Are they against each other, or would they work together? My belief is that science and religion do not necessarily have to be against each other, but I want to see what people think.
2007-08-23 09:59:25 · 13 answers · asked by Itena 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Hello,
This arguing between science and religion, especially on subjects like evolution and age of the universe is a total waste of time.
When all said and done, God won't ask me if I believed the earth is 4.5 billion years old or was formed 6000 years ago at 24:00 hrs Rocky Mountain time. He will tell me how I lived my life, did I follow his commandments and did I help and love my neighbor or fellow man.
Cheers,
Michael Kelly
2007-08-23 10:12:02 · answer #1 · answered by Michael Kelly 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Science and religion are the two great seekers of truth. The truths of one can never be discovered by the methods of the other; but also, the truths of one can never conflict with the truths of the other. Truth, regardless of its source, can never conflict with truth. If the findings of science conflict with your personal interpretations of the Bible, then either the scientific findings, or your biblical interpretations, or both, are untrue. That's why many fundamentalists fight so vehemently and irrationally against the truths of science. They know they have no real authority backing up their biblical interpretations, and they also know that many of their interpretations conflict with the biblical interpretations of many other Christian groups. But, acknowledging the facts of science would mean trashing their own little denomination. The only way the denomination can hold together is to insist, even in the face of all evidence to the contrary, that their own scriptural interpretations are absolutely infallible, and that not only the world's greatest scientists, but also all the rest of Christendom, are simply wrong.
2007-08-23 17:16:27 · answer #2 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
*drink*
Alright, lets get this out there: science and religion are two separate approaches to knowing. Science only deals with things that can be tested and observed. God is outside of this. Science, real science, makes no claims about God, simply because it can. Science deals with the natural world, God, by definition, is supernatural. Apples to oranges, darling. And as a side note: some religions do have it out for science and logic both: have you heard of intelligent design? It has no evidence, it is instead based on nothing more than religious dogma.
2007-08-23 17:06:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Science and religion don't have to be against each other, as long as they each stay on their side of fence. Science can explain and predict the physical world, religion can try to figure out what it all means, and everyone is happy.
2007-08-23 17:09:06 · answer #4 · answered by Subconsciousless 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, science goes by evidence. Evidence of the existence of a God/deity is lacking in religion. So I'd have to believe that most good scientists have to be skeptical, that is, agnostic in terms of religious faith. But there are scientists who claim to be Christian...Albert Einstein was Jewish by birth, but agnostic in faith...a quote of Einstein's:
“My position concerning God is that of an agnostic. I am convinced that a vivid consciousness of the primary importance of moral principles for the betterment and ennoblement of life does not need the idea of a law-giver, especially a law-giver who works on the basis of reward and punishment.”
2007-08-23 18:04:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I live with a happy mix of both. Religion for me is more about moral and such judgements, Science deals with facts and such. I think there's space for both in people's lives, but it's their choice if they want both. I'm very happy being a Pagan Scientist.
2007-08-23 17:40:41 · answer #6 · answered by Phoenix 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good science has no problem with religion. It's only when people have an axe to grind that problems appear.
2007-08-23 17:09:41 · answer #7 · answered by Michelle C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i agree with you
im muslim. Islam encourages science and supports it.. its not like religion vs. science in Islam. like for example we believe in evolution, but not applied to humans. things like that.
al-qiyamah is wrong, science is not against Islam or vice versa. there are scientific things that we dont morally believe in like cloning. thats a moral issue and while its advanced science and stuff, Islam believes its wrong for a man to reproduce a human because God is the creator of all things.
2007-08-24 03:49:29 · answer #8 · answered by dee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
few people understand about the difference of religion and science. but let's just say religion is believing in God and science will show who God is. but the thing is... most people will say god didn't exist because science doesn't prove so. but even science cannot grasp the composition of the atom and science cannot even make something large or ideal to identify God as the creator of science itself. few people know so most people get dumb.
2007-08-23 17:08:42 · answer #9 · answered by Akakage 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Religion evolved from mankind's misinterpretation of God's scientific instructions in the Bible.
2007-08-23 17:08:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋