leov
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agree
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Religion Has Nothing to Do With Science
- Thread starter Nakosis
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There are many hospitals affiliated with religious organizations. There are schools owned by religious organizations which include science as part of their curriculum. I daresay that most religious bodies are not quite so anti-science as the ones we usually hear about.
Science changes what some religions teach, but never the other way around. Religion does not modify what science teaches. Science marches on indifferent to religion. The religions have the choice to adapt to scientific knowledge or not.
^ excellent post
My religion is based on observation and experimentation and not guesses, dreams, or faith.
My religion is based on observation and experimentation and not guesses, dreams, or faith.
'tiz a very rare religion you have there
It actually isn't. But those do tend not to be very influential in a political sense.
paarsurrey
Veteran Member
I disagree.
There are many aspects of life. All are interconnected, that doesn't mean they have to interfere with one another unnecessarily. Right, please?
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leov
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"nothing to do" does not mean not accepting proven science, especially medicine.
The majority of religious follow abrahamic ideas. Others follow other faith based doctrine. Very few are not faith based
Here's my take: Humans are confronted by the experience of living, which is at the very least is very difficult if not impossible to understand in all its facets.
Science is the more or less organized investigation of the mystery of life. Art is the expression of our wonder and relationship with that mystery. Religion is acknowledgement that "life, the universe and everything" is a mystery we will never completely understand; religion at least in part consists of ritualized patterns of behavior rooted in our relationships to and interaction with other aspects of the mystery we can never understand.
To me, we should not separate these three aspects of our experience...they should intertwine...even if we do occasionally need to hold one apart in order to better understand or create meaning with it.
Science is the more or less organized investigation of the mystery of life. Art is the expression of our wonder and relationship with that mystery. Religion is acknowledgement that "life, the universe and everything" is a mystery we will never completely understand; religion at least in part consists of ritualized patterns of behavior rooted in our relationships to and interaction with other aspects of the mystery we can never understand.
To me, we should not separate these three aspects of our experience...they should intertwine...even if we do occasionally need to hold one apart in order to better understand or create meaning with it.
Actually, this is not true. The scientist must first enter into the world of imagination, prior to evidences supporting that vision, in order to device tests and experiments to see if his guesses, dreams and faith can be supported scientifically. It all begins with a vision or dream.
Wandering Monk
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Handy thing about most religions: their tenets are unfalsifiable. Some people take that to mean that those tenets are therefore true.
Aupmanyav
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OP: "Religion Has Nothing to Do With Science"
I am surpised at the statement. Is religion pure humbug?
If world is an illusion (maya), then there is no creation. My view goes with science, completely.
I am surpised at the statement. Is religion pure humbug?
Beg to differ. In that case only one is true. Which one?
Religion, most of the time, goes into the world of fantasy. Science does not go there.
There is one in Hinduism which does not even accept creation.
If world is an illusion (maya), then there is no creation. My view goes with science, completely.
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syo
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Christianity damaged the word 'religion'.
Spirit of Light
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Science is only about the physical world whereas religion teaches higher truth about what life really is.
Science can not even understand that what human eyes are seeing is a false truth about this reality. So in my understanding science only can be applied to the physical realm, not other nonphysical realms, because the physical law in this universe does not work in other universe or dimensions
it does if you believe science is infallible and absolute, or use science based on majority of percentages.
We ought to discuss these matters at some length sometime, Christine.
For now, let's just say that I think that I see where you come from, but I respectfully think also that you underestimate the true diversity of creeds out there.
I say this with the utmost respect. You know that I value your perspective.
Nimos
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I would agree with that.
Simply looking at the definition of science:
- the intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behaviour of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment.
Religion doesn't do any of that. Furthermore how often have you heard or read any scientific study stating that they are going to use the "Religious method" to examine the natural world?
This is no critic of religion, but these are just not the same things, working in the same field.