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Essay / Theory of Evolution According to Science and Religion
Charles Darwin was a scientist and naturalist, primarily recognized as the first and most influential proponent of the theory of evolution by natural selection. After the publication of his book in 1859, “On the Origin of Species,” people began to identify the foundations of humanity in very different ways. However, even as scientific approval of his theory was about to go global, countless opposition groups formed, primarily among religious believers. (Darwin, 2008)According to Darwin, the relationship between science and religion is commonly represented as an irreconcilable issue where one party claims something that the other cannot accept; the inconsistencies between the two cause them to negate each other. The popular view of what constituted science, held by the majority of scientists, including Darwin himself, was that science was the methodical study of the organization and behavior of the natural and material world through experimental investigations and empirical observations. While religion was primarily concerned with spiritual and immaterial substance which could not be empirically verified and therefore could not constitute knowledge in the same way that science could; he recognized religion as a simple social construct that evolved over time. As a result, he considered those who believe in religion rather than science to be ignorant, which is made clear in his book "The Descent of Man" (1871), where he observed that: "Ignorance begets more often confidence than knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know a lot, who affirm so positively that this or that problem will never be solved by science. (Darwin, 2010) In this case it is obvious that ...... middle of article ...... generally stupid, otherwise the science of Darwinism is entirely compatible with conventional religious beliefs - and also compatible with atheism, thus proving that the two broad areas of the factuality of nature and the source of human morality do not strongly overlap. (Gould, 1992) This means that there is always room for scientists and religious thinkers to follow religion and science harmoniously. Despite the different ethical and moral points of view that oppose science, in fact, scientific hypotheses that allow empirical verification to support the hypotheses are still valid. on religious beliefs by the majority of the world. Therefore, science will likely continue to govern our understanding of the world and so religious believers and secular thinkers will need to discover ways to incorporate their views into a coherent narrative about how we, as humans, are born..