Fenris Amon
02-19-2006, 08:33 PM
When looked at a purely secular point of view, both of these could be seen as direct opposites. Where religion takes a look at what we don't know and tries to make it something we do, and Science makes it something we try to know. But have you ever though of something along these lines, that it is a synergystic type of relationship?
Think of it this way when reading some kind of textbook. How much of what you read has been somehow influenced by Religion? When we think of scientists today, we think of Athiests and people who say god is not a real being. I'm not referring to Angels and Demons By Dan Brown (Excellent book), but the pure history of scientists.
Hundreds of years ago, when you see a scientist, you see a relgious man who just wants to understand, he didn't dissuade god, nor did he say that he wasn't real. He merely wanted to understand god's world, or at least in how they put it. (Notice how i'm using god with a lowercase? I'm referring to all religions, not just Christianity) Even further back, it was actaully the CHRUCH itself which supported the aspects of science, and which religion was it that held onto the studies of the Greeks and Romans? The Middle-eastern nations under Islam. Even before that, the Greek philosphers, they firmly belived in their religion yet still yearned for understanding.
In Modern day society, we still have this type of thing happening, but on a different basis. When looked at, you see just people yearning for what they don't understand as of yet. 'What is the meaning of life?' 'why are we here?'. Such all questions in which people have searched for thousands upon thousands of years, yet we don't have the FAINTEST clue of their answer (besides 42, which is the answer for the ultimate question...whatever that may be). People are honestly scared of what they don't understand, in that they turn to religion for understanding. To the Catholics, a reason to live is becasue God has a motive for us all. Whereas in other religions the meaning to life is to place nature back in balance.
Everyone is scared of what they don't understand or whatever seems too abstract to be real. Let me us evolution as my argument. Evolution, takes millions upon millions of years to happen. Yet we still have single celled organisms. Can something as comples as the human body be so simple?
(Long anatomy lesson coming up....NOW! EVERYONE DUCK!)
Every LIVING cell in the human body is no further then two cells away from a capilary, which are so microscopicly thing that INDIVIDUAL O2 cells diffuse into the other cells. Each one of those blood cells then makes its way back to the heard where it DROPS OFF somehow the unused CO2 cells it doesn't need. In the heart, it never stops beating to keep the blood circulation going, if it stopped, everything would die because everyone everything needs energy. Beyond that, you have your indivudual muscles and organs, somehow these formed over millions of years to SUCH SPICIFIC parts that without ONE of them, we might die. The stomach releases digestive enzynes that just KNOW what they are supposed to do, the instentines just KNOW to digest food. And all this is controlled by something only the size of both your fists. The brain, yet we barely use any of it! How is that possible?! How do those synapses of electricy turn into signals for things to work? It's utterly impossibly complex. Yet at the same time, the human blood is SO close to being seawater, it's a wonder why we don't live in the sea.
Science dictates that this formed over billions of years, each of us evolving from a simple multicell oranism somewhat like a jellyfish. At the beginning, sea water LITTERIALLY was our blood. We we like a bag, no more then two cells big thick at the walls, so that every cell could get some sea water. Then overtime, the innermost cell created 'capilaries' which allowed for the bag to close. Over many years, this became our animals.
Yet look at humans and animals. Better yet, look at a monkey. They state that we only have a 7% difference in our DNA then a Monkey. Yet humans supposedly have something Monkys don't. A soul. When you look into the eyes of a Monkey, you can only sense drastic emotions (Sadness, happiness, etc). But when you look into the eyes of a human, you can sense a lot more. (If your experienced at this, you can 'read' a person's mind.) Like, there's more to that human then a monkey.
In conclusion, Science and Religon can be looked at as two different entities, but it is impossible at looking at one without referring to the other and how they were influenced by it. In a modern society where we live, Religion is often overlooked as something taboo almost. People don't goto church becasue it's 'uncool' and not 'in'. As some would say, but in all reality, we owe religions a huge debt of gratitude for giving us REASON to want to know. Science answers. Religion Asks.
-Fenris Amon. Now with Carpal Tunnel level 4. LEVEL UP!
PS: All your base are belong to us. Make your day gentlemen.
Think of it this way when reading some kind of textbook. How much of what you read has been somehow influenced by Religion? When we think of scientists today, we think of Athiests and people who say god is not a real being. I'm not referring to Angels and Demons By Dan Brown (Excellent book), but the pure history of scientists.
Hundreds of years ago, when you see a scientist, you see a relgious man who just wants to understand, he didn't dissuade god, nor did he say that he wasn't real. He merely wanted to understand god's world, or at least in how they put it. (Notice how i'm using god with a lowercase? I'm referring to all religions, not just Christianity) Even further back, it was actaully the CHRUCH itself which supported the aspects of science, and which religion was it that held onto the studies of the Greeks and Romans? The Middle-eastern nations under Islam. Even before that, the Greek philosphers, they firmly belived in their religion yet still yearned for understanding.
In Modern day society, we still have this type of thing happening, but on a different basis. When looked at, you see just people yearning for what they don't understand as of yet. 'What is the meaning of life?' 'why are we here?'. Such all questions in which people have searched for thousands upon thousands of years, yet we don't have the FAINTEST clue of their answer (besides 42, which is the answer for the ultimate question...whatever that may be). People are honestly scared of what they don't understand, in that they turn to religion for understanding. To the Catholics, a reason to live is becasue God has a motive for us all. Whereas in other religions the meaning to life is to place nature back in balance.
Everyone is scared of what they don't understand or whatever seems too abstract to be real. Let me us evolution as my argument. Evolution, takes millions upon millions of years to happen. Yet we still have single celled organisms. Can something as comples as the human body be so simple?
(Long anatomy lesson coming up....NOW! EVERYONE DUCK!)
Every LIVING cell in the human body is no further then two cells away from a capilary, which are so microscopicly thing that INDIVIDUAL O2 cells diffuse into the other cells. Each one of those blood cells then makes its way back to the heard where it DROPS OFF somehow the unused CO2 cells it doesn't need. In the heart, it never stops beating to keep the blood circulation going, if it stopped, everything would die because everyone everything needs energy. Beyond that, you have your indivudual muscles and organs, somehow these formed over millions of years to SUCH SPICIFIC parts that without ONE of them, we might die. The stomach releases digestive enzynes that just KNOW what they are supposed to do, the instentines just KNOW to digest food. And all this is controlled by something only the size of both your fists. The brain, yet we barely use any of it! How is that possible?! How do those synapses of electricy turn into signals for things to work? It's utterly impossibly complex. Yet at the same time, the human blood is SO close to being seawater, it's a wonder why we don't live in the sea.
Science dictates that this formed over billions of years, each of us evolving from a simple multicell oranism somewhat like a jellyfish. At the beginning, sea water LITTERIALLY was our blood. We we like a bag, no more then two cells big thick at the walls, so that every cell could get some sea water. Then overtime, the innermost cell created 'capilaries' which allowed for the bag to close. Over many years, this became our animals.
Yet look at humans and animals. Better yet, look at a monkey. They state that we only have a 7% difference in our DNA then a Monkey. Yet humans supposedly have something Monkys don't. A soul. When you look into the eyes of a Monkey, you can only sense drastic emotions (Sadness, happiness, etc). But when you look into the eyes of a human, you can sense a lot more. (If your experienced at this, you can 'read' a person's mind.) Like, there's more to that human then a monkey.
In conclusion, Science and Religon can be looked at as two different entities, but it is impossible at looking at one without referring to the other and how they were influenced by it. In a modern society where we live, Religion is often overlooked as something taboo almost. People don't goto church becasue it's 'uncool' and not 'in'. As some would say, but in all reality, we owe religions a huge debt of gratitude for giving us REASON to want to know. Science answers. Religion Asks.
-Fenris Amon. Now with Carpal Tunnel level 4. LEVEL UP!
PS: All your base are belong to us. Make your day gentlemen.