can the theory in religion be considered as science?

Answer 1

No, because it's not falsifiable, which is a requirement for something to even be considered a scientific theory.

Answer 2

Christians believe man was made of clay.
Scientists believe man was made of ooze.

Christians believe the earth will be smote at the end of days by a rock from the sky.
Scientists believe the earth has and will gain be struck by a rock from the sky.

There are a lot of parallels.

Now it's OK to say it's not scientific because it doesn't follow scientific method. But Gallileo Gallile didn't invent his method until well after christ, so it's not fair to complain the early stories don't follow the method.

If we read in the bible that the sun was in the sky, we can't invalidate that the person observed the star Sol directly above them in relation to their position of Terra.

A lot of the proverbs actually provide sound advice that scientists would agree with - If you're really sick with a fever - get yourself cleaned up. Don't eat crud. Anxiety is harmful.

Remember, in a time when people didn't go to university for their profession or carry business cards announcing what they were, most people were a little animist, a little theist, a little scientific.

So is theory in religion a science? Well certainly at least a social science and if you accept the fact that society agrees with the basics of the commandments or ways of living prescribed by religions as the basis of most laws, then yes.

I say science, and if I'm wrong may magic pixies trip up your cat.

Answer 3

If you think of creationism versus the theories of Big Bang or macro evolution across species from simple cells to mankind - yes, I understand your point. Many of the related theories and models of creationists are not falsiable.
But - on the other side the scientists who are establishing new models to explain the beginning of our universe and where life and the species are coming from are also not entirely "clean". The actual observation and the facts are interpreted with the limited viewpoint of the only "religion" that is accepted in natural science - an that is atheism.
So many of the new "scientific" models postulated in recent years are just trying to explain the unexplainable on the assumption that atheism is not a religion but scientific fact.
I understand the uneasiness you feel when creationists argue with "religious" models against the "scientific" theories.
But to be fair you would have to leave out ALL religious preconceived ideas out of the models and argumentation - also atheism.
A proof that atheism is a fundamental an intolerant religion is the fact that the viewpoints of Christian citizens are defamed, mocked and declared as stupid.
In a similar way as in some Arab countries Islam is used by the government to suppress any other religion - there is in many western countries an increasing trend that the government is actively helping to preach atheism via natural science.

Answer 4

No, for something to be considered a science, it has to be provable through the use of the scienctific method

1.Observation
2hypothesis
3.predictions
4experiments
5theory

In science, religion theories are more like a Hypothesis, but since they can never be proven through experiments, they can never be considered a true theory, nor a science.

Answer 5

Yes, some religious hypotheses can certianly be considered scientifically - but religious people do not want them to be. Being capable of considered scientifically does not make something true -it just makes it testable.

For instance, the hypothesis that there is a god is perfectly capable of being tested scientifically. The result is that it is vanishingly unlikely that there is a god. Religious people prefer as a result to say that science cannot answer these questions, as they deal with "why" not "how", but this is clear nonsense.

To qualify as a theory, a religiously originated hypothesis would have to build a body of evidence and make verifiable predictions. As far as I am aware none has. Ever.

Answer 6

Loosely, as anecdotal and empirical evidence, methods often used by science when formulating a theory. When does a common belief held by hundreds of millions constitute truth ? Some would say never, others disagree.

Answer 7

In science you must provide proof. No religion can prove that there is a man living in a cloud. Religion fears science.

Answer 8

No, because religions are not based on reality.

They must be observable and verifiable using the scientific method. No religion has fit the bill thus far.

Answer 9

no.pl dont mix religion with science

Answer 10

yes