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Conflicts & occasional agreements in
"truth" between science and religion

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Overview:

The following two quotations indicate the range of beliefs about the conflict and harmony between science and religion:

	Anon: "There can never be a conflict between true science and true religion, because they both describe reality." Excerpt from a posting to a religious mailing list.
	Peter Atkins: "Science is almost totally incompatible with religion."

This section looks at the conflicts between the truth claims of science and religion. It also describes attempts to evaluate religion by using scientific methods -- and vice-versa.

Topics covered in this section:

Introduction

Active conflicts between religion and science: A very brief overview with examples and causes A more detailed overview   Current conflicts between conservative Christianity and science   In topics related to the earth and the rest of the universe:  Environmental concerns Evolution and creation science: All sides of the debate Archaeology and the Bible: Is the Bible historically accurate? Cosmology: the layout and origin of the universe   In ethics and morality: What is truth?: Does absolute truth exist?   With religious icons/relics/artifacts: The Shroud of Turin: Is it Jesus' burial shroud?   In human sexuality: The nature of homosexuality: Two views -- chosen, abnormal, unnatural, changeable lifestyle or unchosen, normal, natural fixed orientation?   Miracles

	Science evaluating religion:  Speaking in tongues: what it is; the results of studies. Can we learn God's will through prayer? The results of a pilot survey. Holy visions: caused by God or by a brain disorder? Can prayer cure people's diseases or disorders? Are there codes hidden in the Bible?
	Religion evaluating science: Methods of healing: A battle between faith healing and medical treatment.
	Information: Links to websites dealing with science and religion New scientific findings related to origins of the species, cosmology, etc

Related section on this web site:

We have a "list of dozens of hot religious topics" that are being intensely debated in society. A conflict between science and religion forms the basis of many of them. Topics range from Abortion and capital punishment to the nature of truth, and women in the clergy.

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Copyright © 1999 to 2012 by Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance
Originally written: 1999-NOV-28
Latest update: 2012-MAR-12
Author: B.A. Robinson

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