Post by Izabel Marquez on Sept 5, 2015 5:04:09 GMT
Why was Socrates sentenced to death?
Socrates was sentenced to death in 399 B.C. because he broke the Athenian law. Two charges were being put against him, the first one was for not believing in the gods that the state believed in, and the second one was because he was "corrupting" the minds of the youth of his beliefs. He was to be sentenced to death by drinking poison, however, according to the athenian law, a citizen that was being sentenced could have had the choice to suggest another punishment, such as exile. His friends were in such desperation to save his life that they offered to distract the guards to give him the chance to escape. Socrates refused because he wasn't scared of death. I believe that he refused to live with the ridicule that people were seeing him as, and chose death because that way he dies with what he truly believes in, and not only that he says that he will be happier."Socrates, therefore, proposes to plead his cause before them, and to show that there is a great probability that after this life he shall go
into the presence of God and good men, and be happy in proportion to the purity of his own mind."
Why is there a conflict (for some) between science and religion?
When it comes to science and religion, the main conflict there is are opinions. There is no right or wrong answer, they are all simply based off of beliefs, and that is where people clash. I personally, do not like to discuss religion in general because everyone has their opinions, and it becomes more of a conflict than a discussion. However, there are a few examples of conflict between science and religion i'd like to discuss. One example that comes off the top of my head is the very creation of our earth. As far as religion's beliefs earth was the creation of god. In science there is a theory that the earth was born in the way that stars are, although earth would be a very uncommon and rare star. As a religious person, one has to have faith and trust in what the bible says, and in science there has to be proof.
Socrates was sentenced to death in 399 B.C. because he broke the Athenian law. Two charges were being put against him, the first one was for not believing in the gods that the state believed in, and the second one was because he was "corrupting" the minds of the youth of his beliefs. He was to be sentenced to death by drinking poison, however, according to the athenian law, a citizen that was being sentenced could have had the choice to suggest another punishment, such as exile. His friends were in such desperation to save his life that they offered to distract the guards to give him the chance to escape. Socrates refused because he wasn't scared of death. I believe that he refused to live with the ridicule that people were seeing him as, and chose death because that way he dies with what he truly believes in, and not only that he says that he will be happier."Socrates, therefore, proposes to plead his cause before them, and to show that there is a great probability that after this life he shall go
into the presence of God and good men, and be happy in proportion to the purity of his own mind."
Why is there a conflict (for some) between science and religion?
When it comes to science and religion, the main conflict there is are opinions. There is no right or wrong answer, they are all simply based off of beliefs, and that is where people clash. I personally, do not like to discuss religion in general because everyone has their opinions, and it becomes more of a conflict than a discussion. However, there are a few examples of conflict between science and religion i'd like to discuss. One example that comes off the top of my head is the very creation of our earth. As far as religion's beliefs earth was the creation of god. In science there is a theory that the earth was born in the way that stars are, although earth would be a very uncommon and rare star. As a religious person, one has to have faith and trust in what the bible says, and in science there has to be proof.