Science vs. Religion ?

[Mr. Muhammad]

Is Science compatible with Religion?

What do you think, and WHY?

RM

[Mr. Muhammad]

How Did the Universe Come to Exist?

Was it by Creation? ...or, by Evolution?

What is your position, and WHY?

RM

[poeticasylum1]

I believe that science helps man to understand God's creation. Though there are scientists who do not believe in God, God in His love for man allows man to peek at His wonders.

[DBlack]

Originally Posted by Mr. Muhammad

Is Science compatible with Religion?

What do you think, and WHY?

RM

It's your topic, what do you think?

I think science and religion can be compatible, but that would really depend on the religion and the segment of science in collision/exchange with each other.

The key component is man and his ability to interpret.

[Gorilla]

I personally see science and religion trying to ultimately answer two entirely different set of questions. I find people just like to steer them into one another for the sake of contention rather than the constructive growth of either.

[robbboy2003]

Originally Posted by DBlack

It's your topic, what do you think?

I think science and religion can be compatible, but that would really depend on the religion and the segment of science in collision/exchange with each other.

The key component is man and his ability to interpret.

I think if the spirit,or intentions of the scientist is there. The two can be compatible.

Off topic a little. DBlack is this Jill Scott's new record you have for the avatar.

Peace! Oh cuze i want her. Her album of course.

[The Dragon]

Originally Posted by Gorilla

I personally see science and religion trying to ultimately answer two entirely different set of questions. I find people just like to steer them into one another for the sake of contention rather than the constructive growth of either.

I disagree with what is said here because our ancestors used science to understand God. This is how they came to the conclusion that there was a "higher force" at work in them and in their immediate enviornments in the first place.

They observed natural phenonmena such as the sun rising every morning as awesome (not to mention all of the benefits they got from this), they observed such natural phenomena as the change in whether, the vast oceans and seas, etc. as something they knew they had absolutely no control over.

They believed that something ultimately did control all of this, something much more powerfull then these aspects of nature.

They realized that all of this was apart of something greater and consumated a "whole"; They took the pieces of the whole and began to study it and then reconnect it back with the whole. This is science and ultimately how they came to a conclusion of an all powerfull force we now know of as "God."

You cannot separate science from "God" and really make any kind of sense.

[The Dragon]

Originally Posted by Mr. Muhammad

How Did the Universe Come to Exist?

Was it by Creation? ...or, by Evolution?

What is your position, and WHY?

RM

Creation and evolution go hand in hand. Really can't separate the two if we have a true understanding of both.

[Mr. Muhammad]

Yall wanna see white folks go "ape sh**"? Go to Yahoo! Answers, and just "suggest" that atheism is flawed...and watch the response....lol.

Thank you to everyone who responded.

RM

[Gorilla]

Originally Posted by The Dragon

I disagree with what is said here because our ancestors used science to understand God. This is how they came to the conclusion that there was a "higher force" at work in them and in their immediate enviornments in the first place.

They observed natural phenonmena such as the sun rising every morning as awesome (not to mention all of the benefits they got from this), they observed such natural phenomena as the change in whether, the vast oceans and seas, etc. as something they knew they had absolutely no control over.

They believed that something ultimately did control all of this, something much more powerfull then these aspects of nature.

They realized that all of this was apart of something greater and consumated a "whole"; They took the pieces of the whole and began to study it and then reconnect it back with the whole. This is science and ultimately how they came to a conclusion of an all powerfull force we now know of as "God."

You cannot separate science from "God" and really make any kind of sense.

Science seeks to see how things are ordered and maintained in order. Asserting who or what ordered them seems like it would rely on the personal beliefs of the person who is observing. It may influence how they view existence seeing all of these ordered things, but Science still makes sense without a religious or spiritual belief. To be able to separate it from all of these things with systematic methodology, Science is given a grounded position in what is observable. Anything else claiming to be Science is really just a pseudo-science with some sort of bias, agenda or just the reseult of bad science.

The limitations of understanding the whole self-similar "system" leave holes that could be investigated further through another means of thought, because Science can only answer perceived and testable tangible components of reality. It does not seek to answer all questions.

Science gives one a lot of things to think about, but its up to that person to draw their own extraneous conclusions.