Thomas Hobbes Or John Locke: The Conflict Between Religion And Science

The discussion started with the question, were the conflicts between religion and the science world worth it? Right off the bat both Annabel and Matt made the point that people do not like change. Eventually, the speakers of group A came to the conclusion that while at the time it was a big debate, that debate greatly contributed to the lives we have now. For example the fact that we can continue to have scientific advancements with the church for the most part being okay with it. Although along with this scientist and the church continue to have arguments such as how the earth was created. The discussion continued for group A with the thoughts of the discussions of the different philosophers. While several people discussed how Thomas Hobbes or John Locke were the most influential philosophers I thought it was very
Soon after group B took the stage. We begin with the idea that the enlightenment, reformation, and scientific revolution caused separation from the Church. Our conversation soon shifted towards which time period was more aimed at the Church. We examined on page 436 of the text and how the physical numbers of the church were dropping during the scientific revolution. Almost all of us agreed that while both the scientific revolution and the reformation did tear at the church, the philosophers tried to be kind to the church at first whereas in the reformation there was a lot of shade being thrown at the church. I would have liked to see us continuing this conversation and bring in the enlightenment in order to truly explore what happened to the Church. Our discussion then finished with an extension to one of group A’s questions. We discussed if it was Martin Luther or the philosophers who affected religion the most. It was at this point that our group clashed the