Honestly! Both the Creationist theory and the theory of Evolution have major gaping holes in them! That's why they're theories! Plus *all* religions are based on something called "faith", which means that we can't prove it, but we *believe* it's true.
People act like there's no way science and God can work together at all. If God exists, then he made science. And if science is there, but can't explain everything, why can't there be a God?
2007-08-12 17:52:41 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Perhaps I should have said "equally gaping holes. Both are flawed and both have support.
Also, I am Christian, in case it matters.
2007-08-12 19:08:30 · update #1
To quote a friend, "religion is usually too stubborn and science has become overly proud
"so intelligent discourse never occurs
"science assume they are right
"religion assume science is wrong..."
Both feel they have a claim to the "truth".
Personally, I am a Christian who loves science and I plan to keep it that way.
2007-08-12 19:22:17 · update #2
i think thats very open minded and free thinking of you personally ... and i agree ..
2007-08-12 17:56:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 4⤋
'They' aren't theories. Evolution is a theory, because it fits all known data. Creation is a myth, because it doesn't.
And yes, faith does mean that you believe something without evidence. Perhaps I missed the part where you explained why it is that having a word for something makes it logical. If I believed something absolutely with no evidence, I'd assume it was the result of some form of brainwashing or childhood indoctrination.
Anyway, the reason science and God are mutually exclusive is because science is the ongoing search for truth, and God is the explanation people use when they decide to stop searching.
Obviously it's possible to believe in a god and still accept some scientific theories. But they remain independent. You cannot claim a scientific knowledge of something that you attribute to a god.
2007-08-12 18:05:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
The conflict lies in our history, especially here in the US. Read about the Scopes trial in 1925, and the hollering that surrounded it. What seems to have happened was that there was something of a scientific revolution during the latter part of the 1800's, and with the knowledge thus gained, the churches came under a withering assault by intellectuals in general. These continued into the 20th century and were countered by various nationwide religious revivals through the years. One of these resulted in the anti-evolution laws in Tennessee, which the Scopes trial challenged.
Perhaps if the intellectuals had known when to quit, we wouldn't have been fighting these silly wars right now. But probably not: the creationists are fighting the same war as al Qaeda and the Taliban, revolting against modern life and science that they cannot understand without thinking too hard about it.
2007-08-12 18:02:40 · answer #3 · answered by 2n2222 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Some people think science and God are mutually exclusive because so many believers in God are willfully ignorant about (and irrationally hostile to) science.
And what are these "gaping holes in evolution" you're talking about? Are they anywhere near equivalent to the complete lack of any evidence for creationism?
2007-08-13 16:56:05 · answer #4 · answered by au_catboy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Evolution is a proven and useful scientific theory. Creationism is a believe based on the Bible, it is a matter of faith.
Evolution has answered many questions and has produced many more. It is still the best explanation for human origins today. Genetics and microbiology confirm and complement many discoveries explained by Evolution.
People can be Christian and accept science. But creationism is not a scientific theory, and is founded on faith. So they are at odds with each other.
Some of us prefer clarity to harmony.
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2007-08-12 18:06:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Science is based on facts. Faith in The Christian God is more training throughout life, than even Faith. I presume I am addressing another of the Mono-atheists that believe in the singular, no name, God.......The Gods and Goddesses have much more to do with science as there are even the muses helping science to come up with more facts without the pleading and sacrifices your no-name God constantly seems to demand.
2007-08-12 18:04:28 · answer #6 · answered by Terry 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
First of all, there is no such thing as 'creationist theory'. Theories have explanatory power, predictive power, and they are falsifiable. 'Creation' only meets ONE of those criteria. Anyway... there are dozens of 'creation myths'... you are focusing on only one... and it is no better than any of the others.
Evolution does not have gaping holes in it... it is the foundation of modern biology... it has not been falsified, in 150 years. It is one of the most successful scientific theories, ever. There is no controversy over the theory of evolution in the scientific community... the IDEA of there being a controversy is part of a political strategy developed by the 'Discovery Institute'... a creationist organization... and articulated in the 'Wedge Strategy'... a plan to undermine science. The fact that you have asked such a rificulous question reveals that their strategy is succeeding. You do not understand science... you do not understand theories... you are basing your question on lies and misconceptions that are DELIBERATELY being spread by your religious puppet-masters in order to keep you in a state of scientific ignorance and bamboozlement.
"One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We're no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It's simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we've been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back." ~ Carl Sagan (on religion)
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2007-08-12 18:12:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Religion needs to explain everything and if something is wrong than the whole faith can be questioned, it looks for truth
Science looks for Answers but does not look for truth, Science is more flexible and is their to make life easier. Microwaves, Satellites in orbit, etc. Not Truth. experimentation can be done in science but not with God
2007-08-12 18:01:34 · answer #8 · answered by Parrot Bay 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
God is imaginary and science is the study of reality using scientific methods. Science doesn't really deal with imaginary beings. Does that help?
2007-08-12 18:00:59 · answer #9 · answered by kc 4 · 5⤊ 0⤋
my dear woman...."Creationist theory" is NOT an Theory
Gravity is only a Theory...do u question its presence??
loosely speaking I believe that the 2 r not mutually exclusive, but when the uninformed try to use their faith to explain the world---well it all ends immediately
ur right, religion is faith....however....
DEMAND EVIDENCE
tata...
2007-08-12 17:59:44 · answer #10 · answered by Man of Ideas 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Science is about studying and understanding reality. Gods are fictional, hence, they have no place in science.
2007-08-12 18:01:39 · answer #11 · answered by YY4Me 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋