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Reconciling faith and science. [View all] guillaumeb Apr 2018 OP
I have faith IN science and I can prove it. nt Ferrets are Cool Apr 2018 #1
A nice observation. guillaumeb Apr 2018 #2
A clothed eye looks like this marylandblue Apr 2018 #3
Thank you. guillaumeb Apr 2018 #4
Religion doesn't conflict with other human areas of endeavour when it takes care not to. Girard442 Apr 2018 #5
But... uriel1972 Apr 2018 #6
My personal opinion. Identified as such. guillaumeb Apr 2018 #10
"a search for answers" trotsky Apr 2018 #7
It helps if you know some of its traits. Mariana Apr 2018 #9
The modifier "figuratively" refers to the expression "lit the spark". guillaumeb Apr 2018 #13
Thank you for clarifying, Gil, but I understood that. Mariana Apr 2018 #20
Perhaps. guillaumeb Apr 2018 #24
But did a literal Creator figuratively light the spark, or was it a figurative Creator? marylandblue Apr 2018 #56
My faith tells me that the Creator is real. guillaumeb Apr 2018 #60
Faith by definition can never verify that anything is real Bretton Garcia Apr 2018 #65
Dude, he said the magic word. trotsky Apr 2018 #76
Not a part of my claim. guillaumeb Apr 2018 #84
It's an essential part of all your claims for faith marylandblue Apr 2018 #98
No, it is not what I responded. guillaumeb Apr 2018 #99
It was the response to you, and if answered it other than by reasserting faith marylandblue Apr 2018 #102
Wow, gil sure makes some interesting definitive claims about his creator. trotsky Apr 2018 #19
That can only be answered by the one looking. guillaumeb Apr 2018 #11
Oh, so Pat Robertson's answers are just as good as yours? trotsky Apr 2018 #16
Not actually what I said. guillaumeb Apr 2018 #23
No, but it is an inescapable consequence of what you said. trotsky Apr 2018 #26
Thanks for reconfirming. guillaumeb Apr 2018 #28
You are very welcome. trotsky Apr 2018 #29
You are confirming many things. guillaumeb Apr 2018 #30
Again, I am so happy to help you understand! trotsky Apr 2018 #68
So to my mind, you should stop bringing up NOMA in conversation. Act_of_Reparation Apr 2018 #8
The real problem they have... NeoGreen Apr 2018 #12
I understrand that this is your own belief. guillaumeb Apr 2018 #15
Correction: Science has already prevailed. NeoGreen Apr 2018 #17
"...faith that science will prevail." trotsky Apr 2018 #18
But according to NOMA, the gaps aren't relevant. Act_of_Reparation Apr 2018 #21
Thank you for enlightening me as to my true beliefs. guillaumeb Apr 2018 #14
No problem. Act_of_Reparation Apr 2018 #22
NOMA IS a shit idea. n/t Brainstormy Apr 2018 #104
The only way it seems edhopper Apr 2018 #25
It is easy to reconcile the 2 if one understands that their roles guillaumeb Apr 2018 #27
What do you view as their respective roles? marylandblue Apr 2018 #31
From the original article: guillaumeb Apr 2018 #32
What if you don't feel the need for salvation? marylandblue Apr 2018 #33
Ignore the part about faith. guillaumeb Apr 2018 #34
So if you don't feel the need for salvation marylandblue Apr 2018 #35
It might, for people who are searching for a moral code. guillaumeb Apr 2018 #36
So now religion has two magisteria marylandblue Apr 2018 #39
Each believer decides which areas prove useful for them. guillaumeb Apr 2018 #40
So NOMA is really just a suggestion, not a truth? marylandblue Apr 2018 #41
Define truth in a philosophical sense. guillaumeb Apr 2018 #42
I'll rephrase my question. marylandblue Apr 2018 #43
In its application, yes. guillaumeb Apr 2018 #45
Concepts are all just suggestions then? marylandblue Apr 2018 #48
You went too far. guillaumeb Apr 2018 #49
Then what did you do? marylandblue Apr 2018 #50
I put them in the class of things called "concepts". guillaumeb Apr 2018 #51
I don't see how classifying them as concepts answers my question. marylandblue Apr 2018 #53
Some concepts help us in life. guillaumeb Apr 2018 #57
So if the concept of slavery helps me in life, that's ok for me and my slaves? marylandblue Apr 2018 #61
Where did I say it was OK? guillaumeb Apr 2018 #83
I didn't say you said it was OK. marylandblue Apr 2018 #87
Ask the slaves. guillaumeb Apr 2018 #88
I realize it probably doesn't work for the slaves marylandblue Apr 2018 #89
To paraphrase further: "do to others..." guillaumeb Apr 2018 #90
Now that I think about it, maybe it will work fine for them marylandblue Apr 2018 #95
Nothing like getting your moral code from an instruction book for selling your kids into slavery Major Nikon Apr 2018 #62
The problem is his assumption the two are divisible. Act_of_Reparation Apr 2018 #37
He believed that they were divisible. I agree. guillaumeb Apr 2018 #38
It can. marylandblue Apr 2018 #44
Social science. guillaumeb Apr 2018 #46
The one's who developed nuclear weapons actually did marylandblue Apr 2018 #47
The question is: Does religion concern itself with the physical cosmos? Act_of_Reparation Apr 2018 #69
We live in the physical cosmos. guillaumeb Apr 2018 #85
My dear guillaumeb: TomSlick Apr 2018 #52
I agree. guillaumeb Apr 2018 #58
Why is faith competent to tell you who and why? marylandblue Apr 2018 #64
Because that is the nature of faith. TomSlick Apr 2018 #82
And you immediately violate the separation. Voltaire2 Apr 2018 #54
There's just the initial overlap. MineralMan Apr 2018 #55
I gave my religious belief, faith based opinion. guillaumeb Apr 2018 #59
So long as you arent published you didnt contradict yourself? Major Nikon Apr 2018 #63
Read it again. guillaumeb Apr 2018 #86
Your words are making complete sentences Major Nikon Apr 2018 #91
Revealing is your misreading. guillaumeb Apr 2018 #92
Sure, because Im the only one who has no idea what you are saying Major Nikon Apr 2018 #94
To help you: guillaumeb Apr 2018 #93
Since you put it that way... Major Nikon Apr 2018 #96
Apparently you are convinced of something. guillaumeb Apr 2018 #97
True Major Nikon Apr 2018 #100
The lesson is that you apparently misread my response. guillaumeb Apr 2018 #101
Your assertion contradicts that notion Major Nikon Apr 2018 #103
No, it does not. guillaumeb Apr 2018 #105
If reason, logic, and literacy dont matter you may be on to something Major Nikon Apr 2018 #106
Wtf? Voltaire2 Apr 2018 #66
Allow me to translate. trotsky Apr 2018 #70
So, do you think your opinion is superior to the opinions MineralMan Apr 2018 #71
Since his opinions violate the 11th commandent marylandblue Apr 2018 #73
He'll just "interpret" his 11th Commandment Mariana Apr 2018 #74
Nothing a "chat" with the Grand Inquisitor can't fix marylandblue Apr 2018 #79
No. Act_of_Reparation Apr 2018 #72
He could have left it at sparky created the universe Voltaire2 Apr 2018 #75
And that's exactly what NOMA ends up being. trotsky Apr 2018 #77
Even that is questionable. Act_of_Reparation Apr 2018 #78
It could be either. Voltaire2 Apr 2018 #81
There is nothing, in reality, to reconcile... NeoGreen Apr 2018 #67
Squaring the circle... uriel1972 Apr 2018 #80
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