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I can not.We humans, who once considered ourselves to be the center of creation, now know that we occupy one small mote of dust in a vast cosmos. Are we alone? We don't know. Why are we here? We don't know. Is there a purpose to intelligent life? We don't know. Once the Earth is gone, will there be life to care whether the cosmos continues? We don't know. How did life get started? We don't know.It is all of the things we don't know that makes philosophical discussion possible. The existence of a supreme being, or perhaps beings who have some purpose for this little world is a matter of philosophy, not science. There is no conflict between science and religion, none. There may be a conflict between some scientific truths, like evolution, and some religious fables, like the creation myths that have sprung up in so many different cultures. There is no more a conflict between theism and science than there is between art and history. They are two different fields of study, two different ways of looking at things. You can not discuss the existence or nature of god from a scientific perspective any more than you can discuss history from a musical perspective. There may be some overlaps, but they are two separate fields of knowledge. There is no conflict between them.
I can not.
We humans, who once considered ourselves to be the center of creation, now know that we occupy one small mote of dust in a vast cosmos. Are we alone? We don't know. Why are we here? We don't know. Is there a purpose to intelligent life? We don't know. Once the Earth is gone, will there be life to care whether the cosmos continues? We don't know. How did life get started? We don't know.
It is all of the things we don't know that makes philosophical discussion possible. The existence of a supreme being, or perhaps beings who have some purpose for this little world is a matter of philosophy, not science.
There is no conflict between science and religion, none. There may be a conflict between some scientific truths, like evolution, and some religious fables, like the creation myths that have sprung up in so many different cultures. There is no more a conflict between theism and science than there is between art and history. They are two different fields of study, two different ways of looking at things. You can not discuss the existence or nature of god from a scientific perspective any more than you can discuss history from a musical perspective. There may be some overlaps, but they are two separate fields of knowledge. There is no conflict between them.
