is scientific religion possible?

Answer 1

Only if you view God as the ultimate scientist. But you must not try to disprove the miracle of God, if so you've forsaken him for knowledge. All is not meant to be know on this side, we must what for God to reveal all things to us in the next life.

Answer 2

"Our two minds .... One is an act of the emotional
mind, the other of the rational mind. In a very real
sense we have two minds, one that thinks and one that
feels" (Daniel Goleman, Emotional Intelligence,
Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 1996, page 8). This
rational mind is also called the faculty of logic and
reason. The Upanishads say that these two minds
are opposite in nature. And logic has its limitation:

In the 1930s, Austrian mathematician Godel proved a
theorem which became the "Godel theorem" in cognition
theory. It states that any formalized 'logical' system
in principle cannot be complete in itself. It means
that a statement can always be found that can be
neither disproved nor proved using the means of that
particular system. To discuss about such a statement,
one must go beyond that very logic system; otherwise
nothing but a vicious circle will result. Psychologist
say that any experience is contingent - it's opposite
is logically possible and hence should not be treated
as contradictory.

During 1800s, Anthropologists had a problem as to how
to classify human beings. One researcher proposed the
expression "intelligent animal". After advanced studies
on monkeys, it was dropped. Another researcher proposed
"tool using animal". After observing some animals
making wooden tools and sharpening them with knife like
stones, it was dropped. Another researcher proposed
"weapon using animal". A decade ago, a rare film was
shot in African forests. One short monkey was hit very
badly by a big monkey. The short monkey prepared a
wooden knife using stones and hid it on the top of a
tree. After some days, when the big monkey came to
attack the short monkey, it ran up to the tree for the
weapon it has hid and killed the big monkey. The one
thing that the anthropologists found with any group of
human beings, even if they did not have contacts with
the out side world for thousands of years, is
spirituality with some form of religion. So, man is a
"spiritual animal" if you want to call him that way.

The Upanishads say that "Manush" (human) was so named
because he has "Manas" a mind higher than that of the
animals which realises the divinity in creation. It was
present since the creation of human beings. Religion is
the characteristic feature of most of the human beings.
It is as eternal and and as unchanging as the Almighty.
Disbelief by a few will not affect it.

Religion can accept some discoveries of science.
But science can never understand religion.

Answer 3

I'm working with some assumptions here so this may not be accurate.
Could the question be rephrased as can a religion be proven and or supported scientifically i.e. logically.
I definately say yes.
To use my own as an example (Christian) science can be used to examine species of animals which defy the possibility of evolution lending crediblity to intelligent design.
Or in the case of logic, apply logic to the disciples behavior after the resurection of Jesus and look at what happened to most of them(tortured,imprisoned, killed) and you have to assume at least SOME form of odd phenomenon to explain why these people of such diverse backgrounds reated this way.
Anyway Good luck and God Bless

Answer 4

Every single scientific discovery strengthens my faith in God, who created everything, and who gave men the abilities they possess in order to reach the technological and scientific age.
Science for Muslims has been a blessing, because 100 years ago- science had not proven that the sun had its own orbit- so people mocked the Quran for saying it.
There are many things that are only confirming what was revealed in the book nearly 1500 years ago, so science and religion do indeed go hand in hand.

Answer 5

Well, it's a great idea to get to know God's creation and attribute it to God and celebrate that. THere's still that time when you have to move from the known to the unknown, right?
Otherwise, it's not a religion and it's not spiritual. I like the Rumi poems that show how we're a part of all that stuff that people study scientifically and how we are wonderfully made.

Answer 6

Depends on what science you are talking about. Some people will disagree that subjects like psychology, sociology are scientific. Some religions like Buddhism , Jainism etc do have science attached to them. I have noticed that Jainism is more like sociology if you discarded the spiritual side of it. It's a pacifist religion, and it does not aim to convert people because it knows what impact it can have on society, it causes hate, fighting etc.

Answer 7

Science and religion have different concepts. Science is about research, discussion, logical conclusion, always keeping the results open, being prepared for new insights which overthrow the old ones, holding on to a hypothesis only until it is replaced with a better one. For science, it is typical to put up theories which serve as models of reality, and are continuously reviewed, validated, and refined.
Religion is about creating a fixed view of the world and defending it against any idea which might undermine it. For religion, it is typical to declare its statements as "truths" and to deny anyone the right to challenge these "truths".

Edit: "Choose Reality", your diagram hits right on the mark. Cool!

Answer 8

Absolutely! Although most scientists say that it's impossible, if anyone wanted to check and see if things like the Creation Theory where truly scientific, they would find that it's 100% more believable than evolution. (Evolution: "something wasn't alive, then suddenly it was. It just HAPPENED." Creation: "Someone was living, and He created other living things because He is all powerful.") The reason most people ignore the existance of God in science is that they don't want to be accountable for all the wrong things they've done. (And let's face it - we've all messed up. Romans 3:23 - "For ALL have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God." Emphasis mine.)

Answer 9

We will come to it where science and religion will find themselves kindred. This is already evidencing and increasingly so. Not few in the fields of cosmology, cosmogony, ontology, astro-physics as well as biology have come to this insight -- these are the doctors in the schools, no houligans...

Some time not far off the theologian and astronomer will give lectures in the same lecture hall at the same hour, sharing the same T.A.'s... and alluding to the same texts.

Answer 10

It makes no sense. Science is about knowing; religion is about believing things are true without any shred of evidence.

This will explain it better:
http://www.wellingtongrey.net/miscellanea/archive/2007-01-15%20--%20science%20vs%20faith.html