Neither can get along without the other, but neither wants to admit that either.
Religion is all about faith. Belief in something that cannot be seen, or proven. Belief that even though you cannot see, touch or have proof that it exists, it still does exist.
Science is all about the reality, the proving (or disproving) of something. Theories, mathematics, repetition, these are the hallmarks of science.
And yet, on both sides, they take the characteristics of the other.
How many scientific advancements have been made because of someone's faith in something they couldn't see or touch at the time? How many inventions or discoveries would have been lost or not invented if the "scientist" had simply given up?
Most scientists are devout believers in something other than the physical world they interact with everyday. They all have an idea or belief of something that cannot be seen and they set out to prove it with science, theories, mathematics and the such.
On the religious side, how many times have we seen the Church or a religion relent or change their position on something due to science? If religion did not see the need for science why would they have positions such as Director of the Vatican Observatory and other scientific titles?
Brother Guy J. Consolmagno currently holds that position and is generally referred to as "the Pope's astronomer". In 2006, he said, "Religion needs science to keep it away from superstition and keep it close to reality, to protect it from creationism, which at the end of the day is a kind of paganism – it's turning God into a nature god."
The two sides have not always gotten along (this is the hate part of the love-hate relationship) such as when the Church persecuted and killed many scientific individuals for proposing anything that went against the Church's doctrine such as Copernicus, Galileo, even Da Vinci to a lesser degree.
However over the years the Church has come to accept scientific advancement and knowledge does not preclude the acceptance or existence of God. That the two disciplines can co-exist in harmony and even work together such as on the Hadron Collider and its search for the "God-particle" or when the Vatican announced that there may be extra-terrestrial life out there and this does not mean God does not exist.
Pretty much a love-hate relationship I would say,
Neither can get along without the other, but neither wants to admit that either.
Religion is all about faith. Belief in something that cannot be seen, or proven. Belief that even though you cannot see, touch or have proof that it exists, it still does exist.
Science is all about the reality, the proving (or disproving) of something. Theories, mathematics, repetition, these are the hallmarks of science.
And yet, on both sides, they take the characteristics of the other.
How many scientific advancements have been made because of someone's faith in something they couldn't see or touch at the time? How many inventions or discoveries would have been lost or not invented if the "scientist" had simply given up?
Most scientists are devout believers in something other than the physical world they interact with everyday. They all have an idea or belief of something that cannot be seen and they set out to prove it with science, theories, mathematics and the such.
On the religious side, how many times have we seen the Church or a religion relent or change their position on something due to science? If religion did not see the need for science why would they have positions such as Director of the Vatican Observatory and other scientific titles?
Brother Guy J. Consolmagno currently holds that position and is generally referred to as "the Pope's astronomer". In 2006, he said, "Religion needs science to keep it away from superstition and keep it close to reality, to protect it from creationism, which at the end of the day is a kind of paganism – it's turning God into a nature god."
The two sides have not always gotten along (this is the hate part of the love-hate relationship) such as when the Church persecuted and killed many scientific individuals for proposing anything that went against the Church's doctrine such as Copernicus, Galileo, even Da Vinci to a lesser degree.
However over the years the Church has come to accept scientific advancement and knowledge does not preclude the acceptance or existence of God. That the two disciplines can co-exist in harmony and even work together such as on the Hadron Collider and its search for the "God-particle" or when the Vatican announced that there may be extra-terrestrial life out there and this does not mean God does not exist.
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