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Science Versus Religion! The Contest that isn't really there.

JimiTime · 2009-02-25 15:44:54

I've seen on a few threads, also on the last episode of 'Christianity:A History' programme, the position that religion and science are at loggerheads. To me, this is the just a ridiculous position. a) Because, 'religion' is too big a word. and b) Science doesn't care about religion. Certain 'scientists' may be at logger…

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#212 10-03-2009 03:00PM

Fanny Cradock

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gaynorvader wrote: »

Sorry, by bad, my point was that not knowing how something works, does not make advances in it any less scientific. How else are we supposed to find out how things work after all?

I may have missed it, but did somebody other than yourself claim otherwise? You appear to be conflating a technological advance that is not fully understood with a scientific advance that isn't fully understood.

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#213 10-03-2009 04:12PM

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Fanny Cradock wrote: »

I may have missed it, but did somebody other than yourself claim otherwise? You appear to be conflating a technological advance that is not fully understood with a scientific advance that isn't fully understood.

My point was that both used the methodoligy of science to arrive at their respective outcomes, so in this case the technological advance is a scientific advance as well.

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