Religion og videnskab

Ever found yourself wondering if life is just a cosmic joke or if there's a punchline we're all missing?Ever feared you might miss the true point of your life?You're not alone.Dive into 'Hello? G-d?', a book that takes on existential questions with a blend of humor, curiosity, blended with serious scientific and philosophical inquiry.Embark with the author on a spiritual journey that's lasted over thirty years and discover insights into the purpose of life, the existence of a higher power, and everything in between-every mystery unraveled, no existential stones left unthrown.From debates on faith and doubt to exploring philosophical and religious beliefs, this book serves as your slightly irreverent guide through the cosmic conundrum that is our existence.Whether you're a staunch skeptic, a curious agnostic, or someone who enjoys a hearty chuckle while unraveling life's greatest mysteries, 'Hello? G-d?' offers a refreshing perspective. It's a candid exploration of life's deeper meanings, equipped with enough humor to make the existential medicine go down a little easier.Join me in this journey of enlightenment and occasional existential banter. Let's laugh a little at our cosmic dilemmas while we uncover whether life has a deliberate purpose. 'Hello? G-d?' is more than just a book-it's a conversation starter, a thought provoker, and possibly the most entertaining existential crisis you'll ever experience.Ready to challenge what you think you know? Grab a copy and let's find the punchline together.Don't let another day pass wondering what life is all about. Dive into 'Hello? G-d?'-where your greatest fears meet their answers."

The Patristic Understanding of Creation encapsulates what the Church Fathers had to say, in their own words, on the topic of creation. Going back to Roman and Byzantine times, the writings of the Church Fathers are basic to Christian theology and provide a benchmark for how Christians have traditionally understood creation. This understanding of creation, however, faces tremendous challenges in our day, especially in discussions at the intersection of science and religion. Process theology and other efforts to reconceptualize creation have explicitly opposed key elements of the Christian doctrine of creation: creation ex nihilo, the transcendence and immanence of God in creation, "the absolute creatureliness and non-self-sufficiency of the world" (to use a phrase of Fr. Georges Florovsky), the goodness of creation, and the openness of the world to divine action. All of these the Church Fathers not only held but also ably defended. This anthology is therefore not merely of academic or historical interest. In reasserting a theologically sound understanding of creation, this anthology fills a need that is both practical and urgent.

Did you know that Science, Astronomy, and physics actually prove the Bible's accuracy? Numbers, the Human body, our DNA, and even the heavenly bodies all point to a creator. There seems to be no contradictions between what modern society has discovered about our world and the cosmos and what the Bible reveals in hundreds of ancient scriptures and prophecies. The big bang theory, and evolution do not dispel the accuracy of the bible, but actually reinforce it! A must read for those seeking the truth in this perplexing time.

This work is a collection of brief essays that discuss metaphysical areas of inquiry such as the western concept of a human-like god and the soul. Since a religion cannot be classified as mathematics or as a science, then religion should be more properly classified as art. The term art is defined as, works created by human skill and imagination. Just as are tool-making, invention, and the creative arts of theater, film, literature, painting, and sculpture, the many gods and goddesses of religion, are also the result of artistic endeavor, the purely artistic subjective expression of creative talent. Religion must be recognized for what it really is, a creative craft and imaginative artistic expression. The human soul as that which survives physical death has long been associated with reason, ethics, morals, and goodness yet in reality is none these. The soul of life is a relative and triune force of hunger for food, sex and reproduction, and aggression that enable humans to survive life and also to continue after physical death.

Early Flat Earth Writings is a compilation of flat earth publications written by various authors, such as "Parallax" (Samuel Rowbotham), "Zetetes", "Vox", "Iconoclast", Ebenezer Breach, E. Clifton, William Westfield, John Quinlan, John T. Lawson, Frederick H. Cook, John G. Abizaid, John Hampden and many others.Some of the many topics include: Astronomy and the Bible, Bible Cosmography, The Midnight Sun, The Popularity of Error, the Unpopularity of the Truth, Collapse of the Globular Theory, Does the Earth Rotate? No!, The Terrestrial Plane, One Hundred Proofs from the Scriptures, The Southern Midnight Sun, Is the Newtonian Theory True?, Selections from "The Earth" Publication.Take a glimpse into the intelligent truth seeking minds of early Christian flat earthers as you delve into this treasury of selected writings from the late 1800's to the early 1900's. Each page has been thoughtfully restored, organised and combined into this one intriguing volume.

In this book, the Author establishes Choice (free will) as the one unique right of all people and then, both in terms of human history and science, a plan is revealed that was put in place years ago. We intelligent beings are all born into a war that will result in life or death based on the rightness of our choices. The Author clearly reveals who we are, tracing the genetics of unique, unequal individuals in control of our destiny using the revealed truths to choose that destiny. He exactly describes the many forms of your enemy and the tools he uses to control and kill. The book Choose is the key.

"Awaken your brain and unleash your hidden potential.An awakened brain allows you to live life from the optimal brain state, discover your broadest range of skills, and unleash the growth and potential that too often lies dormant. Drawing from her unique background as a neuropsychologist and former nun, Charlotte Tomaino explores the impact of belief and spirituality on the actual function and structure of the brain. Through effective, hands-on exercises, Tomaino gives us the tools to expand our consciousness, raise our awareness, and fully utilize the power of the brain to create the life we desire.As a clinical neuropsychologist, Tomaino has helped hundreds of patients develop practical solutions for the loss of brain function due to trauma, which gives her remarkable insight into the potential for us all. Now, with Awakening the Brain, she teaches us to unleash this latent power and live up to our full potential.Tomaino, who has garnered broad media attention for her groundbreaking work in neuroscience, explains the basic workings of the brain in direct, simple language. No science classes required. In addition, Microsoft tags throughout the book link to free explanatory videos to enhance the experience for those who want more"--

Experts warn us a perfect storm of factors threatens the future of life on earth. The authors assess the evidence for climate change and other threats that our planet faces while pointing to the hope God offers the world.

A collection of essays written in the typical style of Bertrand Russell: as clearly as possible, but inevitably hard to follow sometimes, mainly when the author delves into certain aspects of philosophy I'm unfamiliar with.His essay on mysticism versus logic is by far the best part of the work, and he succeeds in demonstrating clearly why he rejects the traditional Platonic worldview, as well as what is his particular position on the subject.So far, Russell seems to be for philosophy what Carl Sagan seemed to be for science: the perfect popularizer. His clear and concise style keeps the attention of the reader, yet he's never oblivious of the necessity of adequate phrasing and vocabulary now and then, which makes some passages hard to read, but never as hard to read as, say, a Kant or a Hegel.Admittedly, I skipped certain passages too hard for my brain, yet I read practically 75% of the book, so I'm sure my opinion on it counts. I recommend it, though I advise the essays get harder to follow throughout the book. (Nisus)

Explore estos y otros temas, respondidas de manera b blica y l gica en este libro del ministerio apolog tico m s grande del mundo, Respuestas en Genesis. En este t tulo m s reciente en la serie de Respuestas, los contribuyentes incluyen: Ken Ham, Dr. Andrew Snelling, Dr. Jason Lisle, Dr. Elizabeth Mitchell, Dr. Danny Faulkner, Mike Riddle, y m s. El otro libro actualmente disponible en espa ol de esta serie es: El Libro de las Respuestas

The potential for happiness is all around us, yet it eludes so many. To share in God's joy, sometimes it's important to slow down and focus on the things in our lives that really matter. With an approach that is at once both spiritual and scientific, author Christine Schader offers poignant suggestions and provides practical exercises on how to focus on what makes you happy. In The Happiness Connection, Christine argues that happiness isn't the sum of all the things in your life-in fact, your circumstances and belongings account for very little of your happiness. Most of your happiness depends on your outlook, however, this is not about being positive all the time. YOU ARE ENOUGH! You are whole, complete and perfect just as you are. Being human means living and experiencing a wide range of emotions and thoughts. By better understanding the science behind happiness, as well as its spiritual component, you'll find yourself much closer to true happiness. Christine analyzes the Bible's commentary on positive psychology, neuroscience, well-being, and the law of attraction. In these matters-as in so many others-the Bible was, as always, insightful and ahead of its time

Scientists Collins and Giberson show how to embrace both science and faith without compromising either. Their fascinating treatment explains how God cares for and interacts with His creation while science offers a reliable way to understand the world He made.

"Religion is not a primitive thing that science is in the process of defeating. Science is neither the only form of knowledge nor a plot by Satan; it's a tool of human knowledge that enables us to understand the physical workings of the world." This is how Joseph Hinman describes in a nutshell the philosophical "war" between religion and science. Both of these things would be better referred to in the plural: "the sciences" and "religions," because neither is a monolith, but rather a group of disciplines on the one hand, and a set of approaches to the big questions about the human condition, on the other. But we have a tendency to refer to them both in the singular, as two ways of viewing reality that are in conflict. Which of them gets to be the "umpire of reality"? In this era, when a strident religious ideology cries out for political power and a return to a nostalgic time of dominance, the claims of what is called "new atheism"- that religion is a destructive force that needs to be overcome by the pure rationality of science- can seem persuasive. But is new atheism actually scientific? Or does it also reflect an ideology, in its insistence that scientific findings allow no place for personal, metaphysical faith? Hinman approaches this debate from the perspective of a faith that is neither strident nor domineering, but that seeks to defend religion against atheistic attacks that use "science" as a reductionistic tool of anti-religious ideology. Addressing such topics as the historical development of science, the nature of religious experience, the influence of underlying assumptions on human perception, and the sort of evidence that supports belief in God, Hinman (also author of The Trace of God: a Rational Warrant for Belief), requests that we set aside ideology in pursuit of what science and religion, each in its own sphere, can bring to enrich our lives. Joseph Hinman's fresh, innovative and comprehensive contribution to the ongoing scientific-religious debate assures the reader that we really do not need to choose between science and belief.

Some Mistakes of Darwin travels from the birth of genetics and molecular biology, through the advances in software engineering, to the far ends of space and time and beyond, arguing from science, not from scripture, for a new theory of life.

This book identifies both the consistencies and disparities between Catholic Social Teaching and the United Nation's (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). With Pope Francis' Laudato si' encyclical, Catholicism seems to be engaging more than ever with environmental and developmental concerns. However, there remains the question of how these theological statements will be put into practice.The ongoing involvement of the Catholic Church in social matters makes it a significant potential partner in issues around development. Therefore, with the use of the comparative method, this book brings together authors from multiple disciplines to assess how the political and legal aspects of each of the UN's 17 SDGs are addressed by Catholic Social Teaching. Chapters answer the question of how the Catholic Church evaluates the concept of sustainable development as defined by the Agenda 2030 Goals, as well as assessing how and if it can contribute to shaping the contemporary concept of global development.Examining the potential level of cooperation between the international community and the Catholic Church in the implementation of the Agenda 2030 Goals, this volume will be of keen interest to scholars of Catholic Studies, Religious Studies and the Sociology of Religion, as well as Environmental Studies and Development Studies.

This book explores ways in which Western literature has engaged with themes found within the field of science and religion, both historically and in the present day. It focuses on works of the imagination as important locations at which human arguments, hopes and fears may be played out. The chapters examine a variety of instances where scientific and religious ideas are engaged by novelists, poets and dramatists, casting new light upon those ideas and suggesting constructive ways in which science and religion may interact. The contributors cover a rich variety of authors, including Mary Shelley, Aldous Huxley, R. S. Thomas, Philip Pullman and Margaret Atwood. Together they form a fascinating set of reflections on some of the significant issues encountered within the discourse of science and religion, indicating ways in which the insights of creative artists can make a valuable and important contribution to that discourse.

As the sequential stages of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic have unfolded, so have its complexities. What initially presented as a health emergency, has revealed itself to be a phenomenon of many facets. It has demonstrated human creativity, the oft neglected presence of nature, and the resilience of communities. Equally, it has exposed deep social inequities, conceptual inadequacies, and structural deficiencies about the way we organize our civilization and our knowledge.As the situation continues to advance, the question is whether the crisis will be grasped as an opportunity to address the deep structural, ecological and social challenges that we brought with us into the second decade of the new millennium. This volume addresses the collective sense that the pandemic is more than a problem to manage our way out of. Rather, it is a moment to consider our broken relationship with the natural world, and our alienation from a deeper sense of purpose and meaning.The contributors, though differing in their diagnoses and recommendations, share the belief that this moment, with its transformative possibility, not be forfeit. Equally, they share the conviction that the chief ground of any such reorientation ineluctably involves our collective engagement with both ecology and theology.