Religion VS. Science???

Question

Which one do you have faith in and why?

Answer 1

I don't hold much faith in religion. Religion is flawed. I am a christian however, and do believe in God, and all that entails. I also believe in science. I think when things can be proven, its hard to argue it. I'm not stupid. I think too many people however are quick to judge, and blame one thing or the other. "God can't be proven with science so he does not exist." That kind of stuff is what I don't like. If you can't prove or disprove something, there is still a chance.

I also think in some areas, there is a happy medium. Science tells us certain things happend, but how do we know God wasn't behind that? You can't prove he was or was not, I choose to believe he was. You believe what you want.

Answer 2

Science, at least they have proves !! Proves that anyone could try if they don't trust the theory given, there are always logical structures.

Religions is something you can keep inside you, or between people in the same religion as you, if you wish, but it will be really hard to convince the scientific world that they are wrong and that your religion is right, except if you have proves!!

(I might be wrong, i might be right, but so far, that is my own opinion)

Answer 3

It is not really religion vs. science it is the fact that there is no evidence of god other than a warm fuzzy people get from going to church….the same feeling I get from listening to good music. Or the bible, which was written by man.

Science on top of the lack of gods presence makes for a good case. In court I could prove Santa exists just as much as I could prove god does.

to be clear I believe that a god does exist; I am very confident it is not the one invented by man (Christianity) and he does not interact in our daily lives if at all.

Answer 4

I believe science. Science doesn't require faith though.

Answer 5

Science is tested -- no faith required. Religion is not in conflict with science; doctrine is. When doctrine collides with reality, it must give, or it's proponents will be made into liars.

Answer 6

One is not valid without the other.

Religion is based on faith in the unknown and unseen

Science is based on postulates and knowledge of facts.

Answer 7

Neither,science deals in evidence and proofs so no faith required.

Answer 8

For me religion is a state of mind, which should not be confused with spirituality which under my opinion is what we should be getting closer to instead, so we can expand our understanding of equality.

Science is an almost certain fact which is much needed in this world full of frauds.
I guess a mix of science and belief in what we can't see, is the right balance in my life.

Answer 9

Science is a tool. One does not "have faith" in science any more than one "has faith" in a pocketknife. You have set up a false dichotomy.

Answer 10

Religion is above science. Atleast for me.

A few years ago a group of Arabs collected all information concerning embryology from the Qur’aan, and followed the instruction of the Qur’aan: "If ye realise this not, ask Of those who possess the Message." [Al-Qur’aan 16:43 & 21:7]

All the information from the Qur’aan so gathered, was translated into English and presented to Prof. (Dr.) Keith Moore, who was the Professor of Embryology and Chairman of the Department of Anatomy at the University of Toronto, in Canada. At present he is one of the highest authorities in the field of Embryology. He was asked to give his opinion regarding the information present in the Qur’aan concerning the field of embryology. After carefully examining the translation of the Qur’aanic verses presented to him, Dr. Moore said that most of the information concerning embryology mentioned in the Qur’aan is in perfect conformity with modern discoveries in the field of embryology and does not conflict with them in any way. He added that there were however a few verses, on whose scientific accuracy he could not comment. He could not say whether the statements were true or false, since he himself was not aware of the information contained therein.

There was also no mention of this information in modern writings and studies on embryology. One such verse is: "Proclaim! (or Read!) In the name Of thy Lord and Cherisher, Who created – Created man, out of A (mere) clot Of congealed blood." [Al-Qur’aan 96:1-2]

The word alaq besides meaning a congealed clot of blood also means something that clings, a leech-like substance. Dr. Keith Moore had no knowledge whether an embryo in the initial stages appears like a leech. To check this out he studied the initial stage of the embryo under a very powerful microscope in his laboratory and compared what he observed with a diagram of a leech and he was astonished at the striking resemblance between the two!

In the same manner, he acquired more information on embryology that was hitherto not known to him, from the Qur’aan. Dr. Keith Moore answered about eighty questions dealing with embryological data mentioned in the Qur’aan and Hadith. Noting that the information contained in the Qur’aan and Hadith was in full agreement with the latest discoveries in the field of embryology, Prof. Moore said, "If I was asked these questions thirty years ago, I would not have been able to answer half of them for lack of scientific information"

Dr. Keith Moore had earlier authored the book, ‘The Developing Human’. After acquiring new knowledge from the Qur’aan, he wrote, in 1982, the 3rd edition of the same book, ‘The Developing Human’. The book was the recipient of an award for the best medical book written by a single author. This book has been translated into several major languages of the world and is used as a textbook of embryology in the first year of medical studies.

In 1981, during the Seventh Medical Conference in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, Dr. Moore said, "It has been a great pleasure for me to help clarify statements in the Qur’aan about human development. It is clear to me that these statements must have come to Muhammad from God or Allah, because almost all of this knowledge was not discovered until many centuries later. This proves to me that Muhammad must have been a messenger of God or Allah." [The reference for this statement is the video tape titled ‘This is the Truth’. For a copy of this video tape contact the Islamic Research Foundation]

]Dr. Joe Leigh Simpson, Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, at the Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, U.S.A., proclaims: "...these Hadiths, sayings of Muhammad peace be upon him could not have been obtained on the basis of the scientific knowledge that was available at the time of the writer (7 th century). It follows that not only is there no conflict between genetics and religion (Islam) but in fact religion (Islam) may guide science by adding revelation to some of the traditional scientific approaches… there exist statements in the Qur’aan shown centuries later to be valid which support knowledge in the Qur’aan having been derived from God."

There are numeorus other scientific facts i the Qur'an just like this, for example, sun rotates, earth is round, there is an invisible berrier between salyt and sweet water, the sun will extinguish afterv a certain period,etc. For details go to
http://www.sunnahonline.com/ilm/quran/0020.htm

So, I have faith in my religion above science!