> -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Stewart [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 12:57 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: This saddens me > > > <on soapbox> > I've never gotten the concept that religion and science can't work very > well together. Why wouldn't God have the foresight to create beings > that > can evolve and adapt as the planet changes. Why wouldn't God plant a > seed (Australopithecus) and allow it to grow and change as it's > circumstances did (Homo-Sapiens).
It's never been "religion v science" - it's always been "some religion v science". As soon as you demand the unerring literacy of the Bible (or pretty much any classic religious text) then religion and science are utterly incompatible. In short science and religion are only compatible as long as you're willing to make compromises to one or the other. Many people - even some faiths - can, many can't. > I'm a firm believer in the big bang, and the expanding universe theory, > but that initial mass had to get there somehow. You're making a "God of the Gaps" argument (God is in the unknown) - and that works very for many, many people. But it really doesn't say anything about the very real issues surrounding the inability for science and (some) religion to come to terms. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:288408 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
