The Complementarity of Scientific and Religious Modes of Understanding

Scientific and religious approaches to comprehending reality be deeply complementary. I do not use the word deeply for emphasis alone the qualities that acquisition and religion hold in common are anything but obvious. Viewed on the surface, recognition and religion often appear to be at odds. expatiate and dogmas frequently conflict, and misperceptions originating on either side can lead to rejection of the unacquainted(predicate) system. At the lofty level of philosophical abstraction, a satisfying atonement of science and religion will likely always remain elusive. At the level of personal experience, however, incorporating scientific and religious modes of understanding is not sole(prenominal) possible, it is profoundly enriching. The impulses, methods, and themes that define both science and religion are strikingly similar. Curiosity and an insatiable desire to make sense of the world are qualities that are innate to human life unsurprisingly, these impulses are the drivi ng persuasiveness behind both scientific and religious explorations. The means that facilitate much(prenominal) explorations are fundamentally alike as well both science and religion are system-driven, with an emphasis on unflagging action in the pursuit of greater understanding. Finally, both scientific and religious modes of understanding inexorably return to a common set of recurrent themes, emphasizing the creativity, dynamism, and atomic number 53 of the world we perceive.Curiosity is instinctive in humans. We are born subtle nothing but impatient to know all where did we come from? wherefore are we here? How are we to live? Such questions represent much than a simple probing for objective facts they are attempts to derive nub and order from the observed world. Responses to these questions often take t... ...we live in.Isaiah 40 3-8The character of one birdcalling in the wildernessPrepare the way of the gentleMake straight in the desertA highway for our God. any val ley shall be exaltedAnd every mountain and hill brought poorThe crooked places shall be made straightAnd the rough places smoothThe aura of the Lord shall be revealed,And all flesh shall see it togetherFor the emit of the Lord has spoken.The voice said, Cry outAnd he said, What shall I cry?All flesh is crap,And all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.The ley withers, the flower fades,Because the breath of the Lord blows upon itSurely the people are ley.The grass withers, the flower fades,Because the breath of the Lord blows upon it,Surely the people are grass.The grass withers, the flower faces,But the word of our God stands forever.