Can church and science ever co-exist with each other?

Question

In other words. Are the main stream religious types able to differentiate between science and religion. Do most religious people still believe that evolution did not occur or do they allow themselves to be able to believe in God and know that evolution did occur?

Answer 1

Like the church did with Galileo and Copernicus and (only some) now with Darwin, Hubble, Gamow, Penzias, Wilson, Weinberg, et al? ... (i.e. *many more* - Nobel and other.)
(Bottom Line Answer: *NO*, Unless The Church Changes!)

“Science not only hasn't found God, it isn't even looking for him.” -- Gary Sloan

“To an honest judge, the alleged convergence between religion and science is a shallow, empty, hollow, spin-doctored sham.” -- Richard Dawkins

“Most scientists I know don't care enough about religion even to call themselves atheists.” -- Steven Weinberg

Answer 2

There are some christians who arnt that bright and to them the theory of creation suits their picture of things.
There are others who hold with the theory of evolution, and yet more who sort of balance between the two.
On the whole the scientific world is propped up by millions upon millions of dedicated people from all creeds and religeons.
Science has no criterior for alienating scientific advancement based on the religeous beliefs of the findings and it is just as likely to be a christain scientist who makes a discovery as it is an athiest.

Answer 3

Many are trying to help them coexist by creating beliefs surrounding a 'metaphorical' biblical message.

I don't know if that is tenable, as the bible is pretty specific and is used primarily as a tool to provide salvation through its teachings. If the message is metaphorical about Creation, then why not about Salvation, or Jesus or the 10 commandments?

I don't think it will ever be possible for science and the Christian/Jewish religion to peacefully coexist, because religion is based on the hypothesis of uneducated prophets from over 2000 years ago, and is pitted against the theories of thousands educated scientists, who have honed theories throught trial and error over many years.

Answer 4

There are plenty of people who are religious and believe in evolutionary theory as far as it can be proven. There have also been many well known religious scientists such as Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein (after his own fashion). There is even a branch of science known as theology, which is the study of God. Although science is usually understood to mean empirical science (i.e. the study of things that we can sense) in its broader sense science simply means "knowledge". Since we can come to a knowledge of God, there really is no conflict between science in general and religion.

Answer 5

There would have to be a little give and take and for some strange reason religion doesn't like to give even a little bit. I see no problem with teaching all theories including Creationism as long as it is taught as a theory. Not everyone believes in Creationism, so put all the theories out there and let people decide for themselves what they want to believe!

Answer 6

They literally do at the Vatican. The Vatican Observatory is run out of the Castle Gandalfo, the Pope's summer home. It is one of the oldest and most respected observatories in the world.

One of the most important scientists in the field of evolution, Gregor Mendel, was a Catholic priest. He's the one who discovered the mechanism for inheritance.

Einstein, who once said that science and religion are lame and blind without one another, is a good deal brighter than the sophist Dawkins can ever hope to be.

Answer 7

Most 'religious types' have no problem with science or with specific scientific theories ranging from quantum mechanics to evolution. A vocal minority in the USA do, that is a probem for the USA.

Answer 8

Well I don't believe it, but I do now some Christians that do. Have you ever heard of the book "God said it and Bang it happened."? Look it up, It's really good and the authors look at how God could have thrown evolution into action.

Answer 9

science to religion is sort of like the law.. I mean religion and science can co-exist but it doesn't mean that they have to agree with each other. God wants us to obey the law of the land unless it goes against his word and I feel the same toward science, I think science is cool and people can learn from it, I just don't have to agree on anything that goes against the bible, such as the big bang theory.

Answer 10

A minority of Protestants feel they must reject scientific facts in order to support their own personal interpretations of the Bible. They apparently lack the humility to admit that biblical interpretations that contradict objective reality are simply wrong interpretations. Their bottom line is that their own interpretations of the Bible are infallible, and therefore it must be objective reality that is wrong. This should not come as a surprise considering that most Protestant biblical interpretations are wrong, as evidenced by the fact that there are thousands of different denominations, each of which has beliefs that conflict with many others. Truth cannot conflict with truth. Most Christians recognize that science and religion are the two great seekers of truth, and that the truths of one cannot be in conflict with the truths of the other. Truth cannot conflict with truth.

Answer 11

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