God and Science

John William Follows

Description

The book, “God and Science” is primarily an effort to reconcile the discrepancy between the world of religion and the world of science. It discusses the parallels between the scientific concept of creation and Genesis’ description. It explains the reason for the contradictions that appears in the bible and goes into some of the difficulties we have in understanding God including why there is suffering and evil. There is a section on faith and the afterlife. A hypothesis is proposed for a scientific explanation of God. Finally a few hints are tossed out concerning possible methods for attaining promotion to that afterlife.

Sujets

• Philosophie
• Philosophie de la religion
• Religion
• Relationship between religion and science
• Philosophy
• Philosophie et théologie

Informations

• Publié par: AuthorHouse
• Date de parution: 24 avril 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798823000710
• Langue: English

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GOD AND SCIENCE





JOHN WILLIAM FOLLOWS









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Published by AuthorHouse 04/21/2023

ISBN: 979-8-8230-0072-7 (sc)
ISBN: 979-8-8230-0070-3 (hc)
ISBN: 979-8-8230-0071-0 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2023902203




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CONTENTS
Introduction
Existence
Genesis
God’s Nature
Concerns
The Science
His Expectations



INTRODUCTION
I am a scientist, specifically an orthopedic surgeon. My education was in mathematics and medicine. But I am also a religious person, a Christian. Some scientists are atheists, believing nothing they cannot physically prove. Some religious persons completely reject scientific facts; one absurd example is the claim that analysis of religious materials proves that the “Beginning” (known to science as the Big Bang) occurred six thousand years ago. I will not accept the concept that science and religion are separate; I feel that they must be compatible. Therefore, I am putting forth some ideas which could be a rough beginning to understanding this compatibility.
I begin my discussion with a dissection of existence and Genesis to show that creationism and science are not mutually exclusive. I continue, among other things, with “faith” and some troublesome ideas and incompatibilities in the Bible. I then propose my theory relating God to science and touch upon what we should be doing. I don’t claim these as positively the ultimate answers. But I feel they give us some things to think about. As Jack Point points out in Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Yeomen of the Guard”: “Oh, winnow all my folly, folly, folly and you’ll find a grain or two of truth among the chaff.”



EXISTENCE