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Religion and science are 2 different realms. Comparing them is like comparing apples and oranges. Like comparing a lion to a duckbill platypus. They answer 2 different questions.
Here is a link, on Discover Magazine's site, to one of the best discussions I have ever seen on the question of whether or not religion and science are compatible. I believe a discussion here of the same thing may be beneficial.
Religion and science, of course, are very different from each other. While science is based on suggesting a hypothesis, then examining the data and rejecting those hypotheses that fail the test, religion makes statements of fact that are not based on any measurable data. But should we just throw out religion? There are many things that science just doesn't know. Could something supernatural happen without science being able to detect it? For example, when you die you don't come back. You are dead. But the Bible says that Jesus came back to life after 3 days. According to science, this cannot be, based on hypotheses that have been tested again and again over time. But could there be another hypothesis that science has missed? Of course not. But faith is a funny thing. the word "supernatural" suggests something not natural, and as such, not in the realm of science.
So what about it? Is science the end all of knowledge, or can some things be explained through faith? In attempting to answer this question, you should realize that you are not going to be able to explain God in terms of science, and just as equally, you are not going to be able to explain science in terms of religion. Both areas are mutually exclusive from each other.
Discussion?
The reason why science and religion are actually incompatible is that, in the real world, they reach incompatible conclusions. It’s worth noting that this incompatibility is perfectly evident to any fair-minded person who cares to look. Different religions make very different claims, but they typically end up saying things like “God made the universe in six days” or “Jesus died and was resurrected” or “Moses parted the red sea” or “dead souls are reincarnated in accordance with their karmic burden.” And science says: none of that is true. So there you go, incompatibility.
"I want to know how God created this world. I am not interested in this or that phenomenon, in the spectrum of this or that element. I want to know his thoughts. The rest are details."
Albert Einstein
That are compatible but they are uni-directional:
Science can explain the ways of God(s).
But God(s) cannot explain Science.
We have seen time and time again that there are scientific fallacies within the Christian Text.
You do understand that whenever Einstein used the term "God" he wasn't speaking of a personal deity, but of the universe.
"The universe does not play dice with the universe"
"I want to know how God created this world. I am not interested in this or that phenomenon, in the spectrum of this or that element. I want to know his thoughts. The rest are details."
Albert Einstein
"I want to know how the universe created this world...I want to know the universe's thoughts"
"The universe does not play dice with the universe"
Since both of them can exist in one man “All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.” - Einstein, if somebody wants to wear the poor guy down to holes."
"Do not be afraid of being free thinkers. If you think strongly enough you will be forced by science to the belief in God, which is the foundation of all religion. You will find science not antagonistic but helpful to religion."
"The universe does not play dice with the universe"
Albert Einstien said:Quantum mechanics is certainly imposing. But an inner voice tells me that it is not yet the real thing. The theory says a lot, but does not really bring us any closer to the secret of the 'old one'. I, at any rate, am convinced that He does not throw dice.
It was Stephen Hawking who said "for then we should know the mind of god."
And he too was speaking of the Einsteining pantheistic god, or Spinoza's god.
It's so simple from islamic point of view.
God designed the universe and created The Life. Knowing the mechanisms of how the universe works and different patterns of life behave is Science.
So, Science is derived from God's knowledge.
does it really matter? :roll:
Agreed
If God didn't want us to progress in science, why did he create us humans with the ability and potential to do so?
Science answers the how for me. Religion answers the why.
For example, we have a good idea on how the world is how it is. Evolution, natural selection etc.
But science cannot answer why we was put on this Earth to begin with.
who was doing that in this thread?Yes it really does, especially when people will take their quotes of out context to make them appear to support ideas that they do not.
Its very dishonest when creationists take Darwin or Einstein's words out of context to try to claim them as one of their own.
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