October 10, 2007
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Featured Question #63: Science vs religion
Can science and religion co-exist?
Aside from their antipathy toward one another, I don’t see why they cannot both exist. Both are merely philosophical constructs by which the believers order their lives. The difference between them is that science quantifies everything while religion relies on things which cannot be measured. There is a lot of overlap between the two though, and the only people who seem to have problems with one or the other are the extremists. But that’s always the case. Extremists are the fly in everyone’s ointment.
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Comments (7)
I’ve said/thought it the same way…
Thank you so much for the thougtful way you share
It’s so true.
I’m a fan of science too, but even I can argue that it’s own system of circular logic. It seems like every day we find that some scientific formula is wrong. Or, well, incomplete or flawed in the face of a greater theory. Such is the same with religion, I think. Both are tools to be used to achieve greater understanding.
i beleive in both until i have to make a decision then i go with what my heart which is also lead by my brain at times tells me.
yes they COULD co-exist but the only problem is that scientists think they are always right and theologists claim it’s Their Way or the highway.
except, when we look at the Universe we will understand that it literally is ALL That Is and what does not exist cannot be which is why All That Is unless All that Is Not.
Dear Candace,
I still have to write my own Internet Island topic entry, and it will deal with the concepts of “intelligent design” vs. “evolution” which sparked this “science vs. religion” debate. As written the question seems weird to me. The concepts are constructs as you mention, and have been “coexisting” for millennia.
RYC on my Oct 5th entry. One of my sometime readers frequently points out my sometime spelling mistakes. I do sometimes play with grammar in my poetry. Call it “poetic license”. However when I originally transcribed a lot of my poetry to my ElectricPoetry website, from which I copy/paste for the blog entries, I did make a lot of typos, which I attempt to correct, however I type very fast, with only partial feeling in my left hand, and my eyesight is not great when looking at the smallish letters on the computer screen as I type, even with my progressives. So I do make mistakes, do try to edit them, and would immediately correct any mistakes in spelling or grammar which might be pointed out in comments.
Criticism isn’t deadly if it’s constructive.
Michael F. Nyiri, poet, philosopher, fool
got to say that jesus couldn’t have been a christian since he wasn’t around for christianity. i beleive if i am recalling correctly that christianity didn’t begin until around 100 years after his death. i’ll have to go look that up in a second just to make sure. since i’ve peaked my own curiosity with the statement now. still he couldn’t have been a christian because he wasn’t dead yet.
earliest date i could find was 80-100 after death…