'Science and religion can learn from one another' on Homo naledi

[Warren Stupidity]

'Science and religion can learn from one another' on Homo naledi
2015-09-14 20:59
Adam Wakefield, News24

Johannesburg - Science and religion can learn a lot from one another, rather than trying to prove the other wrong.

This as some religious followers and groups weighed in on the recent discovery of Homo naledi.

Rudolph Pretorius, a businessman and lay preacher, told News24 that he personally believed there was no direct link between humans and the recently discovery of Homo naledi.

Pretorius is an avid contributor to the creationist debate, but also says it's important that "religion and science speak".

For him, the debate on where humanity comes from is not about who is right or wrong.

"I am a follower of Jesus Christ, I follow his teachings and that's important. I follow his way of life... and the first important thing is he doesn't go into that [creationism] discussion. He just didn't.

"How important is it that religion and science speak? It's always important. It's a very important subject, but this is my point of view, that people should stop trying to... find out who is right and who is wrong," he said.

Pretorius went on to say that it was important for science and religion to "sit together" and say, "How can we learn from each other to get the big picture?" as, according to him, neither had the "full picture".

http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Science-and-religion-can-learn-from-one-another-on-Homo-Naledi-20150914

I dunno, I didn't learn one freaking thing from that idiot. How about you?

[DavidDvorkin]

1. I learned that the guy is an idiot.

[safeinOhio]

2. Me either.

I think there is a science to religion. That is as in anthropology and psychology. That is the way I like to look at it. We might also look at it as history and literature too. Comparative religion is also very interesting to study. I find it all interesting, but nothing to get all worked up about.

[AtheistCrusader]

3. It's like a give and take, where one side only wants to take.

Hardly a fair trade.

[longship]

4. Well put.

Plus, religion does not do anything like science. I would not call them non-overlapping magisterias however. Gould got that wrong. Religion intrudes on science all the damned time.

[cleanhippie]

5. Typical religious dolt finding religious bliss in willful ignorance.

But I'm sure it has nothing to do with his religion.

[trotsky]

6. Science provides answers and encourages them to be tested and verified.

Religion claims to provide answers, but they absolutely cannot be tested or verified.

I don't want science to "learn" to present answers that cannot be questioned.

[tkmorris]

7. Jesus didn't discuss evolution?

Well, there ya go then!

[enki23]

8. We learn from religion all the time. Chiefly, we learn how gullible people can be.

[Humanist_Activist]

9. Religion is NOT a source for knowledge, nor a reliable method for inquiry, what...

in all the history of the world, have we learned from religion that wasn't already learned elsewhere?