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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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Edited by Butters: 9/16/2013 7:37:23 AMWe wouldn't be where we are if it weren't for religion (seeing how up until recently most scientists were of religion and based their research on "better understanding God's creations"). Religion opens up questions and causes ambitions and desires along with mystery and thus many many times it has led to scientific advancement. The fact that the Catholic Church accepts evolution and places emphasis on scientific advancement is enough to answer your question.