Post by Cecilia Cervantes on Jul 3, 2015 19:25:40 GMT
WEEK 1
Why was Socrates punished to death?
Socrates was punishes to death because he refused to accept the gods that everyone would praise, he would often question their beliefs. Socrates began to go around the youth and teach his beliefs to them. He was brought upon trial for both charges and would get the death penalty as punishment. He eventually looses the trial and is given a drink of poisonous hemlock. Socrates informs all his last belief in which upon his death he is going to a better place and happier life. Throughout his trial he never backs down on what he believed and always stood up to himself. Written in the book How Socrates died on page 2 “He neither denied nor confesses the first accusation, but shows that in several instances he conformed to the religious customs of his country, and that he believes in god more than he fears man”. Socrates dies in what he stands for, which will bring him peace and abhorrence towards those that killed him since he never denied his values.
Why is there conflict between science and religion?
Conflict between science and religion has been a problem for many years, from the creation of the human being to how we see the world has caused a dilemma of thought. When reading the book The Great Mystery it approaches about how science leads more into the logical way of thinking thus makes religion more of a way of people have been brought up in believing. Religion can be face off more into mythological beliefs that cannot be proved in the end but will continue to live on because people want to continue what our ancestors has brought us in believing. In the book The Great Mystery it reads on page 32 “If we substitute mysticism or transcendent consciousness for religion, Shermer’s argument in that there is and indissoluble gap between science and spirituality. My understanding of this is that any religious transpire has a science explanation to it. For example when you are in church and you concentrate so much you feel an out of body experience you may believe it is the presence of god, but there is a science explanation to this feeling as well, and it is called transcendent coconsciousness; which is a sinking into a tremendous relaxation of pure peace. Going back to the beginning science and religion will most likely never be understood fully and will never be able to merge into explaining one another.
Why was Socrates punished to death?
Socrates was punishes to death because he refused to accept the gods that everyone would praise, he would often question their beliefs. Socrates began to go around the youth and teach his beliefs to them. He was brought upon trial for both charges and would get the death penalty as punishment. He eventually looses the trial and is given a drink of poisonous hemlock. Socrates informs all his last belief in which upon his death he is going to a better place and happier life. Throughout his trial he never backs down on what he believed and always stood up to himself. Written in the book How Socrates died on page 2 “He neither denied nor confesses the first accusation, but shows that in several instances he conformed to the religious customs of his country, and that he believes in god more than he fears man”. Socrates dies in what he stands for, which will bring him peace and abhorrence towards those that killed him since he never denied his values.
Why is there conflict between science and religion?
Conflict between science and religion has been a problem for many years, from the creation of the human being to how we see the world has caused a dilemma of thought. When reading the book The Great Mystery it approaches about how science leads more into the logical way of thinking thus makes religion more of a way of people have been brought up in believing. Religion can be face off more into mythological beliefs that cannot be proved in the end but will continue to live on because people want to continue what our ancestors has brought us in believing. In the book The Great Mystery it reads on page 32 “If we substitute mysticism or transcendent consciousness for religion, Shermer’s argument in that there is and indissoluble gap between science and spirituality. My understanding of this is that any religious transpire has a science explanation to it. For example when you are in church and you concentrate so much you feel an out of body experience you may believe it is the presence of god, but there is a science explanation to this feeling as well, and it is called transcendent coconsciousness; which is a sinking into a tremendous relaxation of pure peace. Going back to the beginning science and religion will most likely never be understood fully and will never be able to merge into explaining one another.