Science vs. religion (Introduction)

by David Turell , Thursday, January 29, 2009, 14:21 (5775 days ago) @ George Jelliss

Why do you give this the heading "Science versus religion"?
 - I had just received an email from a Mormon student who is writing an essay on how science sorts through the Bible stories and possible historical facts, trying to confirm or deny the validity of various Bible entries. As I previously had noted Black Sea studies have centered on the issue of Noah and the possibility that melting of the last glacial period sent huge quantities of water down the Danube into the lake that became the Black Sea. Most studies support the idea there was a more or less extensive local flood. - When I was in Israel, the guide insisted that much of the OT was true history, and certainly Israeli archaeologists are trying to prove that point, and in some ways they have, for example David's city next to the outer wall of the old part of Jeruselum. - As the student expressed it, was science fighting with or confirming parts of the Bible? Gould expresssed it as two separate magesteria. Are they? - Thanks for asking the question. It allowed me to express some of the background to my thinking about it. I don't think they are separate.