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Religion, however, makes analytical arguments and shares transcendental beliefs that have been passed on from believers to converts. Religion acknowledges philosophical explanations; it includes faith and revelation, whereas, science acknowledges reason, empiricism, and evidence, whereas. The relationship offers a continued debate in both philosophy and theology. This paper will explore the different religious perspectives on science, and scientific perspectives on topics of a variety of religious groups. This paper will provide general exploration of the relationship between science, and religion. This paper, along with their oppositions, will include an explanation on how science and religion can strengthen each other to allow a more nuanced experience of our world and our place in it.

“Discuss the extent to which a Christian can take both Genesis 1-3 and science seriously. “

There has always been this issue that the Christian faith and the natural sciences cannot intersect with one another. This is even emphasized more when it comes to the ideas of evolution and faith. One has always been told to chose the belief that the world was created through the basis of natural science or the creation story in the Bible, found in the book of Genesis 1. To get an understanding on the perspective of how earth and evolution was viewed, Karen Strand gives us a biblical interpretation as a biblical scholar, while April Maskiewicz gives us biological view as a biology professor. Despite Strand and Maskiewicz being from different academic disciplines, their arguments complement each other in the aspect that they both acknowledge

Humanity’s most baffling affliction and puzzlement must be, to some degree, our and our environment’s origin. To the secularist it seems there are two possibilities for the beginning of mankind: The Big Bang, and Evolution. However, Christianity supplies one definite supposition: a universe created by an omnipotent ruler, who was never Himself created, but rather resides in eternity. [1] Human minds may be tempted to sway to the ‘comfort’ of believing in a life to which they glorify themselves and serve themselves only. Our conceptions of ethical code rely on our discernment of creation and the beginning of space and time. As such, if divine creation is properly chosen as valid by an individual, as Christianity provides, there is a God whom

Creationists argue that the biblical creation account does not contradict true science. Nevertheless, scientific hypothesis testing and religious faith constitute radically different means of coming to a knowledge of the universe. The former deals with the production of facts while the latter deals with the search for truth. They arise from two irreconcilable paradigms. One focuses upon general revelation

The human spirit has always been fascinated with its roots - where people came from, how they got to be on the Earth, and who or what, if anything, was behind it all. Throughout history, there have been innumerable accounts looking into the creation and effects thereafter of man and his world. Three such writings are Metamorphoses by the ancient Roman poet Ovid, the early Mesopotamian creation epic of the hero Atrahasis which was written on Akkadian tablets, and arguably the most famous, the book of Genesis in the Christian Bible. These three benchmarks stories are just a few to have laid the foundations for many cultures and civilizations’ beliefs, and it’s how easily they are likened, analogized, and weighed that makes them all the more interesting.

Any point of contact with the scientific world in the 21st century will eventually lead one to the one of the most hotly contested topic in American education, that of evolution versus creationism. While the creationist point of view, as well as the evolutionary perspective, hosts a great variation of opinion amongst its supporters, Christianity is brought to the center stage time after time (Vuletic, 1994). Literal interpretation of the Book of Genesis’ account of creation falls contrary to the claims of the evolutionary paradigm (Vuletic, 1994). This then refutes the theory for some as ‘atheistic’, while many continue to claim the inability of science to explain metaphysical issues such as the existence of a deity, thus reconciling both perspectives (Vuletic, 1994). It is redundant then, to continue arguing in circles of the proof either side has for its claims. One must extrapolate other means of analyzing the situation.

Concerning the history of the Earth I am ambiguous to all of the milestones presented based on scientific evidence that are discovered through the use of the law of superposition, index fossils, radioactivity, and the relative age of a rock. These are seemingly sound methods to gain more information regarding the Earth's history. However, I am also partial to the ideology of the bible and cannot yet accept or decline the research I have

Throughout the course of history, religion has left a lasting impact upon society. It is clear that our civilization is progressively becoming more secular; however, religion still remains evident throughout society. Though as science continues to progress, the demand and involvement of religion within the public school system has categorically diminished. After Darwin’s Origin of Species, science in the last century has undoubtedly become reigning influence on world’s views. Scientific analysis has led to conclusions that provide an alternate justification for the origin of life, countering many widespread religious beliefs. Consequently, this results in a persistent dispute between the scientific community and these faithful believers.

Science has been growing in importance since the advent of the scientific method as the main method of research; but, as science becomes more important within our lives and stretches into more vague and extreme subjects, the opposition towards science becomes stronger and more resolute. One of the largest groups within this community of skeptics is the many religious groups that are present throughout the world. These groups tend to recoil when science produces information that may contradict the very specific ideas present within these religions. For example, many Americans believe Christianity and the Bible in a very literal sense (2006). To prove this notion, a survey done in 2004 showed that upwards of 60 percent of Americans responded with a belief in Biblical accounts of history such as Noah’s ark that went beyond a simple metaphorical belief (2006). This pattern pervades through many modern cultures; so, the effects and patterns of this opposition are of extreme importance because they show how people are responding to the omnipresence of science within our society and future. This pattern does seem to have a large discrepancy; many great scientists of the past and the present, such as Galileo, Kepler, and Newton, show religious tendencies (2010). So, since there is a discrepancy in this pattern, the purpose of this study is to look into this correlation of scientific skepticism to test its validity. So, the

This document is a journal article review providing a brief synopsis, observed strengths, and observed weaknesses of Doctor Mortenson’s “The Origin of Old-Earth Geology and its Ramifications for Life in the 21st Century”. This article is not an attack on Christianity or the Christian ideology. This paper is simply an honest attempt to review Mortenson’s information provided, his hypothesis, and venue chosen for Christian Apologetics.

Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá’í faith, once said, “Religion without science is superstition and science without religion is materialism” (www.bahai.org). Throughout history, mankind always strive to seek answers to solve the perplexities of the world. For that, there is one question that provokes everyone’s curiosity: How was the world created? Young earth creationism is an example of where science explains natural phenomenon that enabled life to establish and where faith explains that an almighty being created the world through wondrous works. As of today, it is still a debate that continues because of different conclusions of how the world came to be. In order to delve further into the issue, insights from Plato, Francis Bacon, and Richard Feynman along with additional sources clarify why people believe and support scientific ideas over religion.

The “young earth creationist” perceptive is the result of a historical-grammatical reading of the description of the early Earth in the Bible or the Islamic Qur’an, which both contain similar accounts of a six-day creation, Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden, and Noah’s flood (Biblical

The topic of origins is something that seems to really be discussed in Christian circles today. We read the passages, but don’t engage with them. This doesn’t mean that the creation account is generally understood, but that it is something left alone. I know many Wheaton students—myself included—who before coming to school here had never engaged with the creation narrative and tried to understand what was meant by the 7 days of creation and furthermore, Adam and Eve. Based on my own theological convictions and topics discussed in this class, I have had the chance to evaluate my beliefs in these regards and reach a conclusion that I find biblically and scientifically supported. Before taking this class, I worried that this might not be a possibility.

This semester I gained deeper knowledge of Christianity. I have also gained new knowledge about Judaism and Islam. I would like to share how my upbringing in Christianity in both my Catholic education through religion courses and Baptist church upbringing with my family for my life to date varies from the knowledge I have learned this semester. In our study of Judaism in class, I have learned more regarding the book of Genesis than I had previously growing up in church. In the book of Genesis, I have now learned specific details of how earth was created. In Genesis on the 1st day there is light and darkness, but from my knowledge I’ve obtain about the creation of the world, I thought at beginning there was only darkness, no signs of light anywhere, until a spark of light came, which was from the creator, God. On the 2nd day there is separation in the planet between water and sky, because it was stated from our discussion that water domed over the sky. I believed that the earth was created with water and no signs of light at all. Then on the 3rd day, eventually the water started to die down due to the creation of lands and platforms. I think this remain in line with what I learned in church. Which brings up the 4th day, that involves light in the sky, making the sun, moon, and stars. During the 5th and 6th day the creation of life which included fish and birds on the 5th day and plants, animals and humans on the 6th day from the creation of God. The mentioned knowledge of