I'm currently taking a "Survey of the Sciences" course in school and my
textbook stated the following about the comparison of science and
religion...(the section is titled "Science, Art and Religion")...
"Science and religion have similarities also. For example, both are
motivated by curiosity about the natural world. Both have great impact
on society. Science, for example, leads to useful technological
innovations, while religion provides a foothold for many social
services. Science and religion, however, are basically different.
Science is concerned with understanding the physical universe, whereas
religion is concerned with spiritual matters, such as belief and faith.
Scientific truth is a matter of public scrutiny; religion is a deeply
personal matter. In these respects, science and religion are as
different as apples and oranges and do not contradict each other.
Ultimately, in learning more about science, art, and religion, we find
that they are not mutually exclusive. Rather, they run parallel to each
other like strings on a guitar, each resonating at its own frequency.
When played together, the chord they produce can be a chord of profound
richness. Science, art, and religion can work very well together, which
is why we should never feel forced into choosing one over the other.
That science and religion can work very well together deserves special
emphasis. When we study the nature of light later in this book, we will
treat light first as w wave and then as a particle. At first, waves and
particles may appear contradictory. You might believe that light can be
only one or the other, and that you must choose between them. What
scientists have discovered, however, is that light waves and light
particles complement each other, and that, when these two ideas are
taken together, they provide a deeper understanding of light. In a
similar way, it is mainly people who are either uninformed or
misinformed about the deeper natures of both science and religion who
feel that they must choose between believing in religion and believing
in science. Unless one has a shallow understanding of either or both,
there is no contradiction in being religious in one's belief system and
being scientific in one's understanding of the natural world.(*) What
your religious beliefs are, and whether you have nay religion at all,
are of course private matters for you to decide. The tangling up of
science and religion has led to many unfortunate arguments over the
course of human history.
(*)Of course, this does not apply to certain extremists who steadfastly
assert that one cannot embrace both their brand of religion and science."
This section is preceded by a section stating that philosophical,
religious and supernatural questions lie outside of the realm of science
and that sciences asks how, art asks who, and religion asks why...
thoughts?
Source: Hewitt, Lyons, Suchocki, Yeh. "Conceptual Integrated Science".
Pearson Addison Wesley. 2007 p. 7"
This textbook was written by professors from City College of San
Francisco (Hewitt), CSU Sacramento (Lyons), St. Michael's College
(Suchocki), and UC San Francisco (Yeh) and peer reviewed by 80 different
professors from various colleges and universities across the country.
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