Science vs. God

Too bad, isn't it, that behind belief in God and Belief in science lies still more belief???
Here is the reason for the success of science... Reliability... You can count on science in this world; but God is always on vactation when you call... Who cares what proof lies behind either when the object is to get through this day in one piece???

My thoughts are a cup of coffee and a sammich . . .

i think that determinism works. but sometimes people couldn't explain the cause of something, so they imagined intervening god

And sometimes they are just lonely, and sometimes the prospect of a life that ends with nothing, complete and unending nothing frightens the reason right out of them...

Interesting, I have never thought of that argument before. Though I would like an explanation. Why can't both co-exist?

Four rats in a cage are discussing why their food arrives everyday in its container.

"There must be a a Daddy Rat who is looking after us". says one.
" He can't be a rat" says another, "because he is not in a cage - he builds cages ".
" Such an insane occupation seems to indicate that He might need looking after", says the third.
"Isn't scientific extrapolation wonderful !" says, the fourth.

You know; the rich cannot build a cage big enough for all of us, so they cage themselves in which they believe cages us out... But they cage us out of goverment and education too, and sooner or later when these institutions work too much against us we will find the value of their cages...

oh no i fear it's far worse than that i fear that there is an "all knowing" "god" who has fell into this trap called science and is falling deaper into this lie as aforementioned "god" complexes their knowledge on this trap called science it falls deeper into the trap.

I agree. I think that science should be rigorous in analyzing natural phenomena and looking for natural causes, but like Newtonian physics, acknowledge that there might be a point where the process is not qualified to answer ultimate questions about reality.

Science never was intended for the purpose of ultimate questions... It was in the answering of small questions that larger questions of existence and God where brought into doubt... Science must frame the question to get the answer, and the answer of small questions, knowledge is reflected in more sensitive means to measure, which in turn allows other questions to be asked... Knowing what question to ask is half, at least, of any answer...

I'm curious then;

About the reliability of science - has science ever been able to create a human? From scratch? I don't exactly think so. Correct me if i'm wrong though.

Can they fully explain HOW the human body was created with its intricacies? And lastly, can science create DNA - without starting off with DNA? Again, i don't think so. Every time a scientist tries to create DNA, they have to start with DNA to get DNA. So then, how would scientists explain the creation of us?

I'm not going to bother denying that yeah, sometimes it seems that God isn't there - but that you can count on science 24/7, 365 days a year for every single waking day of my life? That i don't agree with. Science can't explain everything, nor can it do everything. Sometimes, you just need faith.

But maybe that's just me and my childish mind.

--and i just read your last sentence. "Who cares what proof lies behind either when the objective is to get through each day in one piece?" or something along those lines.

Again i'm kind've curious. What are your thoughts then, on after you die?

Geh, since it's been three months or so since the last post...ah well.

God and science do both co-exist. Want to know why? Because God created every scienific finding. He created our cells, the elements on the periodic table, our organs, the moon, stars, and sun. He knew about them millions and millions of years before we even knew how to speak english! The difference between them, however, is science is evidence, God is faith. It takes someone with spirit and strength to understand His existence.

No, it takes a dreamer !

Kindly have the courtesy to read through the whole thread before making your simplistic comments. The catch-all hypothesis that "God made everything" is exceptionally ill chosen for this level of debate.

Not all science is determinism, as I understand the word.

But that which only deals with effects cannot have the cause as its subject. God is beyond science insofar as he is the cause, not the effect.