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Is cosmology an attempt of the church to highjack science? Is this cosmology the beginning of a new breed of "science" where belief is protected and taught under the name of science?
W3pcq said:I wish I never asked this question. My main motivation for questioning this is more to do with the twist the media puts on these things and the way the public is led to believe certain things. Not really the science, but the belief.
wolram said:Cosmology is an attempt to understand our universe, i hope it has little to do with religion.
W3pcq said:It is just that understanding our universe has everything to do with religion. It has everything to do with validity of religions, and the creation science movement is very strong now days in the media. I was just wondering. If the universe was created from a singularity, then the bible may be correct just off a little. If the universe has no beginning, then there is much more wrong with the bible.
boomerang said:That's down to your interpretation of the bible, anyway, it appear's you are unsure
of which version of cosmology to believe?
Which one do you put your faith in, so to speak?
Wallace said:That's the whole point right? Science doesn't work on belief or faith but only verifiable evidence. I don't mean that to demean religious faith, but the point is that it is a whole different type of discourse, so it's pointless to compare or choose between the two.
W3pcq said:It is just that understanding our universe has everything to do with religion. It has everything to do with validity of religions, and the creation science movement is very strong now days in the media. I was just wondering. If the universe was created from a singularity, then the bible may be correct just off a little. If the universe has no beginning, then there is much more wrong with the bible.
boomerang said:What science tends to do in these area's is to try and fit the evidence it has
into some sort of theory(s).
The thing is with science is that it tends to throw up as many questions as it does answers.
Rather like peeling back the layers of an onion, there always seems to be another layer underneath.
Cosmology is the scientific study of the origins and evolution of the universe, while creation science is a belief system that incorporates religious beliefs and interpretations of creation into scientific explanations.
Yes, cosmology is a legitimate and widely accepted scientific field that is constantly evolving and advancing through research and experimentation.
There is no scientific evidence to support the claims of creation science, so it cannot be considered a valid extension of cosmology. However, individuals are free to hold personal beliefs that incorporate both cosmology and creation science.
Cosmologists use scientific principles and evidence to explain the origins of the universe, such as the Big Bang theory, which states that the universe began as a singularity and has been expanding and evolving ever since.
There are some similarities between the concepts of creation and scientific explanations of the universe, such as the idea of a beginning or origins. However, creation science relies on religious beliefs and interpretations, while cosmology is based on empirical evidence and scientific principles.