Science versus religion

 Science versus religion:

The relationship between religion and science is the subject of continued debate in philosophy and theology. To what extent are religion and science compatible? Are religious beliefs sometimes conducive to science, or do they inevitably pose obstacles to scientific inquiry?

The interdisciplinary field of “science and religion”, also called “theology and science”, aims to answer these and other questions.  It studies historical and contemporary interactions between these fields, and provides philosophical analyses of how they interrelate. Science is a search for knowledge as well as method for solving problems. Both religion and science are forms of human understanding.

Thus science and religion and human ways of relating themselves to reality. Science and religion try to make exploit the world of the unknown. Religion is more collectively oriented than science, but science too emphasises team-spirit and co-operation of the scientific community.

Both science and religion claim access to truth. On many occasions in the past as well as present, in many a war, science and religion have acted against humankind. Both religion and science prescribe qualifications for their personnel. Science insists that all phenomena that is observed should not be accepted at face value.

Its value and meaning can be discovered through experimentation. All factors (time, place, persons, equipment, etc.) that can affect the results of such experiments are controlled in laboratory conditions.  Science differs from religion because it believes in neutrality and objectivity. Scientific method is claimed to have annulled subjective biases.

Science believes in precision and measurement, which is not possible for religion. Science brings the unknown to the level of observable reality. Religion cannot bring god to the level of observable phenomenon. Scientific knowledge has more concrete application in the form of technology, which might help in manipulating nature.

Religion cannot establish such concrete and immediate results. Scientific knowledge and method are valid universally, whereas principles of religious life differ from society to society.

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