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Originally posted by Tony Shepps
Faith in science and logic? I don't know about that.
It is very difficult, these days, to sort through everything you read or see or learn and try to separate out what is fact and what is conjecture or bad reporting or guesses. But science is totally dependent on what is proven.
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I see what you mean Tony...
Granted, yes, science is an exact. But it does require lay people (i.e. non-scientists) to rely on scientists and their complex statistics. I would never expect John Q. Public to under an Analysis of Variance.
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So, those people who pit science against religion are, IMO, missing the point. One can be scientific and logical and still be religious. Faith could "fill in the gaps" of what is not proven or evident or logical.
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Certainly. Big Bang and Oparin's Theory were standard teachings in Catholic school. On top of that, Catholics take a contextual interpretation of the Bible, not literal. I am a big fan of Oparin's "Organic Soup" theory. Now, how did that come together? *shrugs* God? A good possibility. Unfortunately, it would seem that it took some time for Catholicism to come to this...for example, their treatment of Galileo.
Before I go any further, I want to stress that if you believe that the world was truly created in 7 days, cool. I respect your opinion...I don't agree with it, but respect it.
I find it highly unlikely that Moses lived over 900 years. I find it highly unlikely that the Israelites wandered in a space for 40 years that you could generally walk across in 3-5 days tops. Not to mention, if Adam and Eve had Cain and Abel, how was Cain able to take a wife? The Bible is a wonderful book...of faith, not history.
Since you mentioned philsophy Tony...
My physics teacher in high school had a friend while in college who had a philosophy class. The final for the class was only one question. The question was:
"Is?"
His friend's answer: "Ain't!"
The guy got a B on that final...