03-05-2007, 01:27 AM
I've always thought that religion was just there to help people sleep at night. I'm talking about letting unexplained phenomena in society, or in ones life, being atributed to supernatural phenomena inexplainable by man, and there's an institution in charge of explaining that particular source of supernatural intervention called religion.
Science on the other hand, explains things through tests and deals with facts. It explains phenomena through the use of variables and a strict scientific method of data gathering and see if such event can be replicated with varying conditions.
We see the difference quickly as both provide explainations for phenomena through different methods. Science has mostly proven itself by being able to replicate phenomena, while religion still seems to have a long way to go when it comes to credibility and accuracy. This is why I believe that both can't be truly and completely reconciled at the moment, as they're both worlds apart from each other.
But still, one can hope that they'd finally, and fully complement each other.
*I'm sleepy, I might not be making sense or I've totaly missed the point of what the topic/you are saying. Please ignore if unrelated. My apologies in advance*
EDIT: After re-reading my post I've concluded that my serious post is so serious
Science on the other hand, explains things through tests and deals with facts. It explains phenomena through the use of variables and a strict scientific method of data gathering and see if such event can be replicated with varying conditions.
We see the difference quickly as both provide explainations for phenomena through different methods. Science has mostly proven itself by being able to replicate phenomena, while religion still seems to have a long way to go when it comes to credibility and accuracy. This is why I believe that both can't be truly and completely reconciled at the moment, as they're both worlds apart from each other.
But still, one can hope that they'd finally, and fully complement each other.
*I'm sleepy, I might not be making sense or I've totaly missed the point of what the topic/you are saying. Please ignore if unrelated. My apologies in advance*
EDIT: After re-reading my post I've concluded that my serious post is so serious
