Simple enough question but an almost impossible answer. Science or Religion and why?
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i believe both can co-exist peacefully. i think one day science will prove religion. its sounds idealistic i know.
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I prefer science. It can explain a lot of things religion can't.
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Science Scientific facts can be explained and proven through observation, experimentation, and research. Religion on the other hand blindly following something that you don't even see or know to exist.
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science. i like things that can be proven.
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both. religion does its acts through science.
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Science is based on fact. Religion is based on faith passed down from parents, friends or lifestyle change. I prefer facts.
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Both
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I'll go with religion. My faith gives me comfort, something the Periodic Table has been unable to do. My husband is in genetics, so he is all science. We balance each other out.
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My religion is science.
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Science is a process used to discover the truth. Religion is a process of making things up and pretending they are truth.
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There is no question in my mind. My husband, RIP, to me that the Bible was the answer to all of mankind's questions and problems and so I would say, definitively, that Religion trumps all. Read your Bible!
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I don't see the impossibility in this question. Science :) ...and if the choice is greater than those two, I'd say philosophy. Because thought is better than belief.
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Are they of necessity mutually exclusive?
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I have never felt they had to be mutually exclusive.
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Science, I'm a see it to believe it kinda guy. And I don't believe that just because everything exists and it's too mind boggling for us to contemplate that god must have done it.
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Science for me. I went to university for 6 years majoring in science..I found out my answers..but they may not be the right answers for everyone else:)
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Religion provides definite answers to questions; science asks definite questions and gives possible answers. The two are very different. You can have both (although when religion gets literal it can conflict with science but that is another matter). Different language games as Wittgenstein put it. Or "The church should tell us how to go to heaven not how the heavens go" - Galileo
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Science is important to me as I believe in it. Religion has another purpose for me. I get peace, tranquility, and understanding of the human condition. I do not look to religion for answers to scientific questions. Contrary to what Sally the Redhead says, every answer cannot be found in the bible, there are numerous contradictions in the Bible. She always says "Read your Bible," but I say, yes, read it for the peace it can give you, but don't look in it for answers to questions like the speed of light, the distance to the planet Pluto, or the chemical composition of water. Science has its place. So does religion.
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Both are very interesting to me
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Religion, because I have faith.
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a combo of the to
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Both are confusing and both give me a headache.
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Depends what you believe in I am not saying one is more important than the other But the difference between religion and science is proof basically
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Do the two have to be mutually exclusive? Science is the process of understanding the physical world around us. It doesn't infring on faith and spirituality (though it does contrast with the theory of creationism). One can have faith in a higher power and wonder at the complexity and glory of the world while seeking to unlock its secrets through scientific method.
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Religion, because it's going to be religion comforting me on my death bed, not science.
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Religion is cheap a drug - well, provided you only put a buck in that collection plate. Science can hurt those with religion in their lives in more than one way
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