would there be religion if science provided an answer to life after death?
2010-10-10 15:03:23 UTC
is there life after death?
religion: yes.
science: no.
if science could provide a positive answer would religion disappear?
Twenty answers:
2010-10-10 15:05:04 UTC
When you die your brain dies. Hello?
Anyway, science is not concerned with debunking superstition, that is the responsibility of individuals, each one to himself/herself.
Moreover there are motivations in religion are separate from logic and rational thinking.
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Penny Lane
2010-10-10 18:35:04 UTC
A positive answer, as in "yes there is a life after death"?
I think that would rather confirm religion, wouldnt it? Thats the big beef. Atheists are going on about how when we die our bodies just rot and thats it.
Here's the thing. Even if science could prove there is an existence after death, it has no way to know WHY there is, or HOW we progress though it.....WHO is our creator or leader in that stage of our existence.
2010-10-10 15:08:33 UTC
Not in the way most people believe that life after death will be. And no religion will not disappear, science will though
Wiz
2010-10-10 15:07:52 UTC
Of course there would still be religion. Religion has very little, if anything, to do with "life after death". BTW, science doesn't say there isn't some kind of existence after the event we call death. It says "I don't know". Of course, "science" doesn't say anything since it is not anthropomorphic.
lefler
2016-11-04 05:47:43 UTC
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2010-10-10 15:08:52 UTC
We need not to speculate on the unlikely things.
There are quite a lot of things of this regarding this life that science is not able to handle. Like death.
If science can remove death, yes, religion will be zero. But do you see such a probability?
2010-10-10 15:14:33 UTC
There always will be. Religious people are weak and always need something to believe in to live a happy life. They need to follow a book written thousands of years ago rather than their own morals. They would come up with some bullshit reason that "proves" the scientific discovery wrong.
2010-10-10 15:05:01 UTC
It's Religion that needs to back up evidence behind their claims of life after death.
There is no evidence of life after death, therefore science believes there is no life after death.
Simple.
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2010-10-10 15:05:58 UTC
It depends how you look at conflicts between religion and science. I've heard the explanation that when religion tries to explain scientific facts (evolution, creation), it is overstepping its boundaries (and at these points in the Torah, it should be taken figuratively). And when science tries to explain morals, it is overstepping ITS boundaries.
LindaLou
2010-10-10 15:08:19 UTC
You know....science has been senselessly and unsuccessfully attempting to disprove GOD for ions. You think that just because modern man & modern science APPEAR to be taking such leaps and advances that they will somehow come upon something NEW? Come now....
What will prove the ultimate success is when man wises up and recognizes that in-spite of all their knowledge and learning that God has more knowledge, more learning, more power and more eternal know as well as understands ALL science, all physical & natural laws of the universe perfectly and completely and THEN Man will acknowledge Him and humbly see the error of his ways.....
One day man will know all truths that God already knows and then spirituality and science will come together in perfect harmony.
arewethereyet
2010-10-10 15:06:02 UTC
If you mean can science prove a negative? According to science, it can't be done.
Kristine Dancin Ens
2010-10-10 15:05:40 UTC
I doubt that (for a lot of people) cause science shows proof of things on earth. Afterlife isn't earth and even if it could I think a lot of people wouldn't anyway.
M 1
2010-10-10 15:05:48 UTC
If science said yes, it would strengthen religion.
Danny Ravencroft
2010-10-10 15:08:18 UTC
Religion is endless dogma. If you proved beyond all doubt that god didn't exist, they'd call you the devil and keep going. Religion will never end. Unfortunately.
Voice in the Wilderness
2010-10-10 15:05:03 UTC
Science cant touch afterlife issues.
Reggie
2010-10-10 15:08:56 UTC
science can't provide an answer because science only goes by facts,no one has facts on what happens when you die.religion has an answer because they speculate and make stuff up
2010-10-10 15:05:06 UTC
yes there would still be religion. science can't make people whole.
A DRAGON
2010-10-10 15:04:47 UTC
There will always be 'religion'.
trollhouse cookies
2010-10-10 15:04:29 UTC
no - like always they would blame the proof on the devil and keep on going.
2010-10-10 15:04:26 UTC
I believe there still would be.
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