Is Religion and Science a compoment of each other?

Question

Do you see an undoubtable connection to religion, science and life as we know it?


[What you should know is that what inspired me to ask this question is purely based on one of my most favourite quotes of what Albert Einstein once said: "Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind."]

Would you agree with one of the greatest geniuses to ever live or would you beg to differ?

(taken in to account that Einstein was indeed Agnostic)

(any respectful and logical thoughts would be appreciated)

Answer 1

I would say definitely Yes, since the "Chairman of the Board" and "Chief Executive Officer", oversees them both!

God is the "Chairman of the Board" and "The Chief Executive Officer", only a fool would doubt this "Truth".

Answer 2

Einstein was a deist, not an agnostic. A subtle difference. He definitely was not the Christian that some fools claim.

He was one of the most brilliant minds of the 20th century. However he wasted much of his later life trying to disprove quantum physics despite it was a logical conclusion of relativity. This is because he did not like the thought of a non-deterministic universe - "God does not play dice with the universe".

I guess when you are so much greater than the rest of us your triumphs are incredible, but so can be your foolishness.

Einstein was brilliant at thinking outside of the box, developing and experiment in thought and following it up with the math to help prove it.

But all that is meaningless in the real world unless the practical experiments back up the mathematical model that you have made.

Einstein was a great physicist. That does not automatically make him a great philosopher. But he did have a knack for those catchy one liners.

I will leave you with one of my favorites:

"Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?"
--Douglas Adams

Answer 3

As many people in this forum love to mock and ridicule others beliefs for the fun of it so does science. The scientific community trying to discover and disprove Religion through science has a heightened affect and adds fuel to discover and prove Religion is more than uncertain or without rock solid evidence. Also for the seeker of Religion there is fuel added to ones desire to prove that God was the creator of the Universe and see how God did it and marvel at the complexity.

I think that Einstein was in a negative mood that day and was probably more atheist than agnostic when he said that.

Religion from His point of view would be blind but science is also subject to the interpretation of its findings. People tend to find what they are looking for. I think theories are stretched into peoples perceptions until it is fact enough for them. My sight comes thru internal understanding and a change form within that science could never explain. I see and am a witness to the change from within , not on my own doing but by the work Jesus is doing in my life. I am not blind and science works hard to explain what the Lord has created.

Answer 4

Actually more evidence pointed him towards being a deist.

I would also like to point out that Albert Einstein purposefully lied about his theory of relativity. He knew that it broke down when dealing with black holes but purposefully chose to ignore it.

However, if you substitute the word morals for the word religion in his quote it actually works. If you use religion then that is foolish as the first thing scientists will tell you is do not let preconceived notions influence your work.

Answer 5

Religion and Science complement each other. I believe too many people want to look for the difference in things and want to even argue about these differences. Religion and Science are just two sides of the same coin.

Answer 6

nope. according to the bible. plants were created first and then the stars and sun and moon.

according to science, plants cant grow without sunlight and whatnot.

cause of science there have been many cures for diseases and sicknesses.

cause of religion there have been lots of wars? oh yeah nothing good has come out of religion.

so no not really.

Answer 7

I believe it is. Science, to me, are the natural laws God has set up and created the universe with. He has revealed some of these to us, but we mostly have to discover them on our own, as God gives us the faculty to do.

It is just more proof that God does indeed exist.

Answer 8

Science quantifies - religion qualifies, but both are human inventions