The "War" Of Religion And Science Due To Their Similarities And Differences

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The "War" of Religion and Science Due to Their Similarities and Differences Thesis: In the book Phantoms, Dean Koontz relates the "war" between religion and science through the defeat of a supernatural being.

I. Religion A. Similarities to science from the theological view B. Differences to science from the theological view 1. Why they are different from the theological view 2. How to overcome there differences from a theological view II. Science A. Similarities to religion from a scientific view B. Differences to religion from a scientific view 1. Why they are different from a scientific view 2. How to overcome these differences from a scientific view III. Supernatural A. World view of the supernatural B. How the book uses the supernatural to show the "war" between religion and science.

For many years, there has been a so-called "war" between religion and science. religion is a powerful worldview as is science.

Many people around the world believe in the existence of both religion and science. Unfortunately, the conflict between the two is partially due to the fact that they are so similar yet so different. Both religion and science expect a person to rely on information that is sometimes unexplainable. In the book , Phantoms, Dean Koontz relates this "war" between religion and science through the defeat of a supernatural being.

There are many different religions that fill this world. Religion requires a person to believe that some events are unexplainable, and that a person should just believe because God, or some other figure wanted life to be this way (Hall 26). A person is expected to believe without a foundation of reason. This relates to science because theories are reasons that have not yet been proven. A scientist expects for a person to believe a theory because it is...