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Re:It’s Evolution, Baby! (Score:5, Insightful)

by SpinyNorman (33776) on Tuesday February 10, @08:52AM (#26796531)

Science and Religion are different bodies of knowledge, but not mutually exclusive

That’s a politically correct lie used to avoid alienating religious folk (maybe even to avoid the cognitive dissonance of alientating yourself if you’re a religious pseudo-scientist!).

The fact is that science and religion really are, in at least one very core area, mutually exclusive.

If something happens then it’s either happening according to the laws of nature or it’s not (maybe it’s happening due to the intervention of god, or the flying spaghetti monster). It can’t be both. Given that scientists believe that the laws of nature (as revealed by the scientific method) govern EVERYTHING that happens (with major reason – there’s never, by definition, been any exception to any scientifically accepted theory), it means that science is incompatible with any notion of god other than a totally impotent one that can have no influence on your life, or anything else.

So, science may be compatible with going to church, living the ten commandments, or whatever else you like to do, but it’s not compatible with belief in a god that has any power in any domain covered by a scientific theory.

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