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by nevets - badgicide on March 22nd, 2007
Religious nevets:
Science helps us understand God's world. You need both.
by science_geek on March 22nd, 2007
Science, obviously.
by hijklmno on March 22nd, 2007
They are not mutually incompatible. (And I'm an atheist, incidentally. I can still get answers, of a sort, from religion.)
by nong33 on March 26th, 2007
Both. Most peopple think Science and Religion are polar opposites. I personally think they should go hand in hand.
by MajesticRich on March 22nd, 2007
I try to come up with my own answers
by justme32 loves the weekends on March 22nd, 2007
God...he is the only true help for me. Next would be the internet.
by Smurphy on March 22nd, 2007
I'm going to say it before someone else does:
Answerbag!
Haha, so funny... except not.
by Anonymous too on March 22nd, 2007
Only God has all the answers.
by unknown on March 22nd, 2007
God.
by Jack Wallace on August 22nd, 2008
That would depend on the question.
If the question is: "Will it work?" or "How does it work?" or "How do I we make it work?", then Science would have to be the first place to turn.
If the question is: "Is it right?" or "Should I do it?" or "Why should I do that?", Science can't answer those, and has to defer to God.
by tomsims on September 1st, 2008
Both.
For instance. I believe God speaks to me through the Bible, but it has never told me the chemical formula for water. Science has.
Science has never told me the purpose of my life however.
My belief is that God speaks to me through science and the Bible as well as in other ways.
It is not a contest for me.
by Im going hoooome on September 5th, 2007
If you believe in God and that He created everything, then wouldn't you have to believe that He created Science?.
And if you believe that, wouldn't you then have to believe that turning to Science is, in a sense, the same as turning to God?
To me, it's kind of like the mathematical transitive property of equality:
If a = b and b = c, then a = c.
by Writer4U on August 10th, 2007
I agree with neko-kun. Go to science for the how and to God for the why!!!!
by Perryman on July 5th, 2007
When I am looking for theories, I turn to man and science.
When I am looking for answers, I turn to God.
by Da Azian Boi on July 5th, 2007
I turn to science for some answers and God for some answers.
by Kyogre-Stataen on April 25th, 2007
It really depends...
If it's something that humans or us can solve, then I relay on science.
But if it's something personal or something that I just cannot understand, then God would be my choice. Besides, God knows all and more than science.
by Macy Havok on March 26th, 2007
God has never answered me, so science
by Stableboy on March 26th, 2007
Well actually I'm not very interested in answers. Look at all the answers we already have... what difference have they really made?
What happens with answers is actually a pretty big problem: we pick our favorite answer, then we wrap ourselves around it like we're afraid of falling off a high cliff without that answer.
Once we've done that, we look around and notice that other people are clinging to DIFFERENT answers, and that makes us mad -- so we start explaining that they've picked the wrong answer(s) -- but of course, they're clinging to their answer just as hard as we're clinging to ours.
So we turn up the volume -- because they're not listening! The louder we try to explain their error to them, the louder they shout back. Somewhere down the line as the argument escalates, we may even turn to shooting at them -- just to protect others from their defective answers, of course.
Why does this happen? Why do we cling to our answers? Or better yet, who cares why? If someone sees clearly about this, the reasons are legion: security, a sense of identity, belonging to a group that has the same answer, reducing the chaos and confusion of life, etc.
Interestingly, there's another way to relate to the big questions in life... a way which doesn't involve clinging to answers, and which isn't subject to the crippling self-righteousness of "answer addiction". The way is to just stay with the question itself and keep asking -- to treat the question as a laboratory, a searchlight... a way to focus one's attention rather than something incomplete which must be resolved by "getting the answer".
This works because certain questions -- the most important ones, in fact -- cannot be answered in the usual way. You can't get "the answer" as some sort of idea or concept which can be written down. For certain questions, the process of asking IS the answer. If you come away from one of these questions with a traditional answer, you've actually missed the whole point.
by Abbyguy on March 26th, 2007
Both.
by Namaste formerly future_health_educator on March 26th, 2007
Why does it have to be one or the other. For example there is a debate between creationism - God created the world and the belief that the world evolved from a bunch of rocks smashing together. I believe in both I think good created the basis of life which then evolved and is still evolving.
by Yhtomitzlots on February 10th, 2009
For answers from God, I turn to God....for answers from science, I turn to science.
by Riding the last galaxy on January 24th, 2009
It depends on what the question is.
by mygarage32 on September 1st, 2008
As a Christian I say God
by Captain Murphy on September 1st, 2008
The internet.
by Dancing Lady Limbs on September 1st, 2008
my heart, nature, and the people i love.
by cobber on September 1st, 2008
yes to both.
by SABOTEUR on September 1st, 2008
Go within, or
go without.
by KevinW42 on August 10th, 2007
Science, but some people think you have to abandon God to understand science, when you really don't.
by Ender is back.. And slightly confused. on August 10th, 2007
Neither. Music, Art and Philosophy provide me with answers.
by Branny on August 10th, 2007
Neither I usually find them on wikipedia.
by thekingcobra63 on August 10th, 2007
It depends on the question. A question about aerodynamics of an airplane, science. Guidance with issues regarding my life and making decisions, God.
by Sandra Peck on August 10th, 2007
God. And going with my gut usually works too .
by ImaCatholic2 on August 10th, 2007
Both.
The Catholic Church does not take the stories of creation in the Bible literally. Catholics believe the book of Genesis tells religious truth and not necessarily historical fact.
One of the religious truths is that God created everything and declared all was good.
Catholics can believe in the theory of evolution. Or not. The Church does not require belief in evolution.
On August 12, 1950 Pope Pius XII said in his encyclical Humani generis:
The Teaching Authority of the Church does not forbid that, in conformity with the present state of human sciences and sacred theology, research and discussions, on the part of men experienced in both fields, take place with regard to the doctrine of evolution, in as far as it inquires into the origin of the human body as coming from pre-existent and living matter - for the Catholic faith obliges us to hold that souls are immediately created by God.
Here is the complete encyclical: http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_12081950_humani-generis_en.html
The Church supports science in the discovery of God's creation. At this time, the theory of evolution is the most logical scientific explanation. However tomorrow someone may come up with a better idea.
As long as we believe that God started the whole thing, both the Bible and modern science can live in harmony.
With love in Christ.
by franziska von awesome -ex neko- on July 5th, 2007
They answer different questions. Science says how we got here, God says why, ^_^.
by Fizzy_12 on July 5th, 2007
I turn to God, I like believing that there is a being higher than us, who watches over us.
by Paki El Banna on July 3rd, 2007
God who has knowledge about everything beyond human's mind,science and religion together don't conflict it's just that religion is the way to get the most correct info. cuz God who created us with brains and thoughts has probably much more knowledge than some creatures
by Kiwi on July 1st, 2007
I turn to science as science can give a factual answer where as god just wont answer at all. If he was everywhere all at once he should be able to answer all questions all at once but i nor anyone i know has ever said they have had an answer from this so called God.
by sir_scutter on March 26th, 2007
I turn to truth, science is the closest to that. Then again, I'd be biased in my answer (that's truth)
by singwell-is off researching a lot on March 26th, 2007
It doesn't have to be either or. Science is knowledge. It searches for truth. God created knowledge and IS truth.
by Little Miss Dangerous on March 26th, 2007
Both. I rely on science to help explain some of the mysteries of God, but I do not believe that science can ever be traced back and proven without the existence of God.
I turn to science for answers, but God for guidance.
by Lemonyellow Di Vintage on March 26th, 2007
Neither. They both lie to me constantly. No matter how many times I have them over for dinner.
by swannie on March 22nd, 2007
Science.
by EL1 2 on March 22nd, 2007
Science.
by smart9426 on March 22nd, 2007
Science thinks it is God, thats the problem
by Chosun One on March 22nd, 2007
Meditation so I can go deeper in my own mind, so I believe a bit of both.
by East Hill on February 10th, 2009
Answerbag. Duh.
by TeaBerry on February 6th, 2009
I find that they can work together quite well if you imply the concept of multiple dimentions and the idea that God IS the universe and collective consiousness of all living beings. It can get really really really really complicated, so I can't go over the entire thing right here.
by CaRbOnPrOdUcK is Baccuss on January 24th, 2009
Neither. I ask my all knowing Parrot. He knows all the answers to everything there ever was.
by Cyanotic Wasp on September 1st, 2008
I generally make them up myself.
Look! There went another one. (I am wondering, however, whether that makes me a scientist or a god.)
by Anonymous on September 1st, 2008
Science.
Is it a sin to pick out an outfit or pair of shoes without praying for Jesus and/or God to tell you what to buy?
by Have A Nice Day on August 22nd, 2011
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What do Americans worship more - money or God? Does faith guide the country? Or greed? Evidence?
by GibsonGuy on September 22nd, 2011
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The Lord's prayer says .. Lead us not into temptation! (am I supposed to think thats one of the things the Lord does lead us into it?)
by aiar on November 3rd, 2011
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When Jesus was on the cross, do you think God was all like "you human bastards you've.....killed my son"?
by Have A Nice Day on August 21st, 2011
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Will Christian extremists who believe in Dominionism and Recnstructionism, dominate the American political atmosphere in 2012?
by GibsonGuy on August 30th, 2011
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Good answer.
by Abbyguy on March 26th, 2007