RE: Religion and Science are 1000% Opposite
September 27, 2017 at 11:18 am
(This post was last modified: September 27, 2017 at 11:45 am by Anomalocaris.)
(September 13, 2017 at 2:27 am)JackRussell Wrote: They usually posit some version of Gould's NOMA. Not that I can see how it really helps.
Gould thinks giving something to everyone marks him as a deeper and more enlightened thinker, when in fact it just shows his lack of commitment to intellectual rigor when it doesn’t help him sell books.
(September 27, 2017 at 10:58 am)Mathilda Wrote: I think some of my brain cells just died reading Little Prik's response.
Your brain cells must have died before you started reading his response, otherwise you would have saved your time for more useful things.
(September 13, 2017 at 4:47 am)ignoramus Wrote: I don't believe neither step on each others toes.
Religion is based on faith, 3rd hand testimonies, and mythology.
Science is based on facts, repeatability, and statistics.
What's the problem?
Religion makes it more likely that science will club people over the head unaware rather than help them out of a tight spot as an trusted ally. Unlike with Christian hell, when science says you will most likely burn, you most likely will.
(September 13, 2017 at 5:50 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: If religion and science are 1000% opposite, does that negate the very real scientific advancements made by religionists?
Boru
No, science is true even if it is achieved through rote by people who don’t completely believe it. That’s how science differs from religion.
(September 13, 2017 at 1:50 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(September 13, 2017 at 1:49 am)causal code Wrote: A question just popped in my head, that I think is worth sharing.
I was telling somebody today that horoscopes and astrology make no sense. (And that's why astrology (myths) and astronomy (actual science) were separated way back when - "Evidence: Wikipedia Astronomy and Astrology")
This question goes especially to any religious scientist here.
Question is: If science and religion supposedly didn't oppose each other, then why was science separated from religion?
Science is the study of the natural, physical world. Theology deals with the supernatural/spiritual. They are simply 2 seperate fields, not inherently opposing fields.
No, science is the study of all of what actually is. Religion is merely the indulgence in wishing thinking and the effort to browbeat others into not pointing out the fiction.
Science is in the business of telling religion which of its make beliefs are bull shit.