Religion and science

sociological study of religion undermine one’s religious faith, make one’s religious faith stronger, or have no necessary implication for one’s religious faith? Sociology as an applied science values religion not by the legitimacy of the religious theories, but by its role in the society which includes the practices, historical backgrounds, developments and universal themes of religion in the society. According to the question asked one can say that the sociological study of religion does not…

The debate to be evaluated at hand is one that included two renown figures who are well respected in their fields of study. Involved in this meticulous debate was the mechanical engineer and science educator Dr. Bill Nye, along with Christian fundamentalist and young earth creationist Dr. Ken Ham. Dr. Ham believes that creation is a viable model of origins in today’s modern scientific era. Young earth creationist and professor of Biomimetic and Engineering at University of Bristol Stuart Burgess…

From the fourteenth century to the eighteenth century, Europe went through tremendous intellectual changes. It started by the Renaissance (14th to 17th century) where the traditional ways of thinking and perceptions of the world begun to change. Moreover, it led to two periods, the Scientific Revolution (16th to 18th century) and the Enlightenment period (17th to the 18th century), that one may consider as the foundations, not only the modern European thoughts, but also the way of functioning of…

random but created by an intelligent human being. People who believe in Creationism argue that evolution is a “Theory” and not a fact and should be taught as much. Other creationists believe in an older Earth with species separately by God. Although science cannot test issues of Faith, scientific studies have disproved many elements of Creationism. Creationism has been criticized by several religious organizations. As they maintain the Christian faith. Richmond Dawkins is a big part of…

leads to many different time periods such as The Scientific Revolution, and the Period of Exploration. The Renaissance was an era of rebirth specifically from the Middle Ages. The Scientific Revolution was a change in the ways of the knowledge of science and the Period of Exploration was a time period of adventure and finding new regions. During the Renaissance, there were a lot of significant changes resulting from this time period such as the arts, communication, and knowledge. Of the three…

repeatedly that the church was wrong. For example, John Locke, who was tired of the government and religion intertwining, he said that the government derives its power from the people not from…

and characteristics of religion to how religion is represented by the members of the group as a whole. The idea of self-belonging is the comforting factor which attends to the natural need of man. Through the rituals, the symbols, and the sacred it becomes evident that self-identification is reinsured at all times within a religion. If the self-identification is questioned by a member then they can refer back to one of the processes in order to reassure their belonging. Religion has the ability…

The relationship between science and religion have always awaken interest amongst those who posses powerful religious worldviews and what they belief to be true about God. People are influenced by religious views for example on how the world was created, questions about the universe we live in, what is morally correct, and political views. Then comes the approach of science where many famous thinkers, scientist, and philosophers have changed the perspectives of many. Science takes the approach…

vast and endless portal of knowledge and experience whose origin and creation is not fully proven. There are two ideologies that the human race has adopted into giving reason for our existence as well as our evolution; this being, religion, and science. Science and religion have been in a conflicting battle against each other in discovering truth about the universe and their main ideas disregard the other making them ultimately incompatible. Throughout history this conflict has been proven…

God begin where science ends?” is a question Professor John Lennox begins his speech with. It is remarkable that science and God has become one the most discussed debate in the world, but at the end of the day, science is not at war with God. This debate is fuelled by two opposite worldviews, atheistic materialism and theistic views (Christian views). Professor John Lennox goes on to say in his speech that science has rendered atheism irrelevant and that he sees science and religion co-existing…