Which questions is it impossible for scientists to explain? Why?

•The exact reason why you did something•What you should do•How you should live•What happened in the past•If something is beautiful or not •If there are things like truth, love, justice in the world•If someone is a good person or not•If your life has a point or meaning to it•If there is a non-physical being called God

How important are these questions to you?

Would you be happy without such information?

Would knowing science be enough for you, in your life?

Religion and Sciencewhat’s the difference?

• To explain the difference between what science and religion are about

• To evaluate how important science and religion are to us

1. Explain what sort of things science cannot answer, that would be important to you personally.

2. Why could science be important to you personally?( Is it for the knowledge/ understanding it gives you of the world around? For your future career? For skills it gives you?)

**Overall, would be good enough if you lived your life only based on science?

•The exact reason why you did something

•What you should do•How you should live

•What happened in the past•If something is beautiful or not •If there are things like truth, love,

justice in the world•If someone is a good person or not•If your life has a point or meaning to

it•If there is a non-physical being called

God

Two Windows

Science and Religion are like two different ways of looking at the world. 1. Draw two windows. Label them “science” and “religion”. Inside the correct window, write

out the things that science or religion would help you to see. 2. Explain in your own words the different between what science and religion are about.**Which sorts of questions are more important to you, personally? Why?

The World according to Science

The World according to Religion

What is the right thing to do?

What is the world made of?

Why am I alive? What am I here for?

What does it mean to be a good human being?

How can I change things to make life more comfortable?

Why do things work in the way the do?

Is this world all there is?

How should I live my life?

Science methods History methods Religion methods

•Do experiments•Measure things•Calculate with maths•Use instruments•Use your experience•Come up with theories to explain your observations

•Do archeology•Read old documents•Compare what different versions•Eyewitnesses accounts•Personal experience•Personal viewpoint•Research how people lived•Come up with theories to explain what happened

•Do archaeology•Read old documents•Compare different versions•Eyewitness accounts•Personal experience•Research how people live their faith•Come up with theories to explain God, Jesus etc

1. How are science & history/ religion methods different? • explain what sort of methods are used in science.• Compare with what sort of methods are used in doing history

or religion** Just because you don’t do experiments or measure things in history or RE, does that mean these subjects cannot teach you anything?

What do you think?A. Science disproves religionB. Religion cannot teach you

anythingC. Religion is against new scientific

discoveriesD. You can’t believe both science

and religionE. You need religion to make this a

better worldF. You need science to make this a

better worldG. Science and religion are different

ways of looking at the world, but both have something to teach us

Watch the video. (to 1min20)

Which viewpoints do you agree with?

In your groups, agree on what you think. Present an argument to persuade other people about this.

Draw a title page poster, explaining the difference between “science” and

“religion”.