Noma (Non Overlapping Magisteria)

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Elephants and hamsters are both animals. No Overlapping Magisteria there too. Ridiculous comparison there too. Religion is based on wishfulness and fiction.

Noma doesn’t compare science and religion.  Noma is about scientists going along with theists who say there is no conflict between science and their respective holy book.

What it does is give theists sole jurisdiction over matters like morals, purpose and religious “truth.”  While giving scientists sole jurisdiction over physical matters.

This sounds reasonable on the surface, but it forgets that theists base their teachings on books that claim to know god’s actions in the physical world. since science can’t disprove the existence of go, scientists have nothing to say about how the world works through the eyes of a believer.

Parents can let their children die of curable diseases by praying over them instead of taking them to a doctor. But it’s outside the scope of science to run controlled studies disproving the efficacy of prayer.

The "non-overlapping" bit implies comparison to me. The fact that religion is based on lies makes a comparison to science ridiculous.