"...in general, which do you think would be better than the other."?
Better? Better for what?
It's a bit like asking, What is better? a hammer or a computer?
I disagree with the basic premise of your answer choices. Science and spirituality are useful for different things. The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both.
Whoa. Settle down there, cowboy. First off, the notion is that they are mutually independent, not mutually exclusive. Secondly, the issue is "far reaching". That means you have to use a bit of imagination and self-direction to give an answer that is insightful or useful in ANY way. Civilization? Society? Individual completeness? You frame the details the way YOU want.
I made my point that science and spirituality are useful for different things.
You responded by being patronising.
Also what is the purpose of saying, "...the issue is "far reaching"? Isn't that kind of stating the obvious?
Here's my take on the science part of the equation. (BTW I am not anti-science by any means).
Science has its limits. It seems people are always equating science with rationality, yet what is beyond science is not necessarily irrational.
For example, science cannot tell us if a work of literature, art or music are good, bad or beautiful. Science CAN tell us if you put a certain amount of cyanide into your spouses coffee it will kill them. But science cannot tell us if it's morally right to do so.
Science cannot answer even the basic questions of a child: Who am I? What is the meaning and purpose of my existence? What is consciousness?
Is it better to be devoutly religious or devoutly scientific?
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"...in general, which do you think would be better than the other."?
Better? Better for what?
It's a bit like asking, What is better? a hammer or a computer?
I disagree with the basic premise of your answer choices. Science and spirituality are useful for different things. The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both.
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Whoa. Settle down there, cowboy. First off, the notion is that they are mutually independent, not mutually exclusive. Secondly, the issue is "far reaching". That means you have to use a bit of imagination and self-direction to give an answer that is insightful or useful in ANY way. Civilization? Society? Individual completeness? You frame the details the way YOU want.
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I made my point that science and spirituality are useful for different things.
You responded by being patronising.
Also what is the purpose of saying, "...the issue is "far reaching"? Isn't that kind of stating the obvious?
Here's my take on the science part of the equation. (BTW I am not anti-science by any means).
Science has its limits. It seems people are always equating science with rationality, yet what is beyond science is not necessarily irrational.
For example, science cannot tell us if a work of literature, art or music are good, bad or beautiful. Science CAN tell us if you put a certain amount of cyanide into your spouses coffee it will kill them. But science cannot tell us if it's morally right to do so.
Science cannot answer even the basic questions of a child: Who am I? What is the meaning and purpose of my existence? What is consciousness?
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OK. So science has limits, and religion/spirituality has limits. Care to tell us a bit more?