Science Vs Religion...Yes it my rantings about one of my favourite subjects but as I have been debating this with a few friends over the last few days what better subject to put on here!
Well this science vs. Religion battle must have been going on for 100's of years. My debate started with the fact that I may believe gods exist (in some form) but that does not mean I have to believe in them myself and it turned into a full blown God vs. Physics debate. My thoughts on this matter follow (and I will avoid putting the thoughts of the others involved, as they are not here to verify them).
Evolution vs. Adam & eve - Life will start however it possibly can to think that humans were 'placed' on the earth I find had to believe. We have enough to tell us that other life forms on this planet are VERY similar to our own (as per my Bonobo Chimp article) The theory of evolution is a very strong one. Some may find it hard to imagine we came from the same line as apes & chimps, but is this really that hard to believe. We share so many characteristics, a very similar DNA profile yet Man managed to gain a very healthy brain size advantage (if you'd call it that). Some may say this is cause by Gods intervention others say it was because Humans evolved near the coast and seafood is very good 'Brain food'. I say it was all down to chance, we for some reason or other developed a bigger brain whereas other lines didn’t...
Fate vs. Chance - Another area that raised debate... some feel that what ever happens is for a cause and it is 'controlled' by the greater power (God), Science may argue that things happen because the 'Laws of the universe' make them happen. If I dealt 100 pairs of cards in a Pontoon game some would most definitely be 'Pontoon' (score 21), many would not. But the chance of getting either is the same for every pair, yes lower scoring pairs are more likely because there are more of them but that’s why the game is played. But most people would think themselves lucky to have scored so high, or 'Fate' is shining on them... But in essence the odds are even to whatever 2 cards are selected. So did the chance of nature or the fate of a greater power make the human line?
Big Bang vs. Creation - The beginning of time and the start of our known universe, now this is where it started getting a little tricky. From the evidence we have the universe is expanding, therefore it started somewhere. A place where time began & all things come from infinite things from a tiny area within space. Now from what I heard from the various branches of religion that I was talking to, the 'Big Bang' (if that is what started the universe) was created by a God (which ever one you believe in). Now all of my discussion I was being told that scientists, which is the label they gave me, always have to prove something before believing it. It is at this point that I was asked what existed before the 'Big Bang’, my answer was simple.... "Why does anything have to exist before?" the answer I got was something cannot come from nothing. But if you truly believe that God created everything and he/she/it is the be all and end all, then surely God can create something from nothing.
So isn’t Science simply the same thing as religion, a means of explanation, its just science has no rules and no face. I do not differentiate between the two anymore to me the laws of Physics and the manner of God are one and the same, just with two different labels. Don’t get me wrong I do not feel I have to believe in anyone but myself, but to those who do believe in God and yet oppose science, are not looking at the whole picture.
The truth now ... may not be the same as the truth in the future
"There can never be a conflict between true science and true religion, because they both describe reality." 
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