Tagged: Relationship between religion and science

Science and the folly of faith - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Apr 04, 2012 •

• atheism,
• belief,
• Christianity,
• creationism,
• intelligent design,
• Relationship between religion and science,
• religion,
• Sciblogs,
• Victor J. Stenger

Book Review: God and the Folly of Faith: The Incompatibility of Science and Religion by Victor Stenger. Price: US13.46; NZ$22.60 Paperback: 408 pages Publisher: Prometheus Books; Original edition (April 24, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 1616145994 ISBN-13: 978-1616145996 Victor Stenger wrote … Continue reading → … Read More

The [in]compatibility of science and religion - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Jan 19, 2012 •

• atheism,
• book review,
• Christianity,
• Epistemology,
• god,
• God and the folly of faith,
• philosophy,
• Relationship between religion and science,
• religion,
• Sciblogs,
• Science and Religion,
• Victor Stenger

There have been several books lately promoting the idea the religion and science are compatible – or at least challenging any suggestion that they might be incompatible. Of course, these were written by advocates of religion, or at least advocates … Continue reading → … Read More

Science and the ’supernatural’ - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Sep 19, 2011 •

• Barbara Forrest,
• Christianity,
• creationism,
• culture,
• diversity,
• evolution,
• faith,
• Homeopathy,
• intelligent design,
• Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District,
• Non-overlapping magisteria,
• philosophy,
• Philosophy of Science,
• Relationship between religion and science,
• religion,
• Rocks of Ages,
• Sciblogs,
• Science in Society,
• scientific method,
• Stephen Jay Gould,
• supernatural,
• superstition,
• The Wedge,
• United States National Academy of Sciences

I have discussed the issue of “supernaturalism” and science before but return to it having just read  Can Science Test Supernatural Worldviews?  by Dr  Yonatan I. Fishman. It’s an excellent paper which I recommend you read as it may challenge … Continue reading → … Read More

Are scientists hostile to religion? - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Jul 11, 2011 •

• atheism,
• belief,
• book review,
• Conflict theory,
• creationism,
• Dawkins,
• Elaine Howard Ecklund,
• evolution,
• intelligent design,
• philosophy,
• Relationship between religion and science,
• religion,
• Rice University,
• Sciblogs,
• Science in Society,
• supernatural,
• superstition,
• United States

Book review: Science vs. Religion: What Scientists Really Think by Elaine Howard Ecklund. Price: US$19.72; NZ$59.97 Hardcover: 240 pages Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (May 6, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 0195392981 ISBN-13: 978-0195392982 This book reports on the recent  Religion … Continue reading → … Read More

Christianity gave birth to science — a myth? - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Mar 25, 2011 •

• agnostic,
• agnosticism,
• atheism,
• belief,
• Christianity,
• creationism,
• Galileo Galilei,
• human rights,
• Ibn al-Haytham,
• Middle Ages,
• philosophy,
• Relationship between religion and science,
• religion,
• Sciblogs,
• Science and Religion,
• Science in Society

This theological myth seems to surface in any debate about the relationship between religion and science. It is the claim that Christianity gave birth to science. That modern science was not possible anywhere but in the European Christian culture. The … Continue reading → … Read More

Myths within a myth - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Mar 18, 2011 •

• atheism,
• belief,
• Christian,
• Christianity,
• creationism,
• intelligent design,
• Relationship between religion and science,
• religion,
• Sciblogs,
• Science and Religion,
• supernatural,
• superstition

Yes – this is going to be about religion – a common source of myths. Specifically the “conflict paradigm,” “conflict hypothesis” or “conflict myth.” Really the myth that there is such a “paradigm”, “hypothesis” or “myth” claiming  “religion is and … Continue reading → … Read More

Overlapping Magisteria? - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Jan 05, 2011 •

• agnostic,
• agnosticism,
• atheism,
• belief,
• creationism,
• diversity,
• Environment,
• ethics,
• evolution,
• Existence of God,
• Expelled,
• faith,
• human rights,
• intelligent design,
• Jesus and Mo,
• morality,
• NOMA,
• Non-overlapping magisteria,
• philosophy,
• politics,
• Relationship between religion and science,
• religion,
• Sciblogs,
• Science in Society,
• Stephen Jay Gould,
• supernatural,
• superstition,
• theology,
• tradition

The relationship between science and religion, and the demarcation of their fields, or magisteria, seems to be topical at the moment. On the one had the boundary appears to be violated by religious promotion of creationism and attacks on evolutionary … Continue reading → … Read More