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There is but one science. Now, if religion were the answer here, which religion?
I have to go with science
Voted : Science most reliable.
I'll take science, education and facts anyday, over "beliefs" (blind faith.
A university science student once asked Dr. Carl Sagan, "Do you believe in God?" Sagan replied, "I don't want to believe, I want to know. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence"
Voted : Science most reliable.
Science, no doubt. It represents "what we know," (that's what the root means, I think) and requires testing to verify that very thing. Problem is, sometimes people claim to "know" things when in fact those things represent theories. Religion is all about theory. In and of itself, theory is neither right, nor wrong. It plays an important part in the scientific process. Now, when scientific testing "proves" a theory wrong; then, it's back to the drawing board. Intelligence is another important topic.
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question--
Is Prometheus a real, historic, or mythical, character? 
Science is based on the study and evaluation of empirical data, whereas religion is based largely on mythology. Both are ways of describing the world.
Though I believe science to be the most accurate way of describing things, it is fundamentally cold.
I think a lot of people need something to believe in, and science just doesn't fit the bill from a metaphysical or spiritual standpoint.
The word science comes from the Latin 'scientia', meaning knowledge.
I think one of the very attractive features of science is that its theories can be tested, and theories previously held to be accurate, or 'true' can be disproved.
Hence, obsolete theories can be discarded, and new, more valid theories can be accepted.
When it comes to religion, nothing can be proven or disproved. Well, certain aspects can of course, but not the fact that a god created the world for example.
This is why I think that science is more reliable, and in the future may provide answers to life's question more so than the stagnant so-called 'truths' religions teach.
Applerod,
I agree.
But then the question becomes, 'do we want to know the truth, or do we want to have a false, albeit more glorious, image of the world?' Because I think ultimately science provides proof whilst religion, or myths, provide appealing explanations.
I struggle with this question a lot.
religion has nothing of value anymore.
Whether religion or science provides the best answer depends on the question, doesn't it. If you want to know if there is life after death, science can't help you. If you want to know how far it is to the moon, religion can't help you. Religion tries to answer questions not reachable by science.
Religion will help you sleep, while science may keep you awake. It is the purpose of science to find answers to questions by using reason. It is the purpose of religion to find answers to questions by suspending reason.
Voted : Science most reliable.
Religion is often the antichrist/dajjal of science...
by MO_ on Tue Sep 05, 06 4:39pm
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Religon, Did Jesus not preform miracles totaly contrary to the laws of physics? Some things science can't prove and are beyond human understanding.
"Whether religion or science provides the best answer depends on the question, doesn't it."
no, it doesn't. science isn't about answers, it's about questions. and religion is about avoiding questions
"If you want to know if there is life after death, science can't help you."
neither can religion
"Religion tries to answer questions not reachable by science."
it doesn't try to answer anything, it tries to ignore the questions, eliminate them.
"Religion will help you sleep, while science may keep you awake."
what an appropriate comparison, religion keeps you blisfully unaware of the world around you.
"It is the purpose of science to find answers to questions by using reason. It is the purpose of religion to find answers to questions by suspending reason."
that doesn't find answers.
"Religon, Did Jesus not preform miracles totaly contrary to the laws of physics?"
no
That's a good point, Prometheus, about how science is constantly growing and changing, while religion is relatively static.
I'm also not wild about the "self-evident truths" in some religions, such as: "The fact that the world exists proves that God created it." or "It's true because it's in the Bible."
That being said, I don't think that science and religion--or more specifically, spirituality--are mutually exclusive. In other words, you can be a scientist but at the same time accept the idea that there are supernatural forces of one type or another at work that you just can't describe.
This debate of science vs. God is ancient. At what point do we stop being a collection of sub-atomic particles and start being us?
there's no such thing as supernatural. just natural that we don't yet understand.
"Some things science can't prove and are beyond human understanding."
hence the need for science.
Only jackasses/mentally retarded people vote for religion.
Voted : Science will provide best answers in future.
Religion is a holdover from the relatively ignorant past, is it not?
Religious 'beliefs' do not begin to compare with Scientific discovery, facts, and usefulness. Religion is much outdated and ought to be somehow updated..?! Or replaced..
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