Should science prevail over religion?

I'm 14, and I've been really confused about religion lately. There are a lot of things I don't get. My best friend is an athiest (sp?) and she hasn't like tried to force her beliefs on me or anything, but she's told me about her views, and I've got to...

say, they do seem logical. Science has a way to explain everything in life, from evolution to visions. It seems that if God did want us to obey him, we would be born knowing of him. how do we know whoever wrote the bible didn't just make it up? i've just really not been sure. can anyone help me?

Most people go through life without ever really thinking about what they believe or why. You have already given this more thought than most people do in their lifetime.

Nobody can figure it out for you. You just have to look into different ideas, think about them, and come up with your own world view.

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- Well you see your wrong about the part that science can prove anything, current sceince cannot prove anything, in my opinion, you are diminishing the very purpose of religon, to belive what you belive in without any proof.
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I dont know n sry for being a little on the Athiest. side but I believe people change the bible. I believe if their really of been a god and such then there would be a bible and only one bible. I think there are people who write different things and such and change it. If you get what I am saying where is the very bible he wrote? Its not around no one can prove anything really. Different churches use different bibles and some have different beliefs in them. If god himself created the bible and what ever else dont you think he would have made it where there was only one bible and everyone believed in the same thing and other things.

Keep an open mind and read the Bible for yourself...form your own personal opinion.

Should science prevail over religion is not the question, in my opinion...the question is: Where will I spend eternity ?

Religion started when man began to fear natural phenomena like lightning and thunder that he could not explain and wanted to appease the super being, that he imagined, was causing those phenomena. In fact, man invented God. God is a fiment of his imagination. As science grew religion has receded further and further. In a court of law, you cannot bring in god, goblins, heaven and hell because they are not rational concepts.
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stop thinking of science and religion as opposites.

religion is a moral system that is loosely based on unprovable mythologies.
it can help people to have a more content and fulfilling life, but it can also lead to fanatic idealism and hypocrisy.

science is a method of discovering factual information about the world based on provable facts and experiments. it can save your life through medicine and help you live more comfortably, but it is cold and unfeeling and has no "morality".

this is the truth:
morals change from town to town, state to state, and country to country.
If there were one all-powerful God, then he's not the God that Christians try to share (a God that loves you all the time and is always helpful)

God is everything, meaning that he gets angry and happy, helpful and destructive.
You probably know enough about life to understand the important moral teachings of Christianity. The only other things that Christianity offers are structure and a hope for the afterlife.

You're confused, so just arrive AT YOUR OWN CONCLUSIONS.
don't let anyone tell you what you believe.

trust your mind to make good, moral decisions.
trust science to save your leg when you break it, or to build you a better TV.
Trust God if you're scared of Hell.

personally, any God that would send good people to hell just because they never said "be my savior" is a god that I would rather not honor.

If God is a good a decent God, he would honor good and decent people.

No, science should not prevail over religion. Science is the best objective way we, so far, have developed to explain and explore the world, to find truth. Faith is the subjective way to truth. They are parallel, not opposed. If there is a contradiction, it is because we do not fully understand one or the other.

We have seen such things before. A few years back, astronomers and cosmologists believed the universe was about 10-14 billion years ago, while there were stars and galaxies in it that were over 15 billion years old. Contradiction? Yes. However, with additional data, the problem has been resolved: both ages were off. Scientists were concerned, they knew there was an error somewhere, so they continued to explore and research and do the math--but they did not say, "This is obviously wrong. Let's just forget about it and give up."

comosedice says that "religion is a moral system that is loosely based on unprovable mythologies." Well, the Christian faith is not based on unprovable mythologies, but on the living, historical witness of the first believers, the Apostles and disciples. It makes a difference, if God came to tell us how to live.

comosedice also says, "morals change from town to town, state to state, and country to country." Yes, but we also hold a hierarchy of morality: some are better than others. A thief's morality, or a mobster's hit man's morality is not very high. How do we judge which morality is better than another? There must be one perfect morality. As Christians, we believe we have found that morality in Jesus and his Gospel. It is perfect, because it corresponds best to the human nature we should have, without the distortions of sin.

comosedice adds, "If there were one all-powerful God, then he's not the God that Christians try to share (a God that loves you all the time and is always helpful) / God is everything, meaning that he gets angry and happy, helpful and destructive." Well, the God I know and believe in and love is always helpful and loves me, and you, all the time. It's my fault if I am not open to God's love. It's my fault if I refuse to believe the laws and morals I have been taught, and insist on finding out why they were made. I cannot blame God for that. And, I too, believe, "personally, any God that would send good people to hell just because they never said 'be my savior' is a god that I would rather not honor. / If God is a good a decent God, he would honor good and decent people." But then, as a Catholic, I don't believe in such a God. My God does welcome all good people. The Church is here to help us, to offer the best way to God, the clearest direction, the greatest grace.

There are some things that science can't explain (yet), like art and love. Partly that's because science is ruthlessly honest (or tries to be). Art and love are irrational, but that's OK, we can live with that. (If we were rational about love, some people would never find partners!)

Religion is very much about wishful thinking.

phil2611: "... the very purpose of religon, to belive what you belive in without any proof. " I could hardly have put it better myself, but why do you think that's a good thing?

Read The God Delusion. It's ruthlessly honest about the bible!