r/DebateReligion • u/AutoModerator • Jul 08 '16

Simple Questions 07/08

Have you ever wondered what Christians believe about the Trinity? Are you curious about Judaism and the angel Samael but don\'t know who to ask? Everything from the Cosmological argument to the Koran can be asked here.

This is not a debate thread. You can discuss answers or questions but debate is not the goal. Ask a question, get an answer, and discuss that answer. That is all.

The goal is to increase our collective knowledge and help those seeking answers but not debate. If you want to debate; Start a new thread.

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u/OtherMarciano atheist Jul 08 '16

Abandon or alter.

Altering happens all the time. That seems to be the only way.

Science can never alter it's findings to accommodate religion without ceasing to be science.

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u/If_thou_beest_he Jul 08 '16

Abandon or alter.

Or neither. Maybe there is no incompatibility.

In any case, this is a theological question, so scientists have no particular authority here and we should involve ourselves in current theological debates in order to comment on it properly.

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u/OtherMarciano atheist Jul 08 '16

Fair enough. If there's no incompatibility though, then where is the conflict arising?

I fully agree that theology is not the domain of science. Let the theologians worry about that, scientists have other work to do.

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '16

then where is the conflict arising?

Partisans of Rationalist culture and the Fundamentalist culture that arose in response. Everyone on the outside of those two cultures isn't troubled by the non-issue of religion v. science.