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Note
Religion
and Science Must Work Together
God
has given us the power of thinking so that we may be different from the
animals.
Because
man can use his mind , he has been able to progress down the ages, and
lives
very
differently today than he used to thousands of years ago. New discoveries
and invention have made it possible for people to live in better homes
and to fight against disease and ignorance. But material progress
is of little use to use if we do not progress spiritually
also,
God has given us religion to help us
along our spiritual progress. Science
without
religion can do a lot of harm, but religion without science can also
cause
trouble. For the real progress of the human race, both are
necessary
together. Science and religion must
go
hand in hand.
,
science
provides us with the tools and religion tells us how to use them. An axe
or a sickle
is
a very useful thing if we use it correctly. But if a murderer gets
hold of an axe or a sickle,
that
same useful tool becomes a dangerous weapon. The trouble with the world
today is that
science
has provided tools for people who use them
as weapons because they have no
religion
to teach them how to make the best use of these tools. On the other hand,
if we
forsake
science and stop using our mind and reason altogether, religion will
become
nothing but ignorance and superstition, and therefore
harmful
to the people of the world.
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