Scientific enquiry must be controlled by religion or the state?
407041
Scientific inquiry should not be controlled, it should be encouraged!
539429
Religion seems to be used for social control.  Still, I live and let live as long as a theocracy is not promoted and established.  So far, here in the US, we still have freedom FROM religion too.  I'd like to keep it that way.
53837
They can.  Open your mind.\n\nBut this:\n\n"According to the scientific method, unless you can disprove a theory... it stands as true."\n\nis an absolute farce.  There is so such notion in science.  If it's not a scientific theory, then it's not a scientific theory.  It means science can't say anything about it, right, wrong, or sideways.\n\nYou're confusing the legal idea of "innocent until proven guilty" with science.  Science cannot disproave any of Christianity, Hinduism, Shinto, Zoroastrianism, or Minerva worship--that doesn't mean science says they're all true.
188607
Not because they asked for it I assure you. A practice that needs to stop. Use it for religous purposes only.
337280
Most people have to be told what to think.  Especially about religion.
307672
anyone should be allowed to state an answer, no matter what the believe or don't belive, its called freedom of speach
387996
one example would be cloning. It ties in both religiously and scientifically because when it comes to religion, only god can make human beings and when it comes to science, it obviously comes to challenge sciences theory. Another would be the creation of anti-matter. This new "weapon" is the most powerfull substance in the world. Just by reading the name you can sort of guess what this stuff is. It a substance that can wipe out unimaginable amount of matter, pretty much everything in this world. The battle between Science and Religion is amazing dude.
485303
science is the pursuit of knowledge of the physical.  belief systems deal with the supernatural.  i think that priority should be given to what will better society as a whole and science shouldn't worry about what people think.
521801
Not all religion. I would have to say though that FUNDAMENTALIST religion IS INDEED a tool of mind control that allows a small group of people to wield enormous influence over the masses, and I think that's wrong.
1164334
Slowly science is winning the war on relgious prejutices. A long time ago you would be burned at the stake for science. I believe in time hopefully sooner than later, that science will be able to correct any physical problems that humans have.
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No, but government & the church are both forms of control by the "leaders".  Remember the church was against the printing press, because the masses could now look and interpret God's word on their own.  The relationship one has with their God is different.  Granted some individual's God is an object & who can defind what that relationship is.  It is hardly 2 way communication.
785350
some religions may not accept such beliefs.
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Enquiring minds want to know.
172527
To a certain degree.  I mean, when Galileo lived, it was pretty much against the law to make scientific progress if it went against what people then believed (such as the belief that the Sun revolves around the Earth).  But he still made his "heretical" scientific progress.  So even the most hostile government can't completely stop science.  But at the same time, governments choose how much funding goes to what arms of independent science, how research is regulated, and all sorts of other things that can affect the development of science.  \n\nSo my answer is, science doesn't depend entirely on government, but it's never completely free of government influence, either.\n\nOn top of that, there's the question of who's in charge of the scientific research itself.  I mean, if a drug company finds out that their product is dangerous in no uncertain terms, then they'll probably let you know.  But if it's a gray area, they're going to play it down as much as they can.
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It's one of the United State's most fundamental issues to protect each individual's freedom of religion.  Of course our government has no right to have any say in religion whatsoever (unless the religion requires others to be harmed like it said above).  It is even more important to note that its a FREEDOM of religion.  It should not be encouraged or discouraged.  Many politicians today quote biblical phrases and speak of their beliefs according to how government should be applied.  This is wrong, because there are those who do not believe in Christianity.  We have to remember the basis of this country.  The puritans came over here in the first place to escape religious persecution!
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The founders of this country decided that religion should be separated from government and for a good reason. Countries that have a state religion almost always discriminate against people who choose to believe differently, to the point that those people are often tortured and killed for those non-conforming beliefs.\n\nHistory has proved this time and time again and millions have died in the name of state religions. Jefferson and the others involved with determining the fate of their new nation prevented this by the separation of church and state.\n\nThis so called "science" of intelligent design is a lame excuse for the teaching of religion as viewed by Christianity and ignores other beliefs. \n\nIn fact, the theory of evolution does not exclude creation, it simply follows the natural order as has been determined by scientific study. Who is to deny that a creator set the conditions of the laws of nature in a manner that was conducive to evolution, rather than a wiz bang instant existence.\n\nAs for the Bible explanation, how do you explain such complex science to a simple minded people thousands of years ago who were very superstitious and not at all scientifically savvy, except by using a simple story that they could understand. The various peoples of the world all had creation stories and all were easy to understand, with no complex science.
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Nothing should be banned.  If any person's ideas and/or religion are so fragile that they can't stand a little open discussion or a fictional movie or book based on them, then why would you believe in it?  Any religion that demands the you "BELIEVE OR ELSE!" and never question it is a religion based on fear, not on love of your creator and goodwill towards men.