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Science v Faith (thought for the day 30 Nov 26) - Coggle Diagram
Science v Faith (thought for the day 30 Nov 26)
Science has been studied since 3c BCE
Ancient Egypt - Greek, Roman, Islamic Golden Age, ancient India, ancient China
Called natural philosophy - understanding God's mind, God's world
16/17 c Scientific Revolution, chemistry, physics, genetics, molecular biology, particle physics
Gradually science replaced the need to believe in God
Charles Darwin, Marx, Freud
seemed to answer all the questions
scorn on belief
By early 20th C
By early 20th C Science and faith in conflict (for the first time)
To be rational, can't possibly believe in a transcendent God
Since then we've retreated to trying to understand the 'why' questions - and left the 'how' questions to science
Sometimes GOTG
But now a backlash - many scientists are claiming scientific evidence for a transcendent God , or at least a 'mind' - separate for the universe
Three significant discoveries
The Big Bang
The 'Goldilocks' universe
Multiverse?
signature in the cell
In the meantime Atheists (Dawkins) more aggressive
We will never fully understand
But perhaps we are moving towards and end to the war between science and religion
And maybe signs