ST Alpha - "I don�t understand how science and religion became antonyms. -- nm" (Reading a Post)

SlickerTalk
Search Archives
The Leaderboard
The FAQ

Login
Create Account

Search Dr. S. Talk
TT/ST Wiki
How Well Do You Know ...

RSS Feed

Hosting by DigitalOcean

Support ST on Ko-Fi

Down to Post

Backboards:

Posts: 160

I don�t understand how science and religion became antonyms. -- nm

Posted by adventy97 (aka ty97) Dec 16 '09, 10:39

(No message)

Responses:

Just as a point of note, because I don't want to be lumped in with the "religion can do no good" folks, my B2 post - TWuG Dec 16, 10:56 2
- I'm not saying religion does no good, either. I don't think any of us are. It came from "if there were no religion in the world tomorrow" idea. - JaxSean Dec 16, 11:01 1
  - Except you do have a glimpse at this "enlightened" world where the self interests of the first world trumps the abject poverty much of the world lives - Loyola Dec 16, 11:03
Probably because, on the surface, it seems like they're approaching the same problem from diametrically opposite angles. - Beryllium Dec 16, 10:48
I don't think they're antonyms, but they are certainly different ideas that share many similarities. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 16, 10:44
i don't think they *have* to be. but when certain small, but vocal, religions object to teaching evolution, etc, it colours how people see the - Andie Cane Dec 16, 10:43 3
- [deleted] 2
  - to elaborate just a bit on that theme... - znufrii Dec 16, 10:48
  - IM: Well said. -- nm - Agent.Vermin Dec 16, 10:46
You and Dan Brown. (nm) - David Dec 16, 10:43
the understanding can probably be found from reading Aquinas or some such. -- nm - Max Dec 16, 10:42
I have never thought of them as such. -- nm - Let it Spawn, let it Spawn, let it Spawn! Dec 16, 10:42
[deleted] 16
- Safe sex. -- nm - Let it Spawn, let it Spawn, let it Spawn! Dec 16, 10:44 15
  - [deleted] 1
    - I think your IM applies to the majority of moral teachings by religious "authorities". -- nm - znufrii Dec 16, 10:49
  - Yeah, they've got blood on their hands, particularly in Africa, over this. -- nm - Reagen Dec 16, 10:45 12
    - I understand superstition plays a large role in that, though -- nm - con_Kringle Dec 16, 10:50 11
      - 'having sex with a virgin' = 'AIDS cure' is still a semi-popular belief, last I heard. -- nm - Agent.Vermin Dec 16, 10:51 2
        
        including babies. it's one of the most horrific, backwards, ignorant things going on in the world. -- nm - b.festive. Dec 16, 10:53
        
        [deleted]
      - *waits for it* -- nm - Roger More Dec 16, 10:51 3
        
        Damn you. :) -- nm - con_Kringle Dec 16, 10:55
        
        heh. that too. -- nm - Reagen Dec 16, 10:52
        
        nice. -- nm - znufrii Dec 16, 10:51
      - a role, but you've got Catholic leaders there outright saying that condoms don't work. -- nm - Reagen Dec 16, 10:51 3
        
        I think that's more a reflection of the church's political role in that culture, than the religious authority of the church itself. -- nm - znufrii Dec 16, 10:52 2
        
        oh, that makes it better. -- nm - Reagen Dec 16, 10:55 1
        
        I'm not making an excuse, if anything it ties into my broader criticism that churches are more political institutions than religious ones. -- nm - znufrii Dec 16, 10:56
I don't get the mutually-exclusive thing myself. -- nm - b.festive. Dec 16, 10:42
Because sciences is explaining every mystery that religion chalked up to a supreme being? - Cuzzin Todd Dec 16, 10:41
cause one is about faith and the other is about testing observable things -- nm - mr. squiggles at 30,000 feet Dec 16, 10:41
Grr. -- nm - zombie Galileo Dec 16, 10:41
because they each focus on two diametrically opposed realities? - znufrii Dec 16, 10:40 5
- Not necessarily. Science could be explaining religion. -- nm - Dano Ho Ho Dec 16, 10:43
- And because some people see a zero sum game - the more we know/see/learn through science, the less room for religion -- nm - Roger More Dec 16, 10:42
- which explains why there are no religious scientists. oh, wait.... -- nm - adventy97 Dec 16, 10:42 2
  - I never said they were mutually exclusive, just opposed. -- nm - znufrii Dec 16, 10:43
  - people can be both religious and scientific. the fields, however, don't overlap -- nm - mr. squiggles at 30,000 feet Dec 16, 10:43

Post a message top

Replies are disabled on threads older than 7 days.