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In one sense, science and religion will never be truly reconciled. Perhaps they shouldn't be. The default setting of science is eternal doubt; the core of religion is faith. Yet profoundly religious people and great scientists are both driven to understand the world. Once, science and religion were viewed as two fundamentally different, even antagonistic, ways of pursuing that quest, and science stood accused of smothering faith and killing God. Now, it may strengthen belief. And although it cannot prove God's existence, science might whisper to believers where to seek the divine.

AN UNEASY TRUCE

Throughout Western history, science and religion have been like siblings--sometimes at loggerheads, sometimes on common ground.

800-1000 The Islamic Empire, where it is believed that astronomy and mathematics provided a glimpse of God, is for centuries the only repository of many Greek and Egyptian texts.

1268-73 In writings on Aristotle's physical studies, Thomas Aquinas synthesizes scientific inquiry with Christian thought. After him, medieval scientists see their role as uncovering the divine plan.

1543 Copernicus publishes "De Revolutionibus." It concludes that the earth revolves around the sun, challenging man's exalted place at the center of God's plan of the universe.

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  • Posted By: blatzrox @ 01/29/2009 12:39:07 AM

    I think the earth is way too complex for our scientists to explain. There is definately an order to the universe, and how did something come from nothing?? That question has plagued me all of my life. But God says in the Bible that we are not to know until His time, & that's where the faith for me comes in. I believe because I also believe Darwin is wrong about evolution. I believe because of certain factors, some things may have " morphed into something a bit different. But man has always looked human, even if neanderthal. There is a God, my heart just tells me there is.

  • Posted By: VenuSecret @ 01/25/2009 1:55:47 AM

    Today we have amazing scientists, who have made spectacular discoveries. With the help of technology, we are able to learn a lot about the creations on earth. Technology helps us see the unseen and learn the unknown.
    Now, think about this for a minute??? go back in time???to a time when there was no technology???more than 1400 years ago to be a little more specific. Now that you???re there, I want you to imagine what it was like not having the technology we have today, what it must have been like to be guessing the creation on earth. Looking up at the sky, and at the ground around you??? back then the people thought that the earth was flat and that the mountains kept the sky up. The people had no idea that the earth was round??? that the mountains were like pegs holding the earth firmly, and they didn???t know that beyond the sky was a universe, one where other planets existed and floated in harmony in an invisible orbit around the sun.
    The verses in the Qur???an, which was sent down more than 1400 years ago, explains these facts??? the Qur???an gives scientific explanations of the creation of the earth, the steps in which the human was created in the mother???s womb, the levels of the sky, which blocks out certain harmful rays from the sun??? and more???
    But one of my favorite verses is the one which talks about two bodies of sea???s which are separated with an invisible barrier??? one of them is more salient than the other??? no one knew which sea this verse was describing, but when one scientist went to the Mediterranean sea, he found that the Atlantic ocean and the Mediterranean sea were separated with an invisible barrier??? one was more salient than the other??? another man told him that this was described in the Qur???an more than 1400 years ago???
    Here???s the verse to that explanation:
    He has let loose the two seas, converging together, with a barrier between them they do not break through. (Qur'an, 55:19-20)
    Here is a link http://www.miraclesofthequran.com/scientific_index.html which has more scientific facts which brings religion and science together as one. There is a God, and he???s only one God, Moses is our Prophet, Jesus is our Prophet, and Mohammed is our Prophet??? all of them are messengers of God, none are to be worshipped beside God. Only God is to be worshipped alone.

  • Posted By: VenuSecret @ 01/25/2009 1:55:20 AM

    Today we have amazing scientists, who have made spectacular discoveries. With the help of technology, we are able to learn a lot about the creations on earth. Technology helps us see the unseen and learn the unknown.
    Now, think about this for a minute??? go back in time???to a time when there was no technology???more than 1400 years ago to be a little more specific. Now that you???re there, I want you to imagine what it was like not having the technology we have today, what it must have been like to be guessing the creation on earth. Looking up at the sky, and at the ground around you??? back then the people thought that the earth was flat and that the mountains kept the sky up. The people had no idea that the earth was round??? that the mountains were like pegs holding the earth firmly, and they didn???t know that beyond the sky was a universe, one where other planets existed and floated in harmony in an invisible orbit around the sun.
    The verses in the Qur???an, which was sent down more than 1400 years ago, explains these facts??? the Qur???an gives scientific explanations of the creation of the earth, the steps in which the human was created in the mother???s womb, the levels of the sky, which blocks out certain harmful rays from the sun??? and more???
    But one of my favorite verses is the one which talks about two bodies of sea???s which are separated with an invisible barrier??? one of them is more salient than the other??? no one knew which sea this verse was describing, but when one scientist went to the Mediterranean sea, he found that the Atlantic ocean and the Mediterranean sea were separated with an invisible barrier??? one was more salient than the other??? another man told him that this was described in the Qur???an more than 1400 years ago???
    Here???s the verse to that explanation:
    He has let loose the two seas, converging together, with a barrier between them they do not break through. (Qur'an, 55:19-20)
    Here is a link http://www.miraclesofthequran.com/scientific_index.html which has more scientific facts which brings religion and science together as one. There is a God, and he???s only one God, Moses is our Prophet, Jesus is our Prophet, and Mohammed is our Prophet??? all of them are messengers of God, none are to be worshipped beside God. Only God is to be worshipped alone.

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