science vs religon, which one is important and needed ? Rating Options

[demolished]

i think this is a tricky question if you think about it.

is science important or .. religon ? why tho .. ?

Religon helps make people safer . It help you to become a better person. Religon is mainly about beliefs and how to become a better person . . . the problem is . . did anyone prove that gods existed ? etc ..

Science helps people to be safe. Science tell us what to aware of. Without science, we wouldnt know where we are, what is safe? .. such as planets or universe ..... etc ..


if you think carefully, it could be tricky, you dont know which one is " more " important

do you people understand what i'm saiding ? just think bout it.

tell me what you think ?

[datass]

thinking of how you word your sentences now, and how you did back in 2004.. makes me laugh.

anyways.

science is much better. science is basically what has changed our world from farming and sword fighting to cars without the horse. without scientific knowledge, and just plain faith, it just wont get us far.

[Melissa]

thinking of how you word your sentences now, and how you did back in 2004.. makes me laugh.

Are you talking to me? I'm in college now, I was in high school then. Of course the way I word my sentences would be different.

Here, I'll try to construct a more obvious analogy for you:

If you're playing the game of basketball, you follow a certain set of rules (these rules help the game along). Well, imagine that you decided that, for whatever reason, you wanted to invent a contrary set of arbitrary (maybe nondescript) rules for basketball. Now, that's fine and all, but those rules might not be conductive to the spirit of the game (consider the reality of epistemology and the scientific method). If you try to implement those rules, against the rules of the original game, you're going to look like an ass. Further, you aren't going to convince anyone that you're a good or fair player. Essentially, you'll just ruin the game for everyone.

It's sort of like science and faith. The principles of science are demonstrative; they are tested and work very well. We can make predictions using science, and can, using strict rationalism, find out exactly where we might have gone wrong in a specific hypothesis. In the case of faith, none of this is true. We can not form meaningful predictions using faith. We can not demonstrate faith. We can not point out precisely where one may or may not go wrong in their own practice of faith. In fact, we don't even have a semblance of an idea of what faith truly is (aside from an emotional substitution for reason).

So, science does win. Just because you try to change the rules in the middle of the game don't mean shit. Science wins.

Look, I understand what you're saying and I'm telling YOU that just because you and the rest of the world decided that science wins, etc., that argument is never going to work with people who are religious, so why even bother trying? They firmly believe in whatever it is they do, so no matter how much logic and rationalization you use, it's not going to do much good in their limited little worlds. I, personally, agree that "science wins." However, you're fighting a useless battle. It's like trying to teach someone who was born blind what the color red looks like; it just ain't gonna happen.

That, and please don't speak to me condescendingly. You aren't any better than me and I'm not an idiot.

Thank you and goodbye.