Science & Spirituality
Understanding ways of thinking and knowing
Col. 2:8
Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ.
Science: our Golem
• Science: test & measure• Scientific Methods• Theories: when we’re
scientifically sure• It’s all about evidence
more than authority• Scientific Laws: rare• Theories are applied to
test validity & vitality.
Spirituality
• A transformational experience
• Based on traditions and authority
• Self-developing and altruistic
• Many “flavors”
Science vs. Spirituality• Science can be smug
and dogmatic towards spirituality.
• Science can only “know” what it can measure.
• Spirituality works outside the realms of science.
• Spirituality too often looks to science for support.
Creation vs. Evolution
Forms of Evolution• Lamarkism
• Darwinian
• Neo-Darwinian
• Cataclysmic
• Theisitic
Forms of Creationism• Old-Earth/Intelligent Design• Young-Earth/Creationists
DNA & photons
The Double-Slit Experiment
Entanglement
Trajectory & Thought
• How do you stop an asteroid from hitting Earth?
• As early as possible with as little effort as possible.
Earth
Asteroid
The smallest push or pull, far enough away…
So what?!
• We can learn and know in several ways.
• “Unbelievable” things are becoming more believable.
• Don’t pin your spirituality on science.
• Don’t assume science trumps spirit.
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