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by Wisdom on July 30th, 2006

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If science is the opposite of religion, what is the opposite of art?

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  • by gung-ho on July 30th, 2006

    gung-ho

    Reality TV is the opposite of art. It is like a black hole that sucks in art and destroys it.


    Oooh, I got all poetic there for a moment.

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  • by gung-ho on July 30th, 2006

    gung-ho

    Tra.

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  • by tjatherton on July 30th, 2006

    tjatherton

    I'm not so sure that science is the opposite of religion.. After all, the creator had to of been an awesome scientist to create all this science and only in 7 days time... It is only some peoples explaination for what may or may not have created this, but the science is all so complicated?? Yeah so are we. They can only guess too.. Who said god created everything brand new? He may have created things 2,000,000 years old to start with...

    I don't believe there would be an opposite of art either.. art is creativity, and replicas of what we see, hear and think.

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  • by J.R.C. on July 31st, 2006

    J.R.C.

    tjatherton is right. There is a big misconception that science and relligion are two opposite things. After all God created the world, he created from the most immportant person to the most unusefull speck, he is truely a Scientist( and a good on too).
    As far as the opposite of art I don't think there is one. Nothing compares, nothing opposes.

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  • by scubabob on July 30th, 2006

    scubabob

    My art.

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  • by FURRICUYA on August 10th, 2006

    FURRICUYA

    Science isn't the opposite of religion! But IF science were the opposite of religion then the opposite of art would be everything that is not visible to the eye, not audible to the ear, not felt by touch, not smelled by the nose, or not savored by taste. In a nutshell: The opposite of art is anything that the senses cannot pick up. Everything is an art! Life in itself is full of art. We ourselves are a work of art made by a CREATOR, the same ARTIST of nature and everything on Earth and beyond. Therefore there is no opposite of art, just like there is no opposite of science or of religion! Each branch is individual and unique and one does not completely contradict the other.

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  • by LynfromNM on July 30th, 2006

    LynfromNM

    Mediocrity may be the opposite of art

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  • by Roselynn...unregistered text offender... on April 18th, 2008

    Roselynn...unregistered text offender...

    LOL.
    Science isnt the oposite of religion.
    ~+~

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  • by singwell-is off researching a lot on April 18th, 2008

    singwell-is off researching a lot

    I dispute your initial premise- science is not the opposite of religion. Both seek truth.
    As for the opposite of art, it would have to be propaganda

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  • by Robby CCG on April 18th, 2008

    Robby CCG

    science is to study
    religion is to worship
    Not opposites
    study should lead to worship the God that created everything

    Art is to express creatively
    the oposite would be apathy, which comes from a lack of worship

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  • by infinite_whizdom on March 19th, 2008

    infinite_whizdom

    i'd say the opposite of art would be reality...kind of like when the guy said reality television...but that in itself is a form of art...it's drama. I mean reality...art can be used as a means of escaping reality can it not? So i'd say art is the opposite of reality..

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  • by Tedkzn on October 28th, 2006

    Tedkzn

    Effeciency. Daily life lived in mental auto-pilot. Living and dying doing only what you can explain to someone else.

    That is the opposite of art.

    Encountering and responding calmly to something about which you do not know how to feel, and for which you have no use. That is the artistic principle.

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  • by RFlagg on August 19th, 2006

    RFlagg

    Art is essetialy the prossese of creation, so I geuss the oposite of art is destruction.

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  • by Robina on August 18th, 2006

    Robina

    Science is to religion as art is to imagination.

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  • by duality on August 18th, 2006

    duality

    Your philosophy prof was certainly just trying to get you to stretch your mind a bit, but in the form the question is given, it's really meaningless. Not everything has to have an opposite. For instance, I can ask:

    If entrance is the opposite of exit, what is the opposite of balloon?

    If the question were in this form, it would make more sense:

    Science is to religion as what is to art?

    I disagree with a poster above: I think that science IS the opposite of art. Consider the main attributes of each:

    Science:
    > universality: the answers and discoveries have to be the same for everyone
    > testability: the claims must be testable (falsifiable) or they are NOT scientific, by definition
    > creativity: science requires creativity and intuition in abundance (despite what some might think)

    Religion:
    > personal: no two people need agree on anything religious
    > untestable: no amount of evidence will ever dissuade a religious belief, and no religious belief is falsifiable, by definition
    > non-creative: following a religion requires following a set of rules. you're not supposed to question, alter, or invent.

    So I think the two spheres are quite in opposition -- in fact, mutually exclusive.

    Now, what are the main attributes of art:

    > personal: no two people need agree on what is good or bad
    > untestable: there are no definitive criteria for determining whether a particular work is "better" than another
    > creative: (here it diverges from religion) art, by definition, expresses something personal. it usually deviates from established guidelines. yet to be good, it still needs to appeal to us. this requires constant creativity (as I can attest, being an illustrator).

    So, whatever is the opposite of art should have the following attributes:

    > universal
    > testable
    > NON-creative

    What has those attributes? The nearest I can come up with is: Manual labor. By which I mean repetitive, determinate, and highly regimented work. It's non-creative; there are no choices to be made. It's testable and it's the same for everyone: digging a 20'x3'x3' ditch is digging a 20'x3'x3' ditch. You know when it's done, and the result is identical whether you're a 6' 5" dullard working in Utah or a portly grandmother with a 160 IQ, in Argentina.

    This answer works on an intuitive level for me. Since I think science IS the opposite of religion, I would expect my answer to also feel correct, and I do. Unthinking, predetermined activity feels like the opposite of art to me.

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  • by Geekette on July 31st, 2006

    Geekette

    I'm going to say marketing.

    I see science as a manifestation of the God I worship, and religion as a way of filling in the holes we don't understand. For me, science supports my religion, religion supports my science.
    Similarly, marketing, publicity, promotions can expose the people to art, and art (like graphic design) serves a need for marketing.

    But how can you compare anything to worship or anything to art?

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  • by Covert_Walrus on July 31st, 2006

    Covert_Walrus

    The oppisite of art is religion. Since science IS an art.

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  • by davoomac on July 30th, 2006

    davoomac

    - art

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  • by Anonymous on July 30th, 2006

    Anonymous

    art not?

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  • by TWA on April 18th, 2008

    TWA

    Uh... A cantelope? I don't like these word games where the two concepts aren't related.

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  • by buttman on March 19th, 2008

    buttman

    Bobby Brown!

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  • by anonymous on October 28th, 2006

    anonymous

    Opression of creativity?

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  • by HappyJeans on October 5th, 2006

    HappyJeans

    i think science is the oposite to art. Science and religion both contradict and support each other, the same with science and art. Then again, i think science is the opposite to most things becasue there are so many different scientific theorys.

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  • by Anonymous on August 18th, 2006

    Anonymous

    opposite
    Language is an art and should be mastered.

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  • by Anon y mouse on March 19th, 2008

    Anon y mouse

    American Network Television.

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  • by the naked realtor on March 19th, 2008

    the naked realtor

    Geometry

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  • by Penal Colony is wicked marrying Andy on April 18th, 2008

    Penal Colony is wicked marrying Andy

    Science is in no way the "opposite" of religion.
    The opposite of art, however, is war.

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  • by Hyacinth is not a Shrinking Violet on April 18th, 2008

    Hyacinth is not a Shrinking Violet

    Denial.

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  • by rdrainer on April 18th, 2008

    rdrainer

    I disagree with your premise regarding science and religion, but I am thoroughly convinced that the opposite of art is rap.

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  • by Munir_H on October 29th, 2010

    Munir_H

    Mind you can't control.

    Thrown down to earth with no manual to survive.
    Religion gives the reason for human to stay alive.
    May hard for some to believe the unseen,
    This come the science telling truth of Him.

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