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Personally, I find the idea of simultaneous support for both religion and science wholly incompatible. Here's my thought process:
- Scientists support the [url=http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/overview_scientific_method2.gif]scientific method[/url].
- Faith-based religion conflicts with the scientific method, as religion skips/ignores steps in the scientific method.
- One cannot support the scientific method while simultaneously supporting faith-based religion.
One cannot truly support both science and religion; you're compromising your support in one or the other.
Thoughts? Explain your position.
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Okay, so someone put it this way and I really liked it: Science-based individuals prefer to look at the facts before coming to a conclusion. Faith-based individuals prefer coming to a conclusion, and looking at facts that support the conclusion. It would be hypocritical to follow both on religious terms, in my opinion.