I said, i TOTALLY think that science teachers or science lovers shouldnt cause its not like a religion...its a scientific belief!!!!!!!!! if they turn their minds into science..then why believe in nonscience stuff? like religions?
2007-09-20 17:35:30 · 27 answers · asked by Kelly X 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No, it's not true. I remember having a science teachers in the 4th and also in the 5th grade who were Christians.
2007-09-20 17:40:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Science and religion are really two different spheres; science investigates the creation, while religion ponders the creator. In most Western religions, at least, God and the material universe are two different things, so the study of one does not imply anything directly about the study of the other.
Many Christian scientists and philosophers have noted that it is impossible to have had any kind of science without an implicit assumption that the universe COULD be understood. We forget how big a leap of logic that was. Why should nature follow mathematical laws? We assumed that nature was designed by a rational mind that just so happened to think similar to the way that we do, so we assumed that nature COULD be understood by mere mortals and went to work on discovering nature's laws. Those who say that Greek rationalism alone gave rise to modern science ignore the obvious historical fact that it did not. Hero developed the first steam engine, but it did not give rise to an ancient industrial revolution, for example. Modern science and technology developed in the West only after Christian and Classical Greek though mingled in the Renaissance. People who claim that science could exist apart from the Christian world view, or that Christianity is harmful to science, must explain the fact that modern science and technology emerged in the Christian west first, not somewhere else in the world (even though we borrowed bits and pieces pf knowledge from other places, Europeans put it all together).
Based on "How Should We Then Live?: The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture" by Francis A. Schaeffer
2007-09-21 00:44:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
My very bright and gifted chemistry teacher in High School was wise to never voice her religious opinions in front of a class, but she's quite religious. Religion is a completely personal decision. If science teachers want to be religious, as long as that spirituality doesn't interfere with their ability to teach science, there is no reason in the world why they shouldn't be religious.
In short, ideally there's no reason why science teachers shouldn't be religious, but there's plenty of motivation for them to not be religious by their own choice.
2007-09-21 00:51:47 · answer #3 · answered by Lacey 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Religion is just a word, like science. Everyone believes in something, whether you refer to it as religion, atheism, agnosticism, science, analytical psychology, critical legal studies, etc. Everyone makes certain assumptions to form the foundation of their system of thought - even scientists. Be wary of anyone who denies making assumptions; who claims to hold a priori Truth. I'm as skeptical with respect to our current science as I am with respect to our current religions.
Carl Jung did a pretty good job of marrying "science" and "religion." He had an open mind and investigated supernatural events using a scientific approach (generally). Based on your words, I think it would be worth exploring some of his work.
2007-09-21 02:48:45 · answer #4 · answered by Goldmind 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many scientific organizations including the National acadamy of sciences state that a God amy have been involved in the fine tuning of the universe. I see no need to shut the door on this option. History is full of people of faith who made huge contirbutions to science.
2007-09-21 00:45:19 · answer #5 · answered by Edward J 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is possible to understand science and believe in a religion. I know plenty of smart theists, who know that the natural world is best explained through science. The two, theoretically, can be mutually exclusive, although that is hardly every the case.
2007-09-21 00:39:25 · answer #6 · answered by khard 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Many Scientest and Science teachers are Christians and are able to seperate science from religion.
2007-09-21 00:46:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can understand and believe in scientific theory and still be religious.
for example.
i believe in evolution. i think that one would have to be touched in the head to ignore the evidence..(and by touched i mean by something that would cause brain damage,like a ball bat.)
however i also believe in the creation story of my religion. i just figure that the ancients did not get the whole story because the gods figured that they were more worried with staying alive than with understanding EXACTALLY how we got here.
2007-09-21 00:42:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My science teacher is Christian. Saying religion and science can't be combined is ignorance.
2007-09-21 00:46:31 · answer #9 · answered by Ugly Duckling 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I once asked my chemistry teacher if he was religious, to which he said yes. I then asked him how God could have possibly created the world in eight days, given fossils, carbon-14 dating, etc. He said simply:
"Who's to say God's eight days are the same as a humans eight days?"
Time, like most "truths" achieved in science, is entirely relative.
2007-09-21 00:46:19 · answer #10 · answered by Kyle S 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋