Science and religoin are having an intimate affair

Science and spirituality appear to be becoming more and more harmonious while science and religion as expressed by the fundamentalist Christians are very often finding a parting on the ways. As we will explain in a moment, the connection between science and spirituality is already producing some completely unexpected results. Unfortunately, much of the evidence is simply being denied and/or ignored by the most vocal fundamentalist Christian leaders. Why? Because the new information from science threatens many of the major illusions that have been at the base of human social structures for centuries. And as you well know, humans can tolerate almost anything except change.

The leaders of present-day, fundamentalist Christianity are aghast at any of the scientific findings because the overwhelming evidence is pointing away from many of the stories that they and their predecessors have been telling for centuries -- stories such as "God's Conception Magic Act, "Man and God Are Separate," "God is a superhuman being living in a place above the clouds called heaven," and that "Humans are Inherently Evil."

Scientific evidence is perceived as a real threat by the ultra-conservative Christians because it threatens their power and control. Symbolically speaking, their cash-cow is about to be put our to pasture and their milking machine is about to be shut off. Here's the ultimate blasphemy from the scientific evidence:

There is no evidence whatsoever that tell us that whatever it is that humans refer to as "God," either, desires, wants, needs, expects, demands, or in any way, asks to be worshiped.

Far more appropriate response to Source appears to include:

a) A sense of awe, wonder, and mystery,

b) Gratitude toward and the appreciation of Source,

c) The honoring and respecting Source,

d) The honoring, appreciating, and respecting the creations of Source,

e) Seeking to understanding how humans and physical reality relate to that Source.

f) Asking how can one be of service to sacred mother Earth and to one's fellow Earth-dwellers, be they human and otherwise?

The very idea that God doesn't desire, expect, or demand to be worshiped is tantamount to blasphemy, but consider this. At one time it would have been considered blasphemy to suggest that humans not kill goats or sheep and burn their bodies as a sacrifice to God. If you can conceive of why we no longer kill and burn animals to appease and angry God, you also understand why worship, as we presently hold it, is no longer appropriate.

Now What ...

Okay, Now What?

Since we have no knowledge of what that source actually is and how it functions, humans are left with two alternatives:

1) Continue to believe in the stories our ancient ancestors made up about what God is and how "He" functions, or

2) Examine the creations of source and to best of our ability offer hypotheses about how those creations functions and how the studied-creations relate to the source, itself. This process has two distinct parts:

a) Examining the external world (including our human physical bodies

b) Examining human consciousness and how consciousness controls our human, physical experiences.

Present Path ...

Continuing Along the Present Path:

In the name of God (and based on old religious beliefs), humans have murdered millions men, women and children and engaged in some incredible destructive behaviors, As a direct result our collective behavior, we have gotten ourselves all too close to the brink of extinction. We have destroyed our environment to the degree that continuing along the present path is guaranteed disaster.

For example: The fundamentalist Christians believe that the Earth is a one-time-only stop along the path to heaven or hell, what happens to Earth is irrelevant. This belief has has been used to justify incredibly destructive human behavior.

Road Less Traveled ...

The Road Less Traveled:

As an alternative to blind obedience to ancient fairytales, we can study the evidence. And then based upon what the evidence indicates, open-minded humans can make some best guesses about what God might be like. But please be aware that this process is like trying to measure the height of a flagpole by having no idea what a flagpole is and by seeing only its shadow. All conclusions are theories, hypotheses, and best guesses. They are open to change as new evidence becomes available.

What Evidence Indicates ...

What the Evidence Indicates:

The evidence indicates that everything physical (including humans) is/are a part of that unknown source we call God. The evidence indicates that God and humans are separate and unified at the same time. For example, your right hand and your left hand are distinct and separate and, at the same time, intimately related to each other and a part of a grater whole. The evidence points to the conclusion that humans are co-creators with God -- co-creators whose purpose appears to be to create a piece of heaven, right here on Earth.

Resistance to Change ...

Resistance To Change:

The problem for many people is that the evidence is at odds with what the leaders of Christianity are telling them. Most believers in Christianity have been taught that God is a superhuman being, living "out there" somewhere above the clouds in a place called heaven; that He (God) controls human lives, demands particular behavior; and if you don't comply with His rules, you'll be banished forever to an incredible painful place called hell. The idea that humans are eternal beings and aspects of God in physical form is so far removed for the average Christian's consciousness that it is rarely ever even considered as a possibility.

Possibilities ...

Consider these Possibilities:

Could six days of creation and the six billion years of evolution be related. If you confine your investigation to tangible, physical evidence, this idea is absurd, but when you step outside of time and space six days and six billion years are one and the same thing.

Are humans simply physical bodies or are we eternal divine beings living temporarily in physical bodies. The overwhelming circumstantial evidence indicates the latter to be the most probable truth -- that reincarnation is true.

When one looks a bit more closely, one finds intimate relationships between things that, on the surface, seem to be distinct and separate. Here are some examples of what science has discovered:

Everything is related to everything else. Ocean salmon have a clear relationship with mountain-side forests. The survival of the aspen forests if Yellowstone park dependent upon wolves.

A human being is not his/her physical body. In subatomic physics, the observer affects the observed. Time is not a fixed commodity. Infinity is not a whole bunch of time. Physical matter is not physical at all, it's made up of energy.

The list is all but endless and growing daily.

Biblical Connection ...

The Biblical Connection:

The evidence does not support many of the claims made by the leaders of present-day, fundamentalist Christianity. Even though the evidence is often at odds with what the Christian leaders claim, there is still is still much harmony between the scientific findings and the Christian Bible. Here are some examples:

Ecclesiastes 11:5, RSV

"As you do not know how the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of the woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.” (Also note the same message in 1 Corinthians 2:14 and in Ecclesiastes 3:11)

Fundamentalist Christians make all sorts of claims about what God is, how He (masculine, of course) functions and what He wants humans to do or not do. In contrast, the scientific evidence and philosophers throughout history tell us that God is the ultimate mystery of human life. For example, the scientific community tells us that everything thought of as physical is not physical at all -- that everything is energy -- that energy is controlled by consciousness -- that what consciousness is, where it is, and how it functions is still a mystery.

John 14:2

"In my father's house are many mansions."

Science has discovered that ninety-five percent of the known universe is made up of "dark matter" and "dark energy," neither of which are perceivable by present-day scientific instruments. What do you suppose in that ninety-five percent?

Genesis 2:7

"And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul."

Fundamentalist Christians claim that every time a human sperm and egg unite, God steps in and, by an act of instantaneous, supernatural, transcendental magic, He transforms every uniting human egg and sperm into a brand new, never-before-existing, separate, complete, eternal, sovereign, human being. BUT... 1) The [Roman] Catholic Encyclopedia° cannot define what life is, where it come from, what sustains it, or when it begins. 2) As you can see by the Biblical quote above, the Christian conception claim even contradicts the Bible which clearly states that life as a human being begins at first breath. 3) There is no scientific evidence to support the conception-magic-act claim or the claim that human beings are their physical bodies.

John 14:12

"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater [works] than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father." This Quote from Jesus is commonly paraphrased as: "Anything I can do, you can do and more." (Also note the same message in Psalms 82:6 and in Isaiah 41:23.)

There is no scientific evidence whatsoever to support the Christian claim that humans are inherently evil. 2) As you can see by the quote above, the Bible says quite the opposite.

John1:1

“In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God."

John 1:1 is the Biblical version of The Universal Law or Thought.° The quotes regarding faith such as Matthew 17:20 support the Law of Thought.

There's is much additional evidence and it's not appropriate to include it here. Readers are invited to the Section titled: Relevant Biblical Passages.°

The Bottom Line ...

The Bottom Line:

Depending upon your interpretation of the evidence, you could say that science is finding God and at the same time say the science is not finding God. One thing science is doing is telling us that many long-held, cherished religious beliefs have either no evidence to support them or that they are strongly contradicted by the evidence.

This leaves us with two choices:

1) We can continue to believe in the stories our ancient ancestors made up about what God is and how "He" functions, or

2) We can examine the evidence and then based upon what the evidence indicates, make some best guesses about what God might be like. We can offer theories about what the source of the universe is, how it functions and our relationship to that source.

In the in the mean time we (both collectively and individually) are still required to make numerous irreversible, life-altering, decision base upon one or the other of the above two choices. On which of the above two choices do you choose to base your life?