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Source 1: 1. How have religion and science impacted each other and human civilization throughout history? 2. Religion and Science 3. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 4. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/religion-science/#Sci 5. Website, 5/26/14 6. S: Alvin Plantiga, voice of reason, philosophers, scientists, religious followers, rational thinkers, O: ongoing and heated debate between science and religion on various topics, A: scientists, religious followers, curious people, informed people, P: describe and define science and religion and attempt to discern the exact cause and nature of their conflict, S: science, religion, debate between them, T: informative, unbiased, rational 7. The exact definitions of science and religion are very blurry and often differ from person to person. However, there are certainly many areas between them that are characterized by concord and discord.The specifics of both science and religion are very complex and much be considered carefully. These specifics however, are what can define so clearly where the concord and discord come from between science and religion. 8. What are the fundamental values of science and religion and to what degree are they characterized by concord and/or discord? 9. Most of this source is informational and analytic rather than opinionated. However, after reading it I do find myself persuaded by the author's words in defining religion and science. I like how he talks about the defining characteristics of each of the two and how they are related and influence each other. The author does an excellent job at comparing the similarities and differences of science, religion, and their respective sects and foci. 10. Clearly there is an intimate connection between the nature of science and its aim, the conditions under which something is successful science. Some say the aim of science is explanation (whether or not this is put in the service of truth). Some (realists) say the aim of science is to produce true theories; others say the aim of science is to produce empirically adequate theories, whether or not they are true (van Fraassen 1980). Some say science can't deal with the subjective, but only with what is public and sharable (and thus reports of consciousness are a better subject for scientific study than consciousness itself). Some say that science can deal only with what is repeatable; others deny this.

Source 2: 1. How have religion and science impacted each other and human civilization throughout history? 2."The Influence of the Mystery Religions on Christianity" 3. Martin Luther King Jr. 4. http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/kingpapers/article/volume_i_29_november_1949_to_15_february_1950g/ 5. Website, 5/27/14 6. S: MLK Jr, philosophers, historians, O: The complex state of existence of Christianity, A: philosphers, Davis, students, interested readers, P: explore the complex development and existence of the widespread religion known as Christianity, S: origins of the various parts of Christianity and historical significance, T: factual, informative, historical, observational 7. Christianity was not created in a vacuum. It is an amalgam of countless past beliefs and civilizations greatly varying in their beliefs but all eventually united under Christianity today. There are many different things that we think of and know of today that can from these early religions, and it is likely we would not be the same without them. 8. Religion, namely Christianity, dud not pop up all on its own; it had help and influence from many past religions that shaped it into what it is today. 9. I find King's words on the subject very interesting. I had already known from previous readings that many modern religions, Christianity especially, have been influenced and even built by past long-forgotten "mystery religions." I agree with him, and am not persuaded much by his statements. 10. The Greco-Roman world in which the early church developed was one of diverse religions. The conditions of that era made it possible for these religions to sweep like a tidal wave over the ancient world. The people of that age were eager and zealous in their search for religious experience. The existence of this atmosphere was vitally important in the development and eventual triumph of Christianity.