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Originally Posted by tame_deuces
While there is no fundamental dichotomy between religion and science, they can co-exist just fine, that's mostly due to the term religion being very broad. A person can have faith without it interfering with scientific approaches to knowledge.
But very few religious persons are simply "religious", instead they follow a specific religion and most commonly a revealed religion.
A lot of revealed religion is at odds with science. You yourself have defend "young earth creationism", one of the religious views that most strongly contradicts a massive amount of scientific knowledge and evidence from a very wide range of disciplines.
And it's not just an intellectual stand-off. Many religious organizations invest a massive amount of money, resources and influence into fighting the science they see as adversary to their theology. This creates a huge problem in scientific communities, as I can tell you right now that the vast preference among scientists is to keep scientific endeavors apolitical.
So when you see someone claiming that there is a conflict between religion and science, they are right. That doesn't mean it's all-encompassing or that it has to be that way. But it's the reality of things.
I agree that there
can be (and often is, as you know all too well
) a conflict between religion and science, but there is no
inherent conflict between religion and science.
There is conflict between some interpretations of quantum physics and the laws of logic (e.g. the law of excluded middle), but there is no
inherent conflict between quantum physics and logic.
As a Biblicist and also as a proponent of science, I believe that when both the Bible and science are properly understood, that they will ultimately never contradict each other. If there is an apparent contradiction, then either there is a misunderstanding of what Scripture is saying or a misunderstanding of our interpretation of the scientific evidence.
Peace.