Are religion and science compatible

Answer 1

Yes, as long as religion is willing to adapt. The Dalai Lama is reported to have said that if science proved something contrary to Buddhist teachings, then Buddhism would adapt. To be compatible with science, Christianity and other religions must adopt the same approach.

ANSWER 2:

If God created the world, as most theists believe, then it stands to reason that God provided the means for mankind to learn about his world (science), just as God provided the means to know about his creation through the revelations of God's Messengers (religion). For this reason, science and religion MUST agree. When they are at odds, it should be assumed that one has yet to discover the truth. Remember that at one time science was sure that the sun revolved around the earth, and it was the norm for doctors to "leech" or bleed people to help them heal. Science has now proven beyond doubt that the earth is millions of years old; therefore, fundamentalist Christians, for example, need to now rethink the story of Genesis as each "day" probably standing for an entire geologic "age".

Answer

A growing number of scientists in reality do not believe that science and religion are compatible. 93% of elite scientists of the National Academy of Sciences do not believe in a personal god, but they have invented the idea that science and religion are separate domains that never intrude on one another, something the scientists called non-overlapping magesteria. The main reason science came up with this scheme was so as not to lose favor with the public, which includes their funding, which is mostly Judaeo/Christian.

But as I said many scientists such as Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Victor J. Stenger, and the late Journalist and literary critic Christopher Hitchens, see and have seen that, on the whole, religion does far more harm than good, and have decided to take the risk of losing favor by being less accommodating to religion.

Author of Atheist Manifesto, Michel Onfray believes we are moving to a post Christian, post God era, and that we must do this for the good of humanity. The aforementioned men along with a growing number of other scientists, philosophers, and intellectuals are collectively called the New Atheists, the 'new' in their being less accommodating and more outspoken about science and religions incompatibility.

Michel Onfray's book "Atheist Manifesto" details the bloody history of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

Richard Dawkins is a biologist who clearly explains evolution without recourse to intelligent design in his book The God Delusion and his earlier book The Blind Watchmaker.

Victor J. Stenger is a physicist who shows that a god can be ruled out beyond a reasonable doubt due to lack of evidence that should be there in his book God The Failed Hypothesis [How Science Shows That God Does Not Exist]. And he also dedicated a whole book to the incompatibility of science and religion in God and the Folly of Faith [The incompatibility of Science and Religion].

Sam Harris is a neuroscientist and one of his books is Letter to a Christian Nation.

These men see no reason why religious claims and morals should not be given the same scrutiny as any other phenomenon, and likewise subjected to measuring and testing.

Answer 2

Religion and science are compatible in that they are both human endeavors in the search for truth, mainly that which is general, universal, or ultimate. However, religion and science search for different kinds of truth. Religion is concerned with values, ethics, quality and purposes. Most religions attempt to convey truths concerning the relationship of humanity and the rest of nature to the supernatural or transcendental . Dogma derived from authority and tradition form the basis of religious truth. Science is concerned with data, experimentation, quantity and causes. Science attempts to convey truths mainly about nature and by extension to human society. Evidence derived from data and experiment form the basis of scientific truth. In summary, religion tries to answer the why questions while science tries to answer the how questions. Religion tries to state the ends of things while science tries to state the means to those ends.