Are Religion And Science One?

Such a breakthrough for a scientist that is a strong believer in God would call for an occasion of worship. He made it known that the belief in God is completely a rational choice and faith is paired with the fundamentals of science (National). But the real question is should faith and science be separated? Many scientists believe it should be separated simply because they don’t believe in God and they have theories that prove just that. Jennifer Sexton and Laura Finley, from an Ebsco host article made an excellent point and stated, “Religious believers argue that the presumption of God's existence is based on reason, and that the proof of God's existence is in the unanswered questions about the universe, which remain unaddressed by science” (Sexton).

A scientist might call this as the order in the universe or the Energy, which is transmitted in the world we live in. Religions like to look this ultimate reality as God. This entity is capable of setting an order in the universe and is nothing but what religion defines as God. Science and Religion then appear to be tied up like two versions of the same subject. What major affects does science have on religion in the past two centuries?

With these three components, Coyne defines religion. Now with this information, he dissects religion and tries to determine if religion looks for truth, similar to the field of science. In his findings he has concluded that theologians believe that the existence of God is indeed considered factual information. When pressed on this issue for evidence, many theologians claim that God cannot be described and is

Science forms our knowledge on the world as it is based on testable hypotheses, where as faith supports itself on a strong conviction of hope for something that no one can see. Science and faith relate to each other, but are do not support each other. Faith, in the religious sense of the word, should be omitted from scientific analysis, but in the complete trusting sense of the word, scientists should have convictions on their work. I argue that science has its own faith based belief system that it bases itself upon, and that they are different and independent from each other. Science and faith in the religious sense are founded on general faith, with the belief of existence of something outside the universe.

In this essay, I will talk about the conflict between religion and science by comparing the arguments from Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Dawkins. I argue that science and religion do overlap but only in some area concerning evolution and the cosmic design. Furthermore, when these overlaps are present it means that there are conflicts and one must choose between science and religion. First, I will demonstrate Stephen Jay Gould’s argument against the overlapping between science and religion, which is as follows: “The lack of conflict between science and religion arises from a lack of overlap between their respective domains of professional expertise—science in the empirical constitution of the universe, and religion in the search for proper ethical values and the spiritual meaning of our lives. The attainment of wisdom in a full life requires extensive attention to both domains—for a great book tells us that the truth can make us free and that we will live in optimal harmony with our fellows when we learn to do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly.” Stephen Jay Gould demonstrates his claim that both religion and science can co-exist;... ... middle of paper ... ...fs.

Their arguments can be summarized into one argument as follows: (1) Either the world is made up of things that depend on others for their existence (dependent beings), or things that are self-existent (independent beings). (2) Not everything can depend on another for its existence. (3) Therefore, there is some self-existing being, and that being is God... ... middle of paper ... ...e. "Even if PSR is a presupposition we all share, the premises of the Cosmological Argument could still be false. For PSR itself could be false" (Rowe 29). Ultimately, if we want to use the Cosmological Argument to prove the existence of God, then we need more evidence to prove that the Principle of Sufficient Reason is true.

Differences to science from the theological view 1. Why they are different from the theological view 2. How to overcome there differences from a theological view II. Science A. Similarities to religion from a scientific view B.

So what makes Shermer's picture incomplete is the very important fact that different people have different Gods. I am not referring to the relatively minor variations of the idea of God among the major monotheistic religions, but to the fact that God can be one of many radically different things, and that unless we specify which God we are talking about, we will not make any further progress. My tentative solution to the problem is therefore presented in FIGURE 1. Here the panoply of positions concerning the S&R debate is arranged along two axes: on the abscissa we have the level of contrast between science and religion, which goes from none (same worlds model) to moderate (separate worlds) to high (conflicting worlds).

The scientific method of hypothesizing, testing, collecting evidence, and accepting or rejecting the proposed hypothesis is epistemology encapsulated. Therefore, science and philosophy cannot be separate entities, as they are the same. Based on this reading, I also compared Jaspers’ use of the comparison of philosophy and science to analyze the relationship between science and religion. Looking from this perspective, the reading would mean that religion originated before science, was more meaningful, and the two can be differentiated. I understood this reading in another light after thinking about it from this standpoint and saw even further that I disagreed with Jaspers.

Although science tends to favor more “natural” views of the world, religion and science fundamentally need reason and faith to obtain more knowledge about their various subjects. In looking at science and religion, the similarities and differences in faith and reason can be seen. In exploring what faith really is, we must remove the stigmatism of being purely religiously based. Faith, in its truest form, is the reliance and complete confidence in a set of principles, standards, person, thing, doctrine, theory—anything that cannot be fully proven. While most of faith appears in a religious context, faith can be used in many different ways and in different subjects.