03-July-2006, 04:54 PM
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Order of Kilopi
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: San Antonio, Tx.
Posts: 8,436
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Originally Posted by Ken G
Yes, I mean there's no overlap in the sense that neither informs the other. No one chooses their religious beliefs on the basis of their scientific content, and no one decides a scientific fact based on religious beliefs (or at least, they shouldn't, it's mixing apples and oranges.)
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Scientific evidence should, and does, directly influence religion, IMO. Religion must at least be plausible. If science reveals that a religious viewpoint must be false, then a portion of the religion is false (at least a false interpretation). Therefore, if religion is to be true, it must show science to be false or their interpretation must be revised. Either way, science can create a "disturbance in the force" for a religion, especially for religions which give specific details that are open to scientific review. [We agree, I think, that religion has no direct effect on pure science.]
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