Science v. Religion . . . .?

Question

Which of the following do you think is true and why?

A) Science and religion are diametrically opposed and cannot be reconciled.
B) Science and religion are separate categories of thought which ask fundamentally different questions.
C) Science operates under the laws of religion (probably a specific religion; i.e.: Science was created by god and operates according to his will)
D) None of the above (explain)

Thanks Everyone (I noticed some people said “D” but then proceeded to describe either A, B, or C which made me scratch my head.)

Answer 1

The answer is B. Science develops ideas based on the available evidence and has nothing to do with religion. If the findings of science undermine religion that's too bad.

Answer 2

The correct answer should be B. Religion should ask questions about good and bad, and right and wrong. Those are questions that don't fall under the domain of science. Science concerns itself with what things are and how things work.

Unfortunately, religion all too often tries to intrude on the domain of explaining what things are and how things work. When that happens, science and religion are diametrically opposed and cannot be reconciled - and in the long run, religion will lose the battles it fights on these matters - discrediting religion in the process. For example, the church sure didn't do itself any favors by insisting that the earth was at the center of the universe and everything else orbited it.

If religion stuck to pondering ethical matters, then we wouldn't have this conflict, and everyone would be better off.

Answer 3

Religion and science are only separate categories of thought for some people. While that partitioning of human knowledge may work for some people to suppress cognitive dissonance, I think that it's basically a false premise.

Science and religion aren't diametrically opposed either. Plenty of science doesn't contradict religion -- for example, religion has no opinion on the atom weight of particles. However, they are diametrically opposed with regard to the origin of the universe.

C seems non-sequitur to me. So I'll say it's a mix of A and B.

Answer 4

D.
Religion could be one of many different ones some of which could be reconciled to science and some which can/will not.

Religion and science ask different questions; but science deals in reality. If there were any gods in reality, then science could be used to prove their existence or at least infer or verify it.

Science is not a "creation" of any god, but a study of various aspects of the universe - if a god created the universe then it would be a study of how the creation works and should prove that it was a creation.

Answer 5

No, they are not diametrically opposed. Science cannot explain the dictates of faith. Science is not exaact and theories change.
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Answer 6

Almost B
I believe they are separate categories and that some people use them to try and answer the same questions. However, Science and Religion are an apple and an orange. Both Valid , just different.

Answer 7

C

There is an interesting question!

Some people claim that God could not exist because of the natural laws of this earth. How shortsighted to believe that the laws on our earth at this point in time govern the universe!

God lives in another place which has an entirely different set of natural laws. He is not restricted by the temporary laws of a mortal earth.

Answer 8

C) Science operates under the laws of religion (probably a specific religion; i.e.: Science was created by god and operates according to his will)

Answer 9

I believe that science and religion shouldn't be viewed as contradictory teachings.

I am Muslim, and I believe that if science disproves the teachings of any religion, then one of two things have happened. Either

a) the results of scientific research haven't been foolproof, ie it isn't reliable due to errors or unrecorded variables.
b) the teachings of the said religion have some errors in them, and science is, in fact, presenting the truth.

So far, no scientific findings (unproven theories notwithstanding) have disproved anything about the Islamic religion. In fact, it had continued to prove that the Quran, brought to the Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him) and the Hadith, over 1400 years ago, spoke of many things that modern science had just recently been able to prove.

Answer 10

B), sort of.

Science and religion are separate catagories of though which ask fundamentally different questions about the same subject -- the universe and the mystery of existence. They provide different answers which together might provide the entire picture.