The Chicken? or the Egg?

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 Week 05 - Science vs Religion


When it comes to science and religion, I think the science aspect is aiming to prove and measure when events occurred and why it did. Science is looking for proof that things exist for a reason and that they search for a version of the "truth". Similarly science and religion both look for some form of truth. The difference between the two are searching for truth. Religion is based on faith and hope, in the scriptures we know it mainly contains testaments of individuals who overcame struggle and hardships in order to be a witness of God. In the church we aim to know the truth in the spiritual side and using tested ways of prayer, fasting and going to the temple for answers.  

Much like the life of Jesus Christ and the sacrifice he made for us. The Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price are testaments or we can call it "journal entries". We know so many stories from the Creation, the Fall, the Atonement and many more where they testify of the experiences they faced.   

This link  The Gospel and the Scientific View (F. Kent Nielsen, Special Issue: Old Testament) is what I found on the church website where I found interesting tidbits. It also has a few geology references in it too. I've added a few quotes that helped me understand and know how to separate the two subjects. 

 


 Science: 

1. "science has come to mean not a method for understanding how nature does work, but a particular philosophy about how nature has to work."

2. “uniformitarianism”—the idea that present geological changes are the key to understanding all those of the past—not catastrophes, creations, or divine interventions. 

Religion: 

1. “faith is … the principle … of power” 

2. By this power, all things “exist, by it they are upheld, by it they are changed, or by it they remain, agreeable to the will of God” (D&C 88:47, 49)

3. The laws which maintain the natural order constitute “truth,” which is “independent” only “in that sphere in which God has placed [them]” (D&C 93:30)

This talk has so much knowledge and it shared so much of what I thought about the two subjects that come up a lot while being a student and talking with various backgrounds and understanding how they interpret things. 

Happy Week 5 Y'all!!


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