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===Religious truth===

===Religious truth===

Most religious traditions have a body of doctrine that adherents of that religion view as truth.  This may take the form of a creed or catechism, it may refer to a book such as the [[Bible]] or the [[Koran]], or it may be an unwritten code shared by believers.  Unlike scientific truth or observed truth, religious truth often makes the claim of being either revealed or inspired by God.

Most religious traditions have a body of doctrine that adherents of that religion view as truth.  This may take the form of a creed or catechism, it may refer to a book such as the [[Bible]] or the [[Koran]], or it may be an unwritten code shared by believers.  Unlike scientific truth or observed truth, religious truth often makes the claim of being either revealed or inspired by God.

- When there is a clash between religious truth and scientific truth, various methods have been used to reconcile the two. During the [[Middle Ages]], for example, there was conflict between [[Roman Catholic]] dogma on the one hand and an emerging body of [[science|scientific knowledge]] on the other. Sometimes the established church sought to suppress scientific truth, as in the case of [[Galileo]], but sometimes the two truths were allowed to coexist, which led to the doctrine of the two truths. According to this compromise, there is a lesser truth, scientific truth, which holds that the earth orbits the sun, and a greater truth, religious truth, that holds that the earth is the fixed center of the universe. According to the doctrine of the two truths, these two truths were both true in their own sphere. <ref> Will Durant, ''The Reformation'', Simon and Schuster, 1957. </ref><ref>See also, [http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/cgi-local/DHI/dhi.cgi?id=dv2-04 ''Dictionary of the History of Ideas'' Double Truth]</ref> In the [[20th Century]], there were similar attempts to explain apparent conflicts between religious truth and scientific truth, especially where the [[age of the earth]], the historicity of a universal [[flood]], and the [[evolution]] of species were concerned. The conflict between religious truth and scientific truth continues.

- When there is a clash between religious truth and scientific truth, various methods have been used to reconcile the two. During the [[Middle Ages]], for example, there was conflict between [[Roman Catholic]] dogma on the one hand and an emerging body of [[science|scientific knowledge]] on the other. Sometimes the established church sought to suppress scientific truth, as in the case of [[Galileo]], but sometimes the two truths were allowed to coexist, which led to the doctrine of the two truths. According to this compromise, there is a lesser truth, scientific truth, which holds that the earth orbits the sun, and a greater truth, religious truth, that holds that the earth is the fixed center of the universe. According to the doctrine of the two truths, these two truths were both true in their own sphere. <ref> Will Durant, ''The Reformation'', Simon and Schuster, 1957. </ref><ref>See also, [http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/cgi-local/DHI/dhi.cgi?id=dv2-04 ''Dictionary of the History of Ideas'' Double Truth]</ref> In the [[20th Century]], there were similar attempts to explain apparent conflicts between religious truth and scientific truth, especially where the [[age of the earth]], the historicity of a universal [[flood]], and the [[evolution]] of species were concerned. The conflict between religious truth and scientific truth continues.

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