• Question: Do you think you can be religious and still be a scientist?

    Asked by gnome to Asif, Laura, Lena, Sean, Viv on 14 Mar 2012. This question was also asked by macklev2, bonnie26.
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      Lena Ciric answered on 13 Mar 2012:

      That’s a difficult one… I’m not religious so I can’t really answer your question. For me, I don’t see how god and evolution mix…

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      Asif Naseer answered on 13 Mar 2012:

      How Science works???? we make a hypothesis and then test it…… If we know everything before performing the experiment, why would we do it??? There r millions of galaxies…What do we know about them??? almost nothing…..Do we say..They dont exist??? no we dont….We only say that Science is not so developed yet to know everything……

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      Laura Waters answered on 14 Mar 2012:

      Yes. Everyone can have their own views on both science & religion and the two work together. You have to figure out your own beliefs but even then you will find it changes as you get older. I think that life is great and I don’t want it to end for me, EVER!

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      Sean Murphy answered on 14 Mar 2012:

      It is possible. However, to be a good scientist you need to be able to determine facts about the world based on evidence. If the evidence shows that our previously held theories are incorrect then we must be able to admit that it was wrong and develop more accurate theories. This is how scientific method always improves our knowledge.

      If you are religious it means that you have faith, meaning that you believe something as a fact, even though you have no evidence to support it. This does not mean people with faith cannot perform science, however it means that they are less able to adapt and accept new theories, especially if it disproves something they have faith in.

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