Conflicts & occasional agreements in
"truth" between science and religion
Overview:
The following two quotations indicate the range of beliefs about the truth of 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.
First, a very insightful and popular interview of Neil DeGrasse Tyson by Bill Moyers:
The video concerns the relationship between science and religion. It is a little over 10 minutes long and was uploaded to You Tube on 2015-MAR-02. Almost two years later, it accumulated over 1.5 million views, about 20,000 likes, 1,160 dislikes and almost 20,000 comments!
The video is named: "Neil Tyson Tired of God." A better title might be: "Neil Tyson discusses the religion-science conflict."
2014-FEB: Evolution v. creationism debate between Bill Nye & Ken Ham:
Part 1 The personalities. Why does the evolution/
creationism conflict exist?
Comparing what scientists and the general public
believe about evolution and creation. Is a
debate between Ham and Nye a good idea?
Part 2 Video of the debate. Who won the debate? What arguments were used? Ken Ham's best arguments.
Part 3 Ken Ham's best arguments (Cont'd),
Would a different debate structure be better?
Part 4 Questions believers in creationism ask, with answers that might come from evolutionists.
An ultimate question: Is there intelligent life beyond the Earth? "Search for Extraterrestrial
Intelligence"(SETI) programs. Religious aspects of intelligent life on other planets. Part 1Part 2Part 3Part 4