Science vs. Religion

Professor Lyne states that “People who adhere to science usually feel themselves to be highly moral people.”  We agree that to be moral a person does not need to be religious but can also “adhere to science.”  For the Republican candidates we believe that they link their moral values with their faith which is why our question was specifically about relifion and not just about morality.  We are excited to see how Senator Brownback will respond to the question if it is asked.

We looked at the following sites:

A New York Times article on abstinence education: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/18/education/18abstain.html?ei=5070&en=f95ae7647ab8291f&ex=1185681600&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1185566812-GokJbZ48/k67TtqIcug6wg

A Congress ordered study of abstinence education in schools:              http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/publications/PDFs/impactabstinence.pdf

We came up with the topic of science vs. religion from a group discussion.  We then watched a video from the Republican debate in New Hampshire that can be found here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Y6NHJyMme4E.  We knew that our question would be about whether a candidate would base his decisions on scientific research and data or on his faith.  In the debate video, Senator Brownback of Kansas specifically discusses the idea of science and religion being “at odds” with each other.  We immediately knew that we would address our question to him.

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