[Brandon]

Originally Posted by dr2005

So, as is my way, I thought I'd throw this one open to the floor. Why do you believe that religion and science are being pitted against each other in this manner? Do you believe it is valid? If so, why? If not, why not?

In my opinion, I believe the answer is quite simple; because both are different. Unfortunately, society has made Science and religion a debate because there ultimately is no winning argument. As far as I know, science is all about testing and shit like that, so it's all about understanding the world around you and religion is the only thing that they can't understand because there is no evidence. Having no evidence doesn't prove anything. So in the end, people get frustrated. Science people ask "why do you believe in [insert religion]" and religious people reply "because I can." When white people were scared of native tribes and sociologists (or whatever) started to study them, we started to understand the native tribes because we were able to observe evidence and interpret information. Opinions changed. But when people desire to understand something that hasn't been proven to be observed but only through belief, it's not very satisfying and therefore throws society into a continuous loop. This continuous loop was all started with a spark of curiosity simply because the concept is different than what we originally believed. Do I believe it's valid? Well, I think it's in human nature to seek to understand and therefore it's perfectly rational for people to question religion or question the intent of science pursuers, but I don't think they should be competitors because, as I mentioned, it only sends us into a continuous loop. Hopefully that makes sense and I answered the question correctly.