Science and Faith, or, Swallowing Camels
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel!” - Matthew 23:23-24
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“Science takes things apart to see how they work. Religion puts things together to see what they mean”
— Jonathan Sacks
-KW
Yes, my thesis isn't new. Consider also these scientists' thoughts on the matter:
"There can never be any real opposition between religion and science; for the one is the complement of the other. Every serious and reflective person realizes, I think, that the religious element in his nature must be recognized and cultivated if all the powers of the human soul are to act together in perfect balance and harmony. And indeed it was not by accident that the greatest thinkers of all ages were deeply religious souls."
— Max Planck
"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind."
— Albert Einstein
“I do not believe that science can disprove the existence of God; I think that is impossible. And if it is impossible, is not a belief in science and in a God — an ordinary God of religion — a consistent possibility? Yes, it is consistent.”
— Richard Feynman
- Jonathan
