Post by Jr Csurilla on Jun 29, 2015 20:14:29 GMT
1. Why was Socrates sentenced to death?
Socrates was accused by a man called Meletus. The first charge was that he "did not believe in gods recognized by the state" and invented new gods.The second charge was that he had "corrupted Athenian youth." Meletus knows that by charging Socrates with these, Athenians will easily "side" with him. During his trial Socrates was given a chance to defend himself. As for the first charge brought against him, Socrates neither agrees nor denies it but says "that he believes in God more than he fears man." (p.2 par.3). Socrates' overall defense for himself does him no good and is sentenced to death by a poisonous hemlock. Socrates boldly takes responsibility for his actions. On the day before his death he is visited by Crito and claims to him that "it is wrong to return evil for evil... it is his duty to submit to the laws of Athens at whatever cost it may bring to himself." (p.3 par. 1). On the day of his death Socrates is given the hemlock to drink, and he does so with no hesitation.
2. Why is there a conflict (for some) between science and religion?
After reading through Matter vs. Spirit, professor Lane brings many things into question, mainly what is matter. He states that matter cannot be defined linguistically because it brings about a distorted understanding. One reason why religion and science clash so much is because the understanding of matter is not fully understood. Professor Lane then goes on to give an example of a book, and how the book is made of paper, and paper is made of trees and so forth. Ultimately he concludes that matter is not just one thing but several different things all put together in different layers. Lane says "ironically the dilemma isn't between matter and spirit...but misleading definitions of them." (p.13 par.2). He claims that as long as religion is based around truth and facts, science cannot poke holes in it and say it is false. But religion is not based upon proof, therefore it leads scientists to question it. Professor Lane states "spiritual paths must be open to varying interpretations and must...be open to falsification." (p.15 par.3). But if you were to walk up to any Christian, Catholic, Muslim, and so on and question their God, and say there is only one right religion, they are going to deny it and attempt to prove you wrong. They believe that their religion is the right one and no one else's matters. So if professor Lane is saying religion must be open to falsification, that is never going to happen. God created the earth, people die and go to heaven, etc. and that's that. Whereas science can be wrong, be changed and be corrected.
Socrates was accused by a man called Meletus. The first charge was that he "did not believe in gods recognized by the state" and invented new gods.The second charge was that he had "corrupted Athenian youth." Meletus knows that by charging Socrates with these, Athenians will easily "side" with him. During his trial Socrates was given a chance to defend himself. As for the first charge brought against him, Socrates neither agrees nor denies it but says "that he believes in God more than he fears man." (p.2 par.3). Socrates' overall defense for himself does him no good and is sentenced to death by a poisonous hemlock. Socrates boldly takes responsibility for his actions. On the day before his death he is visited by Crito and claims to him that "it is wrong to return evil for evil... it is his duty to submit to the laws of Athens at whatever cost it may bring to himself." (p.3 par. 1). On the day of his death Socrates is given the hemlock to drink, and he does so with no hesitation.
2. Why is there a conflict (for some) between science and religion?
After reading through Matter vs. Spirit, professor Lane brings many things into question, mainly what is matter. He states that matter cannot be defined linguistically because it brings about a distorted understanding. One reason why religion and science clash so much is because the understanding of matter is not fully understood. Professor Lane then goes on to give an example of a book, and how the book is made of paper, and paper is made of trees and so forth. Ultimately he concludes that matter is not just one thing but several different things all put together in different layers. Lane says "ironically the dilemma isn't between matter and spirit...but misleading definitions of them." (p.13 par.2). He claims that as long as religion is based around truth and facts, science cannot poke holes in it and say it is false. But religion is not based upon proof, therefore it leads scientists to question it. Professor Lane states "spiritual paths must be open to varying interpretations and must...be open to falsification." (p.15 par.3). But if you were to walk up to any Christian, Catholic, Muslim, and so on and question their God, and say there is only one right religion, they are going to deny it and attempt to prove you wrong. They believe that their religion is the right one and no one else's matters. So if professor Lane is saying religion must be open to falsification, that is never going to happen. God created the earth, people die and go to heaven, etc. and that's that. Whereas science can be wrong, be changed and be corrected.