science was born from the church!?

Question

"seek me and you shall find me". the creationist don't seem to want that! one day the church and science will come to the same conclusion. why is so hard for us to see that creationism and evolution do not contradict each other, if you understand that the bible was written in a way that people could understand at the time.

Answer 1

Yes they will come to the conclusion there really is no god and we killed millions for nothing, "oops, sorry guys our bad".

Answer 2

Creationism contradicts a lot of things... Many things existed before Adam and Eve. Science was heavily associated with the Bible at one point, but now many of the elements in it are hardly credible. It would be much easier on all of us if we can change the Bible accordingly, but I guess that's not possible at this point is it? If they both do come to the same conclusion I'll have no choice but to accept it, but I highly doubt that's going to happen.

You seem to be jumping into conclusions and to me it seems a bit unreasonable. It's ok to not know things. I mean, I admit that I don't know whether god exists or not and I'll probably stay that way until I die too. Claiming to know things without actually knowing it is something I find to be a very bad thing.

Answer 3

The true beginning of science was the physics of Galileo Galilei, which proved that the physical realm was actually real. This directly contridicted official Church doctrine which supported the Solipsism of Aristotle and maintained that subjective experience was the basis of reality. The Dark Ages were devoid of technological progress because the people of those times accepted Solipsism and believed that the physical realm was an illusion created by their minds. Science has since been wildly successful precisely because Aristotle and the Church were totally wrong. Modern people know that the physical realm is absolutely real and that their own subjective experience is a mental construction of their own living brain, based on limited information provided by their five senses about the nature of physical reality.

I do not share your optimism that science and religion will eventually co-exist. They are bitter enemies and have been for four-hundred years. The Church has a long, long history of intolerance for people who think independantly and a well documented total disregard for actual varifiable truth. The only truthful compromise -- that God exists in subjective experience, but not in physical reality -- is totally unacceptable to believers. Real scientists will never agree that Creationism is anything but glorified superstition. The Bible was written by Solipsists, for Solipsists, and because of that limitation will forever be acceptable only to those of limited education who imagine their own subjective experience is real.

Answer 4

Science was around long before the Church. Check out the Old Testament. When Babylon invaded Judah, it took all of the learned men of science, math, etc. and brought them back to babylonto teach them and also learn from them. The Church did not exist until Jesus Christ ascended into Heaven after His crucifixion. The Bible was writen for all men for all time. And when we understand that, then we will come to the conclusion that we need a Savior in Jesus Christ.

Answer 5

The church has always been the foremost opponent of science. If the church had it's way science would never had progressed beyond the superstitions of the middle ages.

Science born of the church!!! Piffle!!!!!!

Answer 6

Actually, religion has fought science every time science revealed anything contrary to religious teachings. Science exists *despite* religion.

Answer 7

We can hope they will come to a satisfying unification of scientific data and religious belief. But, there are bound to be some people left out in that process. Then, there'll be trouble...like Galileo kind of trouble...

Answer 8

Erm, nope, science came from people wanting to understand the natural phenomena which make up the universe they are a part of.

Answer 9

You are correct, but it might surprise you to know which church.

Science--the system of inquiry that uses experimentation to test hypotheses--grew out of religious conviction of an Arab Muslim named Abu Ali al-Hasan ibn al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham.

Born in Basra (in what is now Iraq) in 965, Ibn al-Haytham was a devout Muslim. He believed that human beings are flawed and only God is perfect. To discover the truth about nature, he reasoned, one had to eliminate human opinion and error and allow the universe to speak for itself. “The seeker after truth is not one who studies the writings of the ancients and, following his natural disposition, puts his trust in them,” he wrote, “but rather the one who suspects his faith in them and questions what he gathers from them, the one who submits to argument and demonstration.”

Ibn al-Haytham designed physical experiments to test hypotheses, launching the scientific revolution.

Ibn al-Haytham remained a devout Muslim throughout his life. “It became my belief that for gaining access to the effulgence and closeness to God, there is no better way than that of searching for truth and knowledge,” he wrote.

Many scientists--from all faiths--continue to believe that science leads the researcher closer to God.

Answer 10

science questions everything
the bible has the answer to everything
make your choice!

Answer 11

Do you know who pushed the idea of Scientology? Alester Crowley. If you go to www.drdino.com you can find alot of answers from that scientist.