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Deep Wonder
Sometimes nature surprises us with wonder so deep it feels
like our breath will stop. At those moments, we know that
there is really very little that stands between this earthly
existence and the hall of the Holy
One…
Imagine that you hear a slight sound
that you recognize as the voice of the Holy One. What words
seem to form in your mind, what images seem to develop in
your soul, what feelings seem to fill your heart? Try not to
question what is happening. Instead, simply be present to the
unfolding encounter with God.
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What is the view of the
relationship between
religion and science?
Judaism
Science informs us that the universe is indeed one in ways
our ancestors could not even have imagined. Time and space
are one; we are told that they are in fact aspects of the
same ultimate reality.
Islam
The Qurían and the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad tell
Muslims to study and learn from the world around them.
They are urged to examine their environment so that they
can develop an understanding of the created order and their
place within it.
Christianity
Throughout the history of Christianity, there have been
questions about the relationship between what can be learned
through the use of reason and what is taught in scripture,
and these questions remain largely open.
from What Do Our Neighbors Believe?
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Faith vs. Fact
The Bible teaches us that God is present in the world and yet
is also the Lord over the ongoing creative process. The
scientific method provides a way to obtain verifiable factual
information about how nature works and the laws that govern
natural phenomena. In a very real sense, science provides us
with insights into the beauty and brilliant interconnectedness
of physical, chemical, and biological events.
There is not a disjunction or disagreement between Biblical
stories and current scientific thought about the universe.
They are paths that strive to seek Truth. Science works
to inform us about the "how" of the creative process, and
Bible stories and religion itself help us to interpret the
purposefulness of the "what" and the "why" of creation to our
lives.
Science often employs deductive reasoning to
solve its problems, whereas the Bible stories make us look
into ourselves to a point where we feel at both a
cognitive and emotional level that we understand something
fundamentally true.
from the question ìAs
a Christian, how do I reconcile stories from the Bible
with
current scientific thought?î
by The Rev. William G. Stroop
Holy by Nature
Faith is the capacity that we have been given by the grace of
God to perceive that which is essentially spiritual, which is
sacred and holy by nature. You reach religious conclusions
the same way the scientists reach conclusions in the
laboratory. The difference between the knowing of science
and the knowing of faith is that the object that we are
perceiving is spiritual in nature and not physical.
from How
can I explore the mystery?
by The Rev. Dr. John Claypool
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