Well, the new MacBook I have, did not necessarily directly cause this chain of thought I am currently engaged in, but nonetheless, it is there and I'm sure there is some sort of indirect correlation somewhere.
My thought is really very simple, and yet complex and has caused me to think quite hard about our society and the future for the human race. My thought is this: Can Science and Religion Coexist Harmoniously?
My answer would have to be a resounding no. Although the reason for this has nothing to do with the religion or the science, it is because of us, the great and bountiful Human Race. We take Religion and twist it to suit our own, selfish, personal needs, and to some extent we do the same with Science. So, if one person needs science to be a solid fact, never changing, never altering in its conclusions, and another needs there to be a god that will make sure we are safe, but to believe that we can chose and control our own fate, our own destiny and that things are always changing to suit this change in fate/destiny. These two people would most likely not be able to exist together in peace, because they need the world to mean different things, and they would not like someone else trying to change their perception of the world.
There are people who can believe in both a god and the changing facts of science. For some people the wondrous ability of Science to make us question what is going on around us, what goes on beneath he surface of something, it just reinforces their belief in god, of a higher power.
But even these people may never be able to live in a kind of peace with some other people, more extremists, people who believe so strongly in their religion or scientific field, that they believe that no one else's beliefs or opinions or values matter, that they are right and everyone else should agree with them.
It is because of the diverse nature of the Human Being, that we may never be able to accept both Science and religion together with the same importance and significance to the reality we live in.
That is my assesment of the situation at least.
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A world of congenial beings is a fiction. It's tough to swallow the truth that people just barely coexist, and for me, I think it's still somewhere between my mouth and stomach. Not to be too dramatic, but I'm forever choking on what we are and what we can never be.
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