Is it okay to compare and contrast science and religion?
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Re: Is it okay to compare and contrast science and religion?
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That said, if the purpose is to achieve an argument, it is definitely okay to compare and contrast science and religion!
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That is an incorrect view of science, science is the search for objective and verifiable knowledge, through systematically observation and experimentation; from those investigations are generated theories, if the theories are verifiable by the scientific method, can be converted into laws. But science isn't a theory by itself, theories are only part of the search for knowledge that it generates.
Religion on the other hand, I would define it more as an ideology composed of beliefs; theories generate hypotheses in the face of events investigated by science; beliefs generate explanations that cannot be observed and measured in a scientific extent.
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Well, I don't think it's a matter of whether it is "right" to compare science and religion; I think the better focus should be the "why." I'm personally fine with anyone comparing any religion to science and vice versa because I believe that any religion that is true will stand up to the test of science. I'm a Christian so I have this belief about my faith. I don't have all the answers and I'm still learning everyday, but so far I've seen no reasons to be afraid of science poking infallible holes in my belief.Sushan wrote: ↑01 Dec 2020, 00:40 The author uses her knowledge regarding quantum physics and other philosophical studies to challenge and see the true meaning of the religious teachings that the world has known and believed for decades.
But as far as we know, religious teachings are a set of beliefs that are based on various historical events, cultural values and even mythical stories. Some of these things cannot be either proved or neglected by either science or philosophy.
Considering that argument, is this okay to compare religions with science as the author has done via this book?