to ignore a lot of things that have changed over the last century or so...
2007-02-27 04:47:23 · answer #8 · answered by billthakat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no riff between "science" and "religion". God invented science so there is no problem there.
The problem stems from "scientists" that do not believe in God.
Since they do not believe in God, they had to figure out (make up stories about) the origin of mankind and the logical nature around us. Remember real science is empirical -- anything else is theory.
Think about it -- figure it out.
2007-02-27 04:19:02 · answer #9 · answered by Figure it out! 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No. Only in the minds of those that feel that a book written thousands of years ago is the only scientific authority worth acknowledging. And that only theories that prove it to be 100% dot every "i" cross every "t" true in every single word should be trusted.
2007-02-27 04:16:37 · answer #10 · answered by jennette h 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋