I love science. However, I do believe that science is meant to hold hands with faith and the two ought in my opinion be like dear friends. Popping off against one or the other just seems wrong to me. Love this post though Shaun. ~ Eric
Thanks for visiting.
Eric
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My previous articles discuss how we can change our own brains (as God intends) to improve on being compassionate loving men and women.
I myself fix my sights on being loving right here;
but I am sure there is a place called Heaven for those that believe.
Here are a couple of guys that say there is an afterlife and heaven is real:
- afterlife — part one: Colton Burpo
- afterlife — part two: Dr. Eben Alexander
for them it is real…
Stephen Hawking, eminent physicist says: no god; nor is there fate; no heaven. He is stating an opinion for effect – for press time. He is misusing his position to stir up controversy. Here is an article based on real facts of science that proves that science cannot support even one of Hawking’s claims…
How the Universe Works (in 25 minutes)
Science looks into the possibility of an afterlife; perhaps mostly because knowing about an afterlife is compelling for some of us. Also, how our universe works is important for many areas of scientific inquiry. How does scientific research occur? Scientific research begins with someone that has empirical evidence and a theory… often, theories lead to finding of more facts… new discoveries bring about new theories. It’s a process. Meantime, evidence is amassing that supports that reality depends greatly upon observations.
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When it comes right down to it, science can’t so far even prove that you and I are “real” in some sense of the definition. There are many competing theories that explore what is real. However, if a person really wants to grow in happiness, it makes good sense to follow high moral and ethical standards and to invest plenty of time in developing of higher awareness (spiritual growth), intuitively knowing that this is best.
Give Our Lord the benefit of believing
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the Hunt for Truth 
Eric, I don’t think that science and religion are really friends. Neither are they enemies. They are different ways of thinking.
Science
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Observe the world around us.
Invent a theory that could explain the observations.
Does the theory explain the observations?
If no, reject it.
If yes, does the theory make new predictions that we can test?
If yes, test it.
Do the new observations match the theory?
If no, reject it.
If yes, add it to the pile of “not-yet-disproved” theories.
Repeat.
If this process is repeated diligently in an open environment where scientists are encouraged to test and criticise each others ideas, then the pile of “not-yet-disproved” theories grows and becomes ever harder to disprove. Confidence grows in the theories. They can be used not only to explain our world, but to make inventions and machines.
Now consider Heaven. There is no scientific theory that can explain what Heaven is. There is no scientific theory that supports the idea of life after death.
That doesn’t prove they don’t exist. But if there’s no proof, then FAITH is your only option if you choose to believe in them. You can suggest theories of Heaven and life after death, but those theories don’t make predictions that can be tested, so they can’t be considered scientific. That’s OK. Just because something can’t be tested, doesn’t make it wrong. But it makes it an act of FAITH to believe it.
Philosophy and Religion and Science – the way these disciplines do indeed define our reality – science is the child of the higher disciplines…
Here is a retort to Stephen Hawking’s outrageousness:
Here is the show that I referenced in the reply at Shaun’s blog (just search Youtube for all of the shows):
Brave New World with Steven Hawking: Episode 1
It’s amazing – but these wonders of technology come from the same minds and materials that rely wholly upon the source energy that created this universe… either from nothing or from God.
The elimination of a creator isn’t science – its a fantasy. Its a gripping one. But it just isn’t possible to eliminate God from the scope of how we came to be. Science has big problems with its explaination for how the universe came to be and how it works. They created String Theory, a model based on a holographic Universe, dark energy, dark matter and they disagree on these and some are now saying there is “new evidence” for suggesting that time is slowly disappearing from our universe and that time will one day vanish completely.
They don’t know these things! Science cannot reduce us to an understanding of the universe that eliminates our source. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.
Nobody debunks me on this — because I’m not hype.