Is science replacing religion? How can we maintain our faith, especially when neuroscience and evolution show that humans are not special?

[Willowwww]

Developments in neuroscience say that humans may not have free will, and that everything that makes us who we are actually consists of physical molecules and processes subject to the laws of nature. Moreover, the truth of evolution says that humans are not much different from other animals, that they are a simple primate in this infinitely large universe, and that there is no such thing as the first human or a perfect human being. How can we maintain our faith in the face of these explanations of science?

[Crimsyjo]

a lot of our decisions may be highly influenced by chemical reactions, bodily needs and hormones... but we still have free will in most cases. We can override our hunger and not eat or override our horny urges and not seek sex.

I'm not religious. Or at least, have a different view of what God/the creator is. But you have a choice to have faith. In fact isn't that what faith is? So the harder it is the more faith you must have?

But also.. science doesn't have all the answers and science has never yet been able to look at the non physical world. Science cannot even prove the existence of the consciousness even tho we all have it without question. So they are far far from having answers of anything that can't be seen or touched. But does that mean it doesn't exist?

[HelpfulWoman]

by realising science doesn't have to be separate from your faith.

[molonski2]

Well really you don't need to , unless you just enjoy the history , all religion is total BS , although having said that I try and follow Buddhist principles , but there is no great land in the shy , no 7 virgins , no fire and brimstone , when you are dead you are dead and that's it , nothing exists beyond..

So , just follow the Science and try and be a good person in your life , help others , thats actually real.

[Willowwww]

But can i be happy with that life style? I need a god and i need an eternal life

[molonski2]

You may " need " a God , but because its untrue you will never genuinely have eternal life , when you are dead your dead , thats it.

[malarkey]

You just said you believe in evolution, but you don't believe in a first human. You're a complete moron. You repeatedly contradict yourself. You can evolve from a previous species to a new species unless one organism initially mutates.

[malarkey]

*can't

[malarkey]

That one organism would be a first human. So either there is a first human, or evolution theory is wrong.

[malarkey]

To believe there wasn't a first human, is to believe that a God that spawned a multitude of humans out of thin air all at once.

[malarkey]

So either you believe God made Adam which is a "they" as it states in the Bible. Adam being all of humanity, which started from one male with XY chromosomes, and a female human was made from him with XX chromosomes and then they as a species were able to procreate together like the Bible tells us. Or you believe in an alternate religious doctrine where there was not one that possibly evolved, but numerous humans that were spawned into reality all at once without a first genetic pioneer. From a biological perspective it is completely rational that a single organism would mutate first and thus you would have a first human.

[malarkey]

*in a God

[malarkey]

The question is how did that first human mutate? Was it genetic engineering by divine influence, or random. Clearly humans today can manipulate genes in vitro and in vivo, so to think God couldn't is a weak position. It's also somewhat logical that a carrier of both an X and a Y chromosome could create either and XX or XY chromosome parrying where as an XX alone can only create XX. So if an outside influence was involve din the creation of the first human, they would have started with the male and then taken a copy of the X from the male to make the female. If it were to happen through natural selection, then you'd probably have some sort of hermaphroditic human with XXY of humans would be the result of some sort of hybrid where the offspring were able to mate together but not with the species of their parents.

[malarkey]

The Bible tells you that Adam (Humanity) is made from "aphar min-ha’adamah" or “the dust of the ground” which is easily understood as the chemical elements of Earth. This is obviously true.

[malarkey]

*or humans

[strateguy632]

1, it can't because science does not address spiritual stuff.

2, science never denied a human soul. No conflicts!

3, your own quote "may not" is the word maybe, and just for sensation. User Malarkey noticed your other flaws.

4, stop motivated crime for people who say "god won't punish me".

[jshm2]

LOL, you need better glasses, kiddo. Neuroscience and evolution "show" no such thing.

[seeyounexttuesday]

Humans are insanely different than other animals. Our ability to manipulate our environment is not matched by any animal.

[Staximus]

Believing in a god is just as stupid as believing in Santa Claus

[Staximus]

Science is also fucking stupid. We know approximately jack shit.