(June 2, 2010 at 4:17 am)tackattack Wrote: I would disagree with "Science and religion are incompatible " padriac. Blind faith is the rejection of evidence in opposition to religious dogma. I think science excludes religion because of their lack of objective evidence. Religion doesn't exclude science though.That some of the religious do not exclude science does not mean that science and religion are compatible in terms of consistency of the findings resulting from it.
Also in every belief, even the belief in science, there are blind spots, things we do not know for a fact. The difference between science and religious faith however is that science acknowledges the blind spots and tries to overcome these withinquiry and empirical rigour, whereas reigion fills the blind spots with dogma or treats 'm like no go areas at best.
"I'm like a rabbit suddenly trapped, in the blinding headlights of vacuous crap" - Tim Minchin in "Storm"
Christianity is perfect bullshit, christians are not - Purple Rabbit, honouring CS Lewis
Faith is illogical - fr0d0
Christianity is perfect bullshit, christians are not - Purple Rabbit, honouring CS Lewis
Faith is illogical - fr0d0