It is not the case that science and religion address distinct domains in a general sense. Since religion is about God and God is the source of everything, everything is in religion’s domain. However, it is the case that science can only address a specific (and incredibly important) realm of everything, namely systems. It is in the goals of the addressing of this domain that the ‘nonoverlap’ of NOMA comes in: science’s goal is to discover, describe and explain the properties of these systems. Religion’s goal is to ask what these systems might tell us about the nature of creation, God, and human purpose. This is why I believe religion must take scientific findings seriously – we cannot properly consider God’s purposes without knowing the nature of his creation in concrete ways. When it comes to non-systematic events, however, the goals of science cannot be accomplished. Science must therefore be satisfied with merely identifying the unexplainable. The general goals of religion, however, can still be accomplished for a singularity may still point to truth and purpose. Are faith and science compatible? Clearly the answer is ‘yes.’ It is no surprise, then, to find that those who answer ‘no’ often have non-scientific reasons for their conviction. Creationists cannot condemn evolution without speaking of the evil moral implications of a Darwinist worldview; Dawkinsians cannot condemn religion without talking about the moral evils that religious zealots have wreaked on society over the millennia. While social questions are perfectly valid for choosing one conviction over another, they have nothing whatsoever to do with whether or not science and faith are compatible in an intellectual sense. I suspect that neither party really cares about whether science and faith can really get along, rather that they just don’t want them to.
You have a really dumb outlook on life to be honest. Just because you've got problems with religion and don't want to have anything to do with God doesn't mean other scientists don't or refuse the idea of God. The above article I linked to about abiogenesis was written by an extremely intelligent scientist that studies and teaches in biology, microbiology, psychology and human anatomy and he believes in God. (he also provides very informitive, unbiased information about his work) In fact many scientists around the world do, you would be suprised. Even Darwin at one point conceded that his theories were extremely improbable and that the possibility of a Creator being the reason for our existence and the existence of nature is the most likely explanation. So for you to claim that the very essence of science is completely incompatible with the concept of God or a Creator, is BULLSHIT.
Science is NOT the be all and end all of everything. If you are trying to claim it is, you need to tell us exactly where science and all it's principles and laws came from and exactly why or how it just all happens to 'work' so effectively. Exactly how and why something as infinitely complex like DNA came to exist.
Good luck explaining that. (see Dawkins' failed attempt to propose a plausible evolutionary accounting of the origin of genetic information, here)also see why this scientist believes in God.
It is truly pathetic that you continue to follow science blindly so determinedly when clearly it does not, and will not ever have the answers to the truth of our unique existence in the universe. Learn to start thinking outside the box, and learn to appreciate the unbelievably amazing complexity of everything around us, and you will begin to appreciate life in a new way.
Science and religion don't use the same language, they rely on different parts of the brain, and serve completely different purposes.
Science is an attempt to understand the objective reality we can perceive and measure. If it isn't perceivable or measurable then science has no comment on it.
I personally have no need to add an unseeable, unmeasurable level of reality to my life. If you, or anyone wants or needs some sort of god to help your life make sense, that's fine. Lots of people do it, and if it gives their lives a structure and meaning that allows them a happy life, then I am all for it
there is a quote i'm looking for about atheism that would have fitted in perfectly right here, but alas I cannot find it at the moment..You make some good points aswell for once kill3r (and blackheart), i'll respond later tonight maybe..
Im still amazed at the arrogance you show in this thread. Maybe you should re read some of your posts and see how hypocritical you are really being.
this?50$ says if you can find a christ nutter i can find a science one, to say they don't exist is just plain arrogance. ironic coming from you.
I had to type this shit all over again, so it's not as well thought out as my original post but whatever..You probably shouldn't have bothered going to the effort of explaining the carbon dating thing, I'm not all that in it interested to be honest, I was just trying to use it as an example (probably a bad one) But working in the field of Geology, of course you are going to be adamant that the tools you use are completely accurate, or maintain that appearance when I've heard lots of evidence to the contrary (credible or not, hard to say) Mind you I don't doubt that Earth is millions of years old, the thing that gets me is how some scientists claim to know exactly how the planet was back then, exactly what the landscape/climate was and exactly how everything happened, and ALL of this information from some friggin' rocks and a few other scraps of evidence?! :eek: Come on, we all know that a lot of it is guesswork, estimation and speculation... that's the kind of thing that pisses me off is some scientists trying to force their biased beliefs and explanations on people when in reality they have very little knowledge of how everything happened.
50$ says if you can find a christ nutter i can find a science one, to say they don't exist is just plain arrogance. ironic coming from you.
replace atheism with big bang theory and it might have been right
cnvrt02 can you do some back ground reading and try to get an understanding of the basics
My problem with your method of belief is, if science clearly doesn't and most likely will never have the answers to the (most significant) questions of life, why would you choose to believe as if you do have the answers? (ie. there is no God, everything's an extraordinary coincidence, we are all just biological sacks of meat ect.)
You, and others have some specific ideas about answers to the questions we don't know the answers to. I don't know the right answers, but I am pretty comfortable that they aren't the ones you're proposing, because they contradict much of what we've managed to learn to date.
As I've said previously, I have no issues with this universe having been made by an entity of some sort, but it's an interesting idea, not the "truth".
As for the coincidences angle, every day mind numbingly unlikely coincidences happen.
but I've never seen any evidence at all that we're any more than biological sacks of meat.
but I think I'm going to ignore you from now, you seem to have formed some kind of conclusion on life, and believe that you have the answers to everything so I don't see any need to continue discussing/arguing any of these subjects with you. Not sure why you are even bothering to look at this thread in the first place tbh..
Stop the press!I'm convinced you are a troll. WooHoo has a lot more answers than you.
You and your "i believe this and i think that, therefor it is true".
When you own a pet, whether it be a Dog, a Mouse or a freaking Giraffe, you don't take it home then put it in a ring of dirt, rocks, snow or in a 5foot pond and say "survive". You give it the best options available to keep it alive.
Be careful now, suggesting we "developed" is entering into the realms of evolution.
And that's a real good move telling me to grow up. You're trying to announce your self the winner of this argument by replying with "I'm ignoring you because i don't like your outlook"...One last thing.Fuck up Psyche. Don't spit out slurs and offensive one liners when someone tries to combat what you believe.
we're talking Copernicus, Newton, Darwin, Einstein, aswell as numerous other geniuses...so what do you say to that? Are you a greater and more knowledgable mind than Copernicus, Newton Darwin and Einstein?
Yes, but every day is a planet born, with water, mountains, trees and plant-life and an oxygen rich atmosphere, a planet within a galactic habitable zone in the universe? Protected by gas giant planets? Orbiting a life-giving sun in a nearly perfect circular motion, at not too far not too close but the perfect distance? A planet with the perfect amounts of gravity and mass, with a magnetic field, plate tectonics, ratio of liquid water and continents? A planet inside the perfect solar system, in the perfect location inside the Milky Way - it has been said that our planet is in an absolutely perfect spot in the universe for scientific discovery. If we had been just about anywhere else in the universe, we would not have had the chance to learn about and discover the universe as we do.
I have, I have seen plenty of evidence.
Yes, but every day is a planet born, with water, mountains, trees and plant-life and an oxygen rich atmosphere, a planet within a galactic habitable zone in the universe? Protected by gas giant planets? Orbiting a life-giving sun in a nearly perfect circular motion.