Post by Marina on Mar 2, 2016 8:33:54 GMT
1) Socrates was sentenced to death for 2 offenses according to the book, How Socrates Died. This book discusses time prior to Socrates being put to death and slightly after his death. During this time it was unlawful to ponder about ideas that were out of the norm. Daily routines and agendas were similar and no one ever questioned why they did the things they did. Children knew to just obey and to live a happy life. Socrates was not this typical man. In my opinion he was a critical thinker and was constantly thinking out of the box. He started studying and making conclusions and sharing these conclusions with others. People at this time felt that he was corrupting the youth and possibly starting some type of war. I feel this worried them because what if they were wrong? All these years of certain practices would put them on blast right? In the Reading Socrates says, "Perhaps, however, some of you may say Are you not ashamed, Socrates, to have pursued a study from which you are now in danger of dying?"(p.g 42) I really thought that this explained the type of person Socrates was. He truly valued his work and opinion. Although it ultimately led to his death, he still has made it through all these years in our classes and history so in a way he did pass on his ideas to even our youth; to not be afraid to share and value your opinion even if it isn’t the norm.
2) I am sure a lot of us in this class can think of many reasons why there is a conflict between science and religion based on what we believe in. I really feel that the root of the problem is often misunderstanding concepts and putting our own belief or language in a text. What I mean by this is that we can almost all agree that science and religion is on two sides of the spectrum. They don’t really get along and constantly cause issues between each of them. Science uses facts and information to come up with theories and ideas. Religion is something that sometimes you can’t see or even prove because faith is involved. Individuals who believe in religion understand that you don’t need proof to believe in God. With Science it’s all about data and facts. Now, where does the issue lie? I feel it can be on both sides. In the book the authors do a great job of explaining it. "Ironically, the dilemma isn’t between matter and spirit, but the persistent of wholly inaccurate and misleading definitions of them."(p.g 13) This is very true because I have met some individuals who interpret the bible so differently then I do. The bible was written many years ago and the context gets lost through translation. So I really feel that the problem between science and religion is there complete opposite ideas that really can’t be compatible, there is a lot of misunderstanding on both sides and like the authors wrote about having misleading information on these concepts.
References:
How Socrates Died
The Great Mystery