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I’ve touched on this before<\/a>, but felt that the general consensus was that faith is at least as reliable as science. I’m wondering how people deal with the problems that arise when faith and science collide. <\/p>\n

From the LDS Church News<\/a>:<\/p>\n

…[T]here is no conflict between the facts and truths of science and those given to us by direct revelation. Rather than conflicting, the facts and truths in each area complement each other, each supplying answers to basic questions which we must know, eventually, if we are to fulfill our destiny as sons and daughters and co-partners with our Father in His eternal plan.<\/p>\n

Apparent conflicts arise when the theories of science \u00e2\u20ac\u201d which serve as a scaffolding erected to try to understand relationships among observed facts \u00e2\u20ac\u201d are mistaken for the experimentally verified facts.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I can think of many examples where not just theories but experimentally verified facts conflict with religion. One need only a cursory review of the scientific method<\/a> to realize that religion and science clash at every turn. Despite the numerous quotations from Church leaders that true science and religion are bedfellows, I see them as diametrical opposites and wonder how they can exist together when one consistently conflicts with the other.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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