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Thread #121446   Message #2652819
Posted By: Slag
09-Jun-09 - 09:52 PM
Thread Name: BS: Science and Religion
Subject: RE: BS: Science and Religion
WYSIWYG (Susan):

1. Do you see it as
Science AND Religion?
Or Science VS Religion?
Or what?


Silly you, asking that a simple "either/or" question be answered here. What WERE you thinking?

I'm not really sure what you mean by it (not "is" but "it"). Is "it" a category? A reality? A cultural inclusion? A personal view point? "Verses"? Do you mean as in "contrast" in "compare and contrast"? I really do not know what it is YOU are asking.

If it were two books sitting side by side, you might see it as "Science" and "Religion". If it were a single volume you might see it as "Science and Religion". If it were a history of conflicts between science and religion, then I could go for the title of "Science vs Religion".

Religion is pretty much a category of human behavior about certain notions or reactions to certain experiences or unexplained phenomena whereas science is a method of reasoning, thought. Each has its own history and culture and points of intersections and interactions. There have been mighty conflicts between some proponents of either faction and some amazing points of agreement. Each category has had certain language develop around subcategories in each vast field.

I could go on but you were just seeking a simple answer, therefore, my answer (which I regrettably did not give in my first reply) is "Yes".