Some People Believe That Science Has Made Religion Obsolete

Book Id: WPLBN0000708402
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Some People Believe That Science Has Made Religion Obsolete
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Language:	English
Subject:	Religion, Buddhism, Buddhism and literature
Collections:	Buddhist Literature Collection, BuddhaNet: Buddhist Information and Education Network
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Publisher:	Buddhanet: Buddhist Information and Education Network


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Excerpt: Some people believe that science has made religion obsolete. I believe this is a mistaken notion, and I will show why with an analogy. Suppose you were shipwrecked and all alone on a lifeboat in the middle of the ocean. You would be confronted with two questions. The first would be what is the best way to row the boat. The second would be in what direction should the boat be rowed. Similarly, in life we are confronted with two types of questions. The first is what is the easiest and best way to accomplish what I have set out to do. The second is what is worth doing and what should be avoided in my life. The first type of question can be called practical and the second type of question can be called ethical. Science can provide answers to questions of the first type, but never to questions of the second type. Thus to the extent that religion limits itself to providing answers to ethical questions and developing the means to find these answers, it can never be contradicted or superseded by science.