Can Science and Religion coexist?

[sillymofo]

... The way I see it, one would prove another wrong. Or does it?

 

[conjur]

<--- grabs lawn chair and popcorn

 

[Turkish]

Science is real.
Religion is not.

*Puts on flame suit.
*Goes over to conjur's to share the joy.

Xiety

 

[TheBoyBlunder]

Originally posted by: conjur
<--- grabs lawn chair and popcorn

*grabs lawn chair and bratwursts*

Who's got the beer?

 

[DaWhim]

I like to quote Einstein for this
" Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind."
BumperSticker

 

[sillymofo]

Originally posted by: Xiety
Science is real. Religion is not. *Puts on flame suit. Xiety

I'm an advocate for science, but if religion is real, then science is just an interpretation of a state of mind, based on the discovery of the fabric of religion. In other words, we might know how fire is created, and what are the uses and it's properties, but how did it came to be fire? And for what exact purpose was fire created for?

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: TheBoyBlunder

Originally posted by: conjur
<--- grabs lawn chair and popcorn

*grabs lawn chair and bratwursts*

Who's got the beer?

Well, Zim does, of course! :beer:

 

[aircooled]

The answer is yes, as long as you think of religion as fiction and read it's text for entertainment rather than education.

 

[TekDemon]

Originally posted by: cr4zymofo
... The way I see it, one would prove another wrong. Or does it?

No, in fact, the world has ceased to exist already because both science and religion showed up yesterday and caused the world to implode.

You're currently in HELL(omg those religious nuts were right! NOooOOOOO)

 

[matt426malm]

They are coexisting right now.

 

[Confused]

Originally posted by: conjur

Originally posted by: TheBoyBlunder

Originally posted by: conjur
<--- grabs lawn chair and popcorn

*grabs lawn chair and bratwursts*

Who's got the beer?

Well, Zim does, of course! :beer:

*grabs another lawn chair*

 

[StevenYoo]

i like to think that they complement each other.

i have a strong belief that religion has a scientific basis and vice versa.

you should read Angels & Demons by Dan Brown (same guy that wrote DaVinci Code). it's an EXTREMELY good read, and it says a lot about this "conflict" between science and religion.

 

[Regs]

Read my sig.

 

[Gravity]

Originally posted by: Xiety
Science is real.
Religion is not.

*Puts on flame suit.
*Goes over to conjur's to share the joy.

Xiety

Here we go again!

Is this a repost?

 

[Turkish]

i am surprised there is no flame fest

 

[maziwanka]

will ppl never learn.

 

[matt426malm]

Originally posted by: Xiety
i am surprised there is no flame fest

Looks like everyone's flamed out.

 

[KarenMarie]

you would have to define 'religion'.

If we are basing religion on biblical (insert Tanakh, Koran, etc here) teachings, then I would have to say, yes. The bible should be taken very seriously, but not very literally. The bible is vague enough that science could be placed into the areas where common sense is lacking. And vise versa.

However, if we are asking if religion and science can co-exist as far as cloning and acting like "Gods", my opinion says no and the proverbial sh*t will hit the fan on a lot of stuff.

just my $0.02

 

[nmcglennon]

I think they go hand in hand.

For instance, I do believe in evolution, and science (I am a Biotechnology major, Pre-Med); and the more I study how complex living things work, the more I believe there is a supreme architect (God) that is guiding evolution, and/or designing the way organism work. Many processes are so orchestrated and perfectly engineered, it is hard to accept that they just 'happened' that way.

My opinion to say the least... I'm not saying it is the right one.

 

[Vic]

Of course. Science tells us how, religion tell us why.

Where's the conflict?

 

[sillymofo]

Originally posted by: Vic
Of course. Science tells us how, religion tell us why. Where's the conflict?

But the How of science is sound, where as the Why of religion is not defined.

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: cr4zymofo

Originally posted by: Vic
Of course. Science tells us how, religion tell us why. Where's the conflict?

But the How of science is sound, where as the Why of religion is not defined.

Many things in life are undefined. The more you know, the longer you live, the more you realize this. "Why" is probably the most undefined of all.
But... "why", in some form or another, is the one thing we all live for. Be it God, your children, your spouse, your job, your friends, your family, whatever. You have to have a "why", a reason... you have to have something that you are living for. Without that, you're just one of the living dead.

 

[sillymofo]

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: cr4zymofo

Originally posted by: Vic Of course. Science tells us how, religion tell us why. Where's the conflict?

But the How of science is sound, where as the Why of religion is not defined.

Many things in life are undefined. The more you know, the longer you live, the more you realize this. "Why" is probably the most undefined of all. But... "why", in some form or another, is the one thing we all live for. Be it God, your children, your spouse, your job, your friends, your family, whatever. You have to have a "why", a reason... you have to have something that you are living for. Without that, you're just one of the living dead.

I think you're trailing a bit off course.

Before science could prove many things, the "why" was the explaination for things that couldn't be. As we advance in technology, many "why's" were discarded as, well, BS.

 

[MacBaine]

Scientology is the scientific religion, isn't it?..

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Originally posted by: cr4zymofo
... The way I see it, one would prove another wrong. Or does it?

you have never been attacked by my Bible Robots have you?