Can science and religion coexist

Answer 1

Sure. Loads of people have both faith in a higher power and faith that science is an accurate way to explore the universe that higher power created.

Belief in a God does not mean science is wrong - it might tell you that some of the ways science gets used are wrong (like using science to make chemical weapons or something) but it doesn't mean that science itself is a bad thing.

The people who believe that science itself is bad are people who are literalists - they believe that some religious doctrines (like The Bible) which directly contradict observable reality (science) are right, and that anything which seems to contradict these doctrines is wrong - no matter how good the proof is that it's real. This is seen as a "test of faith", can you disbelieve the evidence of your eyes in favor of the instructions you believe come from God.

Scientists with faith often feel that science is a way to get closer to God, by studying the universe God made with the minds & curiosity God gave them.

The Coordination of Science and Religion (COSAR) with the Truth of Reality is exquisitely embedded throughout The Urantia Book. The Urantia Papers emphasize that religion and science are not two antagonistic views of reality; they are views of two aspects of reality, those aspects being the personal and impersonal natures of God. The bumper sticker you may have seen lately "In the Beginning, God Created Evolution" demonstrates the increasing consciousness of our Cosmic Citizenship and a healthy respect for science (COSAR expressed on a bumper sticker). The COSAR Principle as described in Up Close and Personal with The Urantia Book - Expanded Edition addresses this with a great degree of satisfaction.

Answer 2

Religion is a law based do's and don'ts made by man, a lot of time because religion eve contradicts the scripture it is hard to put science and religion together. The two often critique each other and many will not even go as far as to try to find similarities in the two. The scriptures however, which are very much scientific in a lot of the subjects exposed is a whole other category inmensly broad to explore.

Answer 3

There is no competition between science and religion, they cover different interests. Problems develop when religion tries to exert its belief over sciences findings. Like living in an apartment with a room mate. if you agreee to share a fridge with your food on the left and the roomy's on the right all is peaceable. When the roomy starts eating your snacks or insisting that you must get rid of your "unhealthy" foods - problems start.