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3annefrank · Member

Dear Diary,

It rather annoys me that people think that just because I am Jewish I have to believe in god. Just because I am raised on one religion, doesn’t mean I cannot have my own view point. Personally, I believe scientists are very intelligent people who know what they are talking about in experiments. There enormous amount of data to back up their theories cannot be proven wrong just because someone beliefs in a “god.” Science is there to explain questions and the evolution of Earth is still an ongoing question. I understand how people belief in god and deities, but how can people put their faith into one person when scientists have made millions of experiments to prove otherwise. Sometimes I wonder how one god could have made the seven continents, vast oceans, or the diversity or organisms on Earth, but then again I realize that Earth had formed on its own naturally, and not one person(God) could have controlled this enormous process. Religious people can be very narrow minded sometimes… not wanting to open up their mind to other ideas about how the Earth formed. They were raised to love god and Jesus, but I can bet you, if they weren’t, some of them would probably have the same view as scientists to as how the Earth was formed. I don’t think believing in god is such a terrible thing, I just belief that we could all have a different perspective at time. Anyway, writing in my diary is a way to let out all my frustration and anger at the Nazis… I must run and go grab some ink because my pen is running out… more tomorrow…

Love,

Anne

3johngreen · Member

Although I do not talk about it often, I am a Christian. I have stated in the past that all Americans (including Christians) should be opposed to creationism being taught in schools and that, "What science has taught us does not invalidate religious faith." Science had shown that evolution is responsible for the diversity of all life on earth, but that doesn not undermine spirituality. Some extreme creationists believe that the earth is only about 6,000 years old and that even dinosour fossils are a conspiracy even though science has proven that the earth is at least 4.6 billion years old. However, not all Christians (or people of other religious faiths) believe that. Some religious people have issues with the origin of life, but I do not understand how anyone can say, "Evolution doesn't exist. God made every animal how they are," when we can observe microevlution in a matter of days. So, I do believe that one can believe in both a higher power and science. (And I do not understand how some people believe in religion but not science when science has proof).

3morganfreeman · Member

Science is proven by fact, and tested until there can be no doubt. To me, there is no religion. In the vast expanse of the universe there is a thin line between fact and fairytale. We must differentiate between the two and come to a conclusion that we are fulfilled with.

3sarahpalin · Member

I believe in both science and religion but I believe in science more than I believe in religion. I am a Christian but when it comes to the formation of earth, the origin of life, and the explanation for the varied and highly complex organisms, science is more believable in the fact that it has much more evidence. Scientists have always proven their laws and theories with many evidences, but in religion, we only have the sacred scripture to believe. It is possible to believe in both science and religion, but I think you should always go with the one that has more evidence. This is the key in politics. You always have to provide evidence for everything for the people to believe. The more people you have for support, the more successful you are.

3ellendegeneres · Member

I really don't think it's possible to believe in science and religion when the question is "what is the origin of life?" We've all heard the stories about the first man and woman on Earth. We know of G-d's "great mighty power of creating the Earth" but we also know what scientist tell us! They tell us about the development of life, adaptions, mutations, all bringing us to where we are today. Very complex organisms. Now those are 2 concepts that are very different from one another. How can you truly believe in 2 things that are so different. If you say "G-d made us humans, but we also developed form bacteria" You'd sound pretty stupid, right?!

3justinbieber · Member

I am a really big believer in God and religion, being a strong Christian, but I agree that religion and science can co-exist. Religion is a base for man to live on, and is some religions, to explain natural phenomena. Science was not made to object against religion, but rather to help is. Christians and other monotheistic religions believe in the story of Adam and Eve. Science does not state that religion is incorrect, but rather helps religious followers. After God created all animals living on Earth, what happened? This is what the theory of evolution proves, what happened after God created Earth. And for people like me it is a little hard to believe in the Big Bang or that all humans evolved from single cell bacteria. But everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I guess religion and science can co-exist but it's really hard to believe both at the same time with certain things like how Earth came to be.

3chucknorris · Member

I'm Baptist and I'm not afraid to say it. However I also find the explanation on the origins of life provided by science to be believable. In truth there is a lot of things scientst dont know, and a lot of mysteries that are impossible to solve. Ofcourse I velive that the Earth and all of its orgniasms were created by god, and that Adam and E

3chucknorris · Member

I'm Baptist and I'm not afraid to say it. However I also find the explanation on the origins of life provided by science to be believable. In truth there is a lot of things scientist don't know, and a lot of mysteries that are impossible to solve. Of course I believe that the Earth and all of its organisms were created by God. I also believe that God is responsible for all of the strange, and unanswered perplexities in science.

3johnnydepp · Member

No I cannot accept the teachings of both science and religion. I am agnostic and religion has absolutely no proof, but a mere book that is biased.... Science most definintely has proof. It doesn't make any sense for people to believe in such a story the bible explains. It has been proven billions of times that the formation of Earth and the origin of life started through reasonable explainable phenomenon. Obviously organisms become more complex as time passes. Look at all of the research.

I have faith in my kids and in love. I have no reason to believe in a god. So far, I have been completely fine without a religion; science explains everything I need to know. Look at me now! I am an accomplished actor who gives back to charities. Just because I am agnostic doesn't mean you have to treat me any different either. We all derived from the same ancestors, so do not judge someone based on their beliefs. Look at the person they are first.

3aynrand · Member

I cannot accept the teachings of both science and religion. As an atheist, I do not believe in the way Christains believe the earth was formed and how life came about. There is no proof that it happened, and I belive in reason, not faith. Science, on the other hand, has proof. There is reason to how scientists believe the earth was formed, so I accept the teachings of science, but not of religion.

3malcolmx · Member

I very much do believe in the power of god. Yet, I do believe that the power of science and the power of god can both exist. I believe that scientists have it right when it come to the way the earth was formed but I also believe god played a role in it. I believe science may be more proven but I like having something to believe in. Science does not necessarily prove everything and I believe god had a lot to do with the creation of the earth and the organisms that live upon this great big earth. Science does not really give you morals that the power of god gives me, so I would have to lean a little more towards the religion side considering I'm very religious but science does also play a key role.

3katemiddleton · Member

I believe that accepting both the beliefs of science and religion is perfectly fine, although I base most of my beliefs off of my Anglo-Saxon religion. The scientists have good theories about how the Earth was created, but obviously in the overall picture God created it. Also, things did evolve, like humans became taller and less hairy, but God created humans. I am positive we did not evolve from monkeys. It all started with Adam and Eve, who loved each other, but not as much as me and William of course. ;)

3edgarallanpoe · Member

I am a complete atheist, and saying so, I beieve that religion cannot compare to science. Science is proven to be true by magnificently brilliant minds. Religion is not proven to be true, but there to give people something to believe in. "All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry."

3billymays · Member

HI! BILLY MAYS HERE AND I BELIEVE IN BOTH TEACHINGS. I THINK THIS, BECAUSE BELIEVE IN FACTS AND THATS ALL THAT SCIENCE IS ABOUT. THERE ARE MANY THEORIES OF HOW THE WORLD STARTED. THE MOST KNOWN ONE IS THE BIG BANG THEORY. IN THIS THEORY THERE WAS A MASSIVVVEE EXPLOSION AND A LOT OF DUST AND GASES WERE MADE. THESE DUSTS AND GASES JOINED TO MAKE SMALL ASTEROIDS AND EVENTUALLY PLANETS LIKE OUR OWN EARTH. THIS CAN BE PROVEN IN THE ASTEROID BELT BECAUSE ASTEROIDS ARE CONSTANTLY BANGING INTO EACH OTHER AND EVENTUALLY THERE WILL BE A PLANET. I AM ALSO CHRISTIAN SO I BELIEVE THAT GOD CREATED THE WORLD IN SEVEN DAYS. ON MONDAY, HE CREATED LIGHT, EARTH, SUN, AND THE MOON. ON TUESDY, HE CREATED THE SEAS, RIVERS, AND LAKES. ON WEDNESDAY, HE CREATED PLANTS, TREES, AND FLOWERS. ON THURSDAY, HE CREATED THE FLYING CREATURES AND INSECTS. ON FRIDAY, HE CREATED THE LAND CREATURES. ON SATURDAY HE CREATED THE HUMANS AND OTHER COMMANDS. AND ON SUNDAY HE RESTED. PERSONALLY, I THINK THIS WEEK IS LIKE THE TIMELINE WE DID IN CLASS ON A YEAR SCALE, BUT US CHRISTIANS JUST SHOWED IT ALL IN A WEEK. SO, I BELIEVE THAT THE SCIENTISTS AND US CHRITIANS GO HAND IN HAND IN HOW THE WORLD STARTED.

3mayaangelou · Member

Although I am very spiritual and have gave my time to several religions, I have to say, science is definiatly not to be looked down upon despite my practices, therefore I feel that both of religion and science is acceptable for me. Scientists have proved their point about the earth and the religious people can have their own. Having a tase of Buddhism, Islam, Judasim, I felt that being Christian was the one to call out to me and so I do feel that God did create the world the way he did, however science is additionally correct. "I simply refused to be caged."

3ladygaga · Member

Honey, any person with eyes that work can see that the bible was written by people that thought the Earth was flat and that mice came from hay, so even if you are a follower of capital H-I-M, you have to know that talking snakes did not be happening. Religion, as I like to think of it, is just people's way of comforting themselves with death. Everyone wants to go to some magical wonderland when they die and meet some scraggly white guy who needs a haircut and have some big laugh. As the world progresses, more things are learned that have some stupid conterversial debates with them. WHO CARES. All that matters is that we're here now, and that your iTunes is working to download my next song. K? Bye bye now.

Oops didn't mean to reply as anon. Hehe

-- Edited by 3ladygaga on Sunday 3rd of March 2013 11:03:43 PM

3gandhi · Member

In the beginning of time man had no choice to believe on what his religion said. however now man can use science and theories to prove or disprove things. I am very religious, but I also agree with the facts. so i believe in science on how the world came to be and not any story of Adam and Eve.

3billgates · Member

I'm not somebody who goes to church on a regular basis. The specific elements of Christianity are not something I'm a huge believer in. There's a lot of merit in the moral aspects of religion. I think it can have a very very positive impact. In terms of doing things I take a fairly scientific approach to why things happen and how they happen. I don't know if there's a god or not, but I think religious principles are quite valid. In other words i am not sure if God is real or not, and I do believe science is true. It is possible that God is real or not and religion can be very beneficial. I believe if there is a god however, I have donated billions so I will probably be well off in his opinion.

3taylorswift · Member

As most of you guys probably know, I am from the south and everyone knows a good southern girl believes in The Lord, Our God. So of course I believe in the teachings of God. How could the earth be here if some higher power didn't create it? As for all that science stuff I am not really sure, as I said before Science isn't my thing. However with the proof of evolution, I have come to also believe in changes over time, like the theory of humans coming from monkeys. I am very thankful for this scientific observation because if men and women weren't here no one could feel love which is very important to me :----))))

3danielboone · Member

I believe in both cause I know The Lord created this ere place but science is usually right I think. I mean science does have all those pretty pictures n all them fancy words so it must be true. But if I had to pick between em I would choose The Lord cause I know all that is true. I still dont believe in evolution cause it's against religion.

3britneyspears · Member

I think you can believe in both science and God. I mean yeah, religion and sience both say different things, like, about where we all came from. Oooo, My spell check says I spelled science wrong. Like, sience (Oops! I did it again) has a lot of proof to back up their research about why there are so many complex organisms today, but that doesn't mean that God didn't make the processes start. I think scientists are very smart, and I totally believe what they say, but I also believe in God. He still could have performed miracles. I think until we know for sure it is okay to believe in both. I <3 GOD!!

3muhammadali · Member

There is no way you can accept both. Since it seems most of you are Christian, I will state an example from the Bible. As you all know, it is said that Jesus sacrificed himself to save mankind. If you are an Evolutionist, Jesus will have sacrificed himself to save humanity from the very thing that shaped it into what it is in the first place. Therefore, I can only now believe, that one of these is correct, and I choose divine creation.

3martinlutherkingjr · Member

I believe both findings to be true. Gow can one sit there and deny things that occur during their lifetime such as micro evolution? I do believe that God created life but that over time species have changed into these complex animals so they are better suited for their environment. If micro evolution can happen during our lifetime why is it so far fetched that macro evolution can occur on a higher level?People need to be able to accept that you don't have to chose one or the other.

3jkrowling · Member

Despite what many critics believe based on my books, I am Christian. Therefore, it must be one or the other. When God created the earth, he had already created all types of animals and put humans there to take care of them. However, in terms of adaptation, science makes sense to show that organisms adapt to survive in their environment. But in terms of the creation of Earth, it must be one way or the other.

Date: 07:01 AM Mar 4, 2013

Honey, any person with eyes that work can see that the bible was written by people that though the Earth was flat and that mice came from hay, so even if you are a follower of capital H-I-M, you have to know that talking snakes did not be happening. Religion, as I like to think of it, is just people's way of comforting themselves with death. Everyone wants to go to some magical wonderland when they die and meet some scraggly white guy who needs a haircut and have some big laugh. As the world progresses, more things are learned that have some stupid conterversial debates with them. WHO CARES. All that matters is that we're here now, and that your iTunes is working to download my next song. K? Bye bye now.

3billclinton · Member

You cant teach all that other sciency crap! Now, I am born and raised a Baptist ,therefore I believe the world was made from god. So what I am saying is yes, it must be one way or the other. God created EVERYTHING.

3nikolatesla · Member

Being that my father raised me as an Orthodox Christian, I would usually accept only the teachings of Christianity as an explanation for the formation of Earth. However, I now follow many aspects of Buddhism. Because of this, I generally accept scientific knowledge to explain how the Earth and life on it originated, but I could also accept the teachings of any religion. From my perspective, the current characteristics of Earth and its inhabiting organisms matter much more than the formation of Earth itself and the origin of life.

3confucius · Member

I would choose the teachings of religion over science. But if I was reincarnated into the modern world, I may have been influences to understand true science with religion. The creation of the earth was by our God and it was able to create living organism last as long as another 2000 years. The god ha lived for many of years and formed thousands of diverse organisms.