Originally posted by robbie carrobie
if science is truth and religion is truth why cannot they be reconciled? for is not truth universal?
I'd like someone to nail down a strict definition of truth where it pertains to science or religion.
How can anyone assert that religion is truth? Firstly, "religion" is an umbrella term for a set of "religions", with each of these being an umbrella term for a set of denominations of these religions. There are conflicting ideas about what "God" is/does attached to to these little subsets and so it surely cannot be possible that their union is something which is factually correct from any frame of reference or perspective!
Before I'm accused of being biased how can someone claim science is truth? As I understand it science (at least in the physical sense such as physics, chemistry, psychology, etc...) is, in short, an endeavour on the part of humans to describe why and how what happens/has happened takes place in the universe we exist in based on tangible evidence, sound reasoning, and assumptions limited by the extents of current technology and our facility to make sense of/work with the data we currently have. What we say is correct or truth in physical terms is surely subject to the proviso that it is correct only within a certain error margin (not necessarily known). Science deals with trying to reduce this margin.
I say science and religion cannot be reconciled btw.