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is the attempt at the posterior reconstruction of existence by the process of conceptualization... a religious person is devout in the sense that he has no doubt of the significance and loftiness of those superpersonal objects and goals which neither require nor are capable of rational foundation. They exist with the same necessity and matter-of-factness as he himself... If one conceives of religion and science according to these definitions then a conflict between them appears impossible. For science can only ascertain what is, but not what should be, and outside of its domain value judgments of all kinds remain necessary. Religion, on the other hand, deals only with evaluations of human thought and action: it cannot justifiably speak of facts and relationships between facts.


-Albert Einstein; Science, Philosophy and Religion, A Symposium, published by the Conference on Science, Philosophy and Religion in Their Relation to the Democratic Way of Life, Inc., New York, 1941.



The idea that science should prove religion is peculiar to certain sects of Christianity. At least I have never heard of any other religious groups attempting to invent its own scientific theory to prove itself.

I think this is an interesting clash between faith and fact. Christians living in developed countries, no matter how poorly educated, have absolute faith in the principles that power the modern world around them. Therefore, they think it should follow that the same principles would prove the existence of their god. Of course it doesn't (in fact it casts serious doubt and completely rules out a lot of things that are asserted in their bible), therefore the need to invent new "scientific theories" so that their beleif system doesn't fall down around them. They cannot have faith in something that cannot be scientifically proven because they know the results of science for fact.

Last edited by A.Russell; 03/15/06 14:17.
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