Science Vs. Religion
One of the most important dichotomies that make us stop to think is religion and science. A dichotomy that started in the renaissance, a period when people started questioning, looking to other horizons, other than religion. Before this period the church held back all previous writings that compromised the power of the church. Knowledge in science was set free. Now people learned and questioned biology, astronomy, medicine, physics, chemistry, and also the views of early Christianity then rejected by the church were released.Since then religion and science have confronted each other views trying to answer the questions of nature, life, and death. We can say that science is ahead of religion in the since it provides proof of what it achieves. Religion is more based on faith, morals and beliefs, which are not very useful for skeptic people. Abortion, cloning, sexual protection among others are some of the most important dichotomies that shape our lives in our societies. In the end everyone argues to their
Today one of the most interesting frictions between science and religion is that science fight death, to avoid it or retard it. Religion tells us how to cope with it, but in the end neither one helps. Dichotomies do not change, what changes is opinion from person to person but dichotomies remain. Many people for example think that cloning is bad, or at least morally wrong. They might support by saying that humans should not play the role of God, and that there is no life in a genetically engineered "human being" . Medicine and genetic engineers believe that it can help the human race and we can learn a lot from it.. The only fact is that in the end everyone has an opinion that they make up for themselves. Sometime ago I read that genetic engineers wanted to create humans without heads for the purpose to provide organs for the sick, but is this morally right? Is it right to create a living thing without name or love? Our societies have seen some interesting changes throughout time, from the wheel, electricity, and
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