Religion vs Science

[hacklemonster]

I have met, talked to or heard from a number of people over the years that believe that religion is a bad thing, that there is no God, and that all forms of religious institution should be banished. A number of them also feel that science proves this, and they speak of it in a manner to where it becomes not science but Science in the same manner

Comments

[n3m3sis42]

I feel like religion and science are just different ways of looking at the same thing. Both have their place, and both have been horribly abused by some of their most vocal proponents.

[rabidlemur]

there's really a lot of categories here - there's real science, which is vital and growing and universal, as it's at it's heart the discovery of things. Real faith is the same thing. Organized religion, and policy in the name of science, are where things get messy - organized religion is very seldom about faith, but more in guiding/restricting behavior and building and protecting a power base or group. Same for science policy.

Folks that can't separate God from Religion, or science from policy, use the terms interchangeably and just confuse the issue.

[n3e]

Please pardon the puns below

(to continue... sorry for the length)

[n3e]

I don't believe in the God I grew up with, but I also do not totally disbelieve in that God. After all, I could be wrong. If that god created us and the rest of the universe and we are bound by a set of specific rules governing our ethics, it can't do much harm by adhering to some of those rules. That is, I'm not going to go out and murder someone because I believe that murder is immoral and I'm not going to whore myself in a temple, but I am going to have unwed sex and use birth control when I do, corrupt men when I'm on my period, generally be a pain in the ass, and I do have pride. These don't have to be religious beliefs, but they have little to do with science