I just watched "Contact" for the second time...

[arib]

... and I'm forced to wonder:

Why do so many scientists, as well as many religious figures, see science and religion as diametrically opposed to one another?

I mean, I'm a fairly religious person, and science is something that's very important to me. In some cases, scientific acheivements don't adversely challenge my faith, they help me define it.

I'm sure I have more to say, but I'm tired right now. SO, I'll open the discussion up to you, my friends. What do y'all think?

Comments

Re: seems pretty obvious to me

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I don't think they have to be in opposition, though oppositional people on both sides like to think they must :) Both are ways of structuring human experience, but they're at their best when they don't try to tackle each other's territories; scientists arguing theology are often just as laughable as theologians arguing science... Different disciplines, different tools, different foci of interest: different, not opposed.