Science

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Empirical evidence
Science is based on it but there is no evidence for buddhist beliefs
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Genetic engineering
destroys embryos. Interferes with people's karma and is unethical. Science allows it
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Nuclear weapons
Against Ahimsa. Science creates them which allows evil to happen on a mass scale
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Buddhist miracles
Science will reject Buddha walking and talking at birth
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Dukkha
Science thinks that dukkha can be eradicated and tries to do so.
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Dharma vs Science
Dharma doesn't change whereas Scientific truths are relative and subject to change
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Science is in pursuit of unanswerable questions
Poisoned arrow. Buddha considers them to be irrelevant
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