RE: Do you think Science and Religion can co-exist in a society?
May 30, 2017 at 2:58 pm
(This post was last modified: May 30, 2017 at 3:00 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
(May 30, 2017 at 1:37 pm)pool the matey Wrote: A better question would've been
"Do you think Science and Religion can co-exist in an individual?"
Of course they can and do.
Even logically contradictory beliefs can co-exist in an individual. People make logical errors all the time.
Not only can religious beliefs that say nothing about the natural world co-exist in someone that has scientfic beliefs about the natural world, and not only can someone who does have religious beliefs that say something about the natural world, for example literal creationism that conflicts with evolutionary theory, but even logically contradictory beliefs regarding religion and science can co-exist in an individual: For example someone could believe that God created everything and yet everything also evolved. I don't mean they believe God created things and then things evolved afterwards. I mean someone believes that God never created anything but they also believe that God created everything, they believe that evolution 100% did everything and also 100% did nothing. Someone can even believe square circles are possible or 2+2=5 so of course these things can co-exist. It's called psychosis.
And cognitive dissonance is a thing, yo.
