Religion and science

The works of Michael Shermer explain the reasons behind why people believe. In his book, “Why Darwin Matters”, Shermer examines both why people are prone to religious tendencies, and why these tendencies can so often lead to conflict with modern scientific study. This book is significant for both its eloquence in delivery, amiableness of language, and thoroughness in presenting its arguments. Shermer is both methodical and fair, in how he presents the vast majority of the most oft used…

Religion has been around for thousands of years and it has become something that people turn to for comfort at times. Today however, it has turn out to be primarily superstitious beliefs which retain its followers based on some sort of fear, usually like an appalling afterlife. The idea of gods derived from people needing answers to what was happening for certain things like the weather and disasters. Religion has been the basis for a number of decisions including wars and has been a major…

for Extraterrestrial Intelligence may be regarded as the most impressive convergence of sciences and the most liberating experiment to unfetter the mind from restrictions imposed on it by Immanuel Kant. SETI invites humans to make a pilgrimage towards the beyond and transcend the boundaries of experience. In a practical manner, SETI aims to remove the tangle of misunderstanding between different cultures, religions, races and disabled people. It radicalizes the difference, turning our…

Science is in everything, including religion and lack thereof. In this paper I will show how scientism is tied in with the aspects of religious faith and atheism. First and foremost science is defined as the analytical and empirical basis for understanding reality, truth is either analytically understood or empirically verifiable. Also the main arguments that will be discussed deal with the finely tuned universe, the teleological argument, the theory of pragmatism and biological evolution.…

Science in Spirituality; The Allegorical Comparison Between Science and Religion One’s reality is an interpretation, emphasizing the infinite variations of stories one can choose to believe. In the novel Life of Pi by Yann Martel, the protagonist Pi Patel, and his family board the Tsimtaum in hopes of reaching Canada. However, the ship sinks and Pi is thrown onto a lifeboat in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, possessing only the bare essentials for survival. With the company of a Bengal Tiger,…

Germany, I was exposed to several new religions that I had never encountered before, and these contradicted my prior knowledge of religion. JW von Goethe once said, “we know with confidence only when we know little; with knowledge doubt increases”. Exposure increased my knowledge of other faiths, but this increase also meant more doubts, more questions. For example, how can there be this many religious divisions, despite, there being only one God? Every religion envisions life in different light…

For many years scholars were convinced that the leaps and bounds being made in the fields of science and technology would slowly cause belief in the supernatural to decrease, but it has persisted despite scientific and technological advancements. In fact, according to a study conducted in 2005 “[a]bout three in four Americans profess at least one paranormal belief” between the years 2001 and 2005 the percentage of those that hold various paranormal beliefs has remained the same or slightly…

Background: The history of apologetics in Christianity Origins Apologetics is the defense of Christianity with the help of sacred books, with the data of science and philosophy, with the provisions of jurisprudence against criticism and actions by those in power. Apologetics is always in the circle of ideas and ideas of the century. It is designed to expose pseudoscientific and philosophical attacks on Christianity and to promote the mastery of religious ideas by new scientific discoveries,…

The modern church is yet to get on the same page with scientific revolution. The war between religion and science has been in play for centuries and with technology growing at the current lightening speed, the science side will take fewer casualties this time unlike before. Both science and religion were in existence by the 16th and 17th centuries and so was their war. The Catholic Church was full with fear that heretics would spread opinions and teachings that were in contradiction with the…

million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators.” Problems among religions have been brewing for many years and there will continue to be conflict in the years to come. Religion is interfering with science and/or social progress. There are multiple controversial topics that can cause an uproar for one or many religions. In addition, there are disagreements between religions that cause many other issues on their own. Science is always progressing and challenging previous ideas and…