Having just read an article about science versus creationism and what is taught to our children, I felt the need to write my own take on it.
Some may believe that God created the earth, that the bible is the word of God, and that the earth was created in seven days. Some may believe in the big bang theory and in science.
Is it wise to whole-heartedly believe in any one thing? If you are so pro science that you can’t accept the existence of a soul is that too narrow minded? If you’re so pro creationism that you can’t accept dinosaurs roamed the earth is that too narrow minded? Many scientific ‘facts’ can be backed with evidence as can many events in the bible.
Science took over from religion as the main school of thought because of the corruption involved in religion when it gets into the wrong hands. We can still see this today in countries like Senegal where parents send their children to Muslim schools to learn and they spend most of their day on the streets begging to raise money for the teacher. Now not all of the teachers are corrupt but some use their power to get rich and beat the children if they don’t come back with their daily quota. This happens because of the faith in their spiritual teacher. Many Catholic priests, as has been widely reported, have been linked to child abuse of children in their care. This again was trust placed in religion. These are examples of why people turned their back on religion not a yard-stick for religion in general. Religion does many wonderful things in the world, like charity work for example. However, because of the corrupt few, science became a better option for many.
Science has ended up like a religion of it’s own. Some believe in science and if it cannot be scientifically proven then they may not believe it. This seems a little short sighted because science, by its very nature, is about the quest to find answers and is constantly evolving. We will never know everything.
Would it not be better to teach all aspects of spirituality from Christianity to Buddhism to Hinduism, and even to philosophy like Taoism? Would it not also be good to teach science? The important thing would be to acknowledge that every theory can be challenged and may be flawed. Should we not be teaching our children critical thinking rather than blind acceptance?
Yes, my vote is definitely for critical thinking. Thank you for sharing this great piece of kmowledge!
Oh yes. We should teach our children critical thinking not blind faith. I also think that science cannot explain all phenomena. They say that the universe was caused by that big bang theory. But what brought about the big bang theory? Was there an unseen hands behind it? Despite the absurdity of religions, i think that religion is still ok provided that it teaches good morality and the love of our fellowmen, teachings that will guide us to be good persons who want to serve and help others.
Science isn’t incompatible with a belief in god. It might be to the extremists, but to those willing to accept a little compromise the two world views are compatible. The difference is that science is about working out a better and better understanding of the world as more evidence comes along from experiments and observation. Scientific textbooks are rewritten as scientific understanding is refined. Religion never seems to accept anything as requiring a change in its fundamental texts, though.
Thanks for the comments guys. It’s nice to see openmindedness.
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Einstein had said that
“Religion without science is lame,religion without science is blind”.
We need both so that they balance each other.
They are not incompatible if they are both open minded and non dogmatic.We need religion but not necessarily organised religion.
We need the spiritual substance and teachings,not pay to pray preachers.
And I firmly believe that some day these two superficially incompatible systems will merge into one.
I like the Einstein quote. Thank you Sharpedon
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