Religion or Science

             This paper will examine the scientific view verse religion. I feel support for the big picture is shallow and untenable. I believe in science but I also have faith. Scientific research has lead to dramatic and more humane treatments of persons suffering from mental disease, depression, and physical injury. The reputation of scientists has reached an all-time high. Majorities of Americans have said they trust the scientific community more than almost anyone, including the Supreme Court, organized religion, Congress, and even teachers. Many of these Americans believe that these scientific advances are leading them to a better world. The questions: What is man? What am I to do? What am I to hope for? A number of scientists and their fans seem to consider these questions to be the clearest manifestations of the human spirit or our nescient childhood. The scientists said "Now that we are scientists, we can put away childish things, including the concepts of God, the human soul and the moral responsibility." An advocate of this view will argue that science is itself an evolutionary development of the brain. He claims the mind evolved to provide just experimental accounts of the world. He believes that questions of religion and philosophy about the meaning of the world and human existence, are not truly meaningful ones. Scientists conclude, "religion and philosophy are but the primitive responses to the unknown." There are alternative theories that involve science and religion. For example, according to the 'new creation story,' nature did its own creating through unintelligent material processes, particularly the Darwinian mechanism of random mutation and natural selection. He believes that God was only involved in the beginning, in setting up the laws and thereafter nature runs by itself. Humans are viewed as the universe becoming conscious of itself through evolution, while prayer consists of miracles, and gi...

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