Universal truth – More than one kind?

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By Stephen Russell-Lacy. Is there any correct understanding of character development? Or is there no one universal truth about the deeper side of life? In the western world an emerging minority of people seem to identify themselves as more spiritual than religious.  Perhaps you are one of them. By spiritual I mean seeing things around … Continue reading Universal truth – More than one kind?

Science and religion – Compatible?

science and religion

By Stephen Russell-Lacy. Science and religion sometimes have one thing in common – blindness! There are people who have a blind faith in their religion. Like the fundamental Christians who believe in creationism, saying that the earth was made in just seven days. A point of view held in the face of overwhelming scientific evidence to … Continue reading Science and religion – Compatible?

Amazing things – Revealing higher reality?

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By Stephen Russell-Lacy. There are numerous examples of well recorded amazing things that we do not understand. These include spontaneous healing, incredible visions, and so-called poltergeist activity. One study in the British Medical Journal December 1983 on ‘inexplicable spontaneous healing’ found staggering examples of unexpected improvement or cure in patients suffering disease. Dr Rex Gardner … Continue reading Amazing things – Revealing higher reality?

Human origins – Is science right?

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By Stephen Russell-Lacy. One of the most popular kinds of website these days are those providing genealogy records. They help people searching for their ancestral roots. We are uncertain about who we are. We seek identity. Where do we come from? What are our human origins? Religious view of human origins Up to about two … Continue reading Human origins – Is science right?

Materialistic thinking – rational?

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A materialistic way of thinking assumes that science is the be-all and end-all of human knowledge. Those who have this outlook claim that the methods of science are the only reliable ways to secure knowledge of anything “Science provides all the significant truths about reality and knowing such truths is what real understanding is about.” (Alex Rosenberg, … Continue reading Materialistic thinking – rational?

Science – Does it invalidate religion?

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The idea that science has replaced religion has become popular these days. Some put religion to one side as now of date. People are noticing a huge development in research into the working of the human brain which seems to support this view. New imaging technologies allow science to measure blood flow and neural activity … Continue reading Science – Does it invalidate religion?

Weird science – What findings are true?

 Some pretty weird things are going on in laboratories that study the tiniest of things. “In the quantum world there is a sense that things don’t like to be tied down to just one location or follow just one path. It is almost as if things were in more than one place at a time. … Continue reading Weird science – What findings are true?

How Do You Know God’s Not In a Tree?

From offTheLeftEye

I know a lot about the complexity of a tree; its biology, evolutionary position and physical make up. Everything that science is saying about trees is true but where is the logic that says “since I know a lot about a tree, I know everything about that thing?” Another entertaining video from offTheLeftEye  

Science and religion

Science and religion

Both religion and science make truth claims about ultimate reality. For that reason there is growing interest among scientists, theologians, and laypeople to ask if science and religion can both answer the same questions about reality and have real points of interaction. I like to think of myself as part of this exciting and stimulating … Continue reading Science and religion

Evolution theory – Does it fully explain our natural origins?

Theory of evolution

The theory of evolution is now universally taught in schools. The clash between science and religion was partly because religion got something badly wrong. This was religious people claiming that the Bible is literally true as a source of knowledge about our natural origins. The Darwinian view easily saw off the creationists within conventional academia.  … Continue reading Evolution theory – Does it fully explain our natural origins?