2007-05-20 19:53:21 · 14 answers · asked by mellow_brotha 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Sure they can. Why can't they? Honestly you can't have one without the other. Science could prove religion and religion could disprove science. They go together like lamb and tunafish bro.
2007-05-20 20:01:05 · answer #1 · answered by Cable Dude 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have never met anyone who could not have science and faith in their lives at the same time. The problem comes from the fact that most people do not understand one or the other, they belive that if you follow science you will become soulless and immoral and if you follow faith you will be blind and inferior.
Both of these are just their personal fears and predudices. Niether of these have anything to do with the realities of the situation, as with so many other things. Albert Einstien said "Faith without science is blind, Science without faith is lame."
Hope this helps.
2007-05-20 20:10:46 · answer #2 · answered by Arthur N 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a scientist. Close to fifty years now.
As a Hindu, I also perform various rituals , and offer worship to various female, male, and animal manifestations of God.
I revere Christ, Allah, and Buddha as God or the Self.
The 'I am that I am'.
I firmly believe that man created God in his image and not the other way round. At the core of Hindu belief is the non-dual Self that is Immanent: without space or time.
Personally there is no conflict between science that I am fully involved in, and the faith in the Universal, Non-dual, Immanent Self that always Is.
True to the spirit of science, I am carrying out an investigation into this.
2007-05-21 05:01:17 · answer #3 · answered by A.V.R. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are opposites. Faith is unquestioning acceptance. Science demands questioning. As a result of this, science and faith often come to contradictory conclusions.
Science is not a belief system, but rather a method. It relies on rational thought, logic, experimentation, observation, empiricism, reproducibility, falsification (the ability to prove or be disproven), and peer review. The conclusions reached by science are necessarily transparent and open to inspection, testing, and when needed, correction.
Faith IS a belief system. The conclusions reached by faith are arrived at through the black box of unfounded, baseless belief. Faith relies upon argument from authority. Questioning and investigation are actively frowned upon and discouraged. And when evidence and reality indicate that faith's conclusions are wrong, then faith once again relies on its authority. Those who rely on faith must often resort to various mental acrobatics including ignoring evidence, engaging in all manner of logical fallacies, using emotional appeals, and (has been seen repeatedly in the evolution vs. creationism debates) even outright fabrication of "facts" and deliberate spreading of misinformation.
Well you can guess which side I'm on. For me, it's all about the intellectual integrity.
2007-05-20 20:40:20 · answer #4 · answered by R[̲̅ə̲̅٨̲̅٥̲̅٦̲̅]ution 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Taken out of good balance, science can blow faith apart like dust to the point that we only believe what we can see, feel and rationally explain. That's why they usually can't be part of a person's life.
2007-05-24 05:12:46 · answer #5 · answered by Raingirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Science both as academic field and a method is about developing hypotheses based on observation, which are adopted as truth only if they pass rigorous testing through experimental reproducibility or logical validation only.
Spirituality subscribes to none of this and is in direct opposition to it,faith is not based on a "logic only" worldview.
2007-05-20 20:13:42 · answer #6 · answered by rusalka 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe the go hand and hand.
We all believe in things, science is just a method of exploring those beliefs.
I think the question is, are you willing to be proven wrong of your beliefs if that were the case? Science is the process of separating fact from fiction, and if you're afraid of your facts being fiction, of course you'd be afraid of science!
2007-05-20 20:52:52 · answer #7 · answered by Rimpala 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I won't go into science and faith per se. I just want to say that there are many doctors who have a lot of faith. Doctors are scientists, they are just one example.
2007-05-20 20:45:00 · answer #8 · answered by LifeProfessor 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
scientific inventions and god faith in one person be possible. human made beliefs and scientific inventions are some time mismatch that cant bothe be apart of a person"s life
2007-05-20 20:04:15 · answer #9 · answered by inderpreet k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who says?
I logically believe in evolution and the spirit of God's creation.
There is room in one's own mind to expand past the contraints of the mundane.
2007-05-20 20:18:34 · answer #10 · answered by mrsmom 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋