He makes the preliminary point very robustly, that there is no room in Catholic theology for any hiatus at all between
our scientific understanding of the world, and our faith.
The empiric sense of reality moves ironically in the opposite direction, away from assertions about divine presences and powers and toward
the scientific understanding of the world's regularity.
He illustrated his words with the great examples from Catholic history of priest - scientists whose work was revolutionary in terms of
a scientific understanding of the world, such as the 16th - century Pole, Copernicus, whose astronomical observations demonstrated that the earth orbited the sun, and the 20th - century Belgian, Georges Lemaître, who was the first to propose a «Big Bang» startto the universe.
Unable to fit these elusive expressions into an objectifying,
scientific understanding of the world, we often dismiss them as illusory.
For anyone interested in evolution — which is to say, for anyone interested in
the scientific understanding of the world — 2009 marks two major, linked anniversaries.
The Earth and Life Science Series - is designed to provide teachers of junior primary with a set of materials that will give students a more rounded and
scientific understanding of the world around them.
Not exact matches
Anyone who can't
understand that or chooses to ignore it is clearly not competent to work at one
of the leading
scientific labs in the
world.
The problem for the religious is this: you give to a child a TRUE
understanding of the natural
world, and impart them with a TRULY
scientific perspective, and they WILL see that god almost certainly does not exist, and that religion is a fairy tale.
(For example, given Wright's
understanding of what the Reformers meant by «literal,» I wonder if they wouldn't be open to scholarship that interprets Genesis 1 as an ancient Near Eastern temple text — see John Walton's The Lost
World of Genesis One — rather than a
scientific explanation for origins.)
Failure to
understand this shows a provincial mentality which has not yet grasped that we are living in a period
of world history when no country can any longer be self - sufficient whether in the economic, cultural,
scientific or social spheres.
He sees Whitehead as a
scientific realist striving after some sort
of correspondence between the
world as
understood by modern physics and the
world of direct experience (PW 214/236) Whitehead represents the opposite
of Bertrand Russell in his phenomenalist period.
The Maharishi holds a degree in physics from the University
of Allahabad, but as a young man he abandoned
scientific study
of the material
world to begin his pilgrimage toward spiritual
understanding.
My question to you gay marriage supporters, how can you support something that has no
scientific evidence, (afterall, a fully bearded man with a large penis, with all the testosterone in the
world, comes up to say that hes gay) and instead
of trying to
understand and correct this psyhcological anomaly, you applaud it and support it... why?..
It is also due to assumptions on the part
of such critics as Bultmann that the actual facts could not have been as they are reported, assumptions rooted in an already outdated
understanding of the modern
scientific world view.
What the biblical
understanding of creation rules out is not any
scientific account, but other interpretive statements, such as «God is nature» (pantheism), «the
world is essentially unreal» (Hinduism), «matter is ultimate» (materialism), or «the
world is evil» (Schopenhauer — and some forms
of existentialism).
The history
of God's dealings with Israel can no longer serve as the all - embracing horizon for our
understanding of God, which must now be correlated with a greatly expanded
world history, a
scientific understanding of nature and man, and a drastically altered social and ethical situation.
As the foreword says, «Cardinal Schönborn repeatedly distinguishes a
scientific interest in the waythat life evolved, from an ideological view that attempts to
understand the
world as a whole starting from the theory
of evolution.
He analyses various aspects —
scientific, scriptural, moral —
of the
understanding of the divine across the major
world religions.
Let them blend new sciences and theories and the
understanding of the most recent discoveries with Christian morality and the teaching
of Christian doctrine, so that their religious culture and morality may keep pace with
scientific knowledge and with the constantly progressing technology... Thus they will be able to interpret and evaluate all things in a truly Christian spirit,... and priests will be able to present to our contemporaries the doctrine
of the Church concerning God, man and the
world, in a manner more adapted to them so that they may receive it more willingly.»
McLoughlin proposes that the Fourth Great Awakening began about 1960, following the undeclared war in Vietnam, and that it has appeared at a time when once again we are seeking a new
understanding of who we are, how we relate to the
scientific worldview, and what is the meaning
of the many domestic and worldwide crises that threaten our security, our sense
of order, and our self - image as a mighty and righteous
world power.
Such an identification is parallel to the fallacy in science
of identifying the
world of nature with the
scientific models that we use to organize our
understanding of it.
see what you have to
understand about living in a real
world — a
world where god is just a story and not real — its a
world based on
scientific and physical laws that are proven to exist and their effects are measurable... us as humans, mere animals, hold no real power or control aside thru ingenuity which allows us to change our environment to suit us... stay with me here... at this point in human history we ceased to change to suit our environment and started changing it to suit us — thats destruction
of the earth to suit one species — that should go over well...
Humanists should acknowledge their membership in the contemporary
world, seek to
understand it in its own terms (which means making a serious effort to gain authentic
scientific insight), assimilate its ideas into their
world of composing, building, and analyzing, and assume responsibility for guiding the course
of its further development.
But uncritical proponents
of the scientistic ideology (and the myth
of scientific superrationality) steadily subvert our
understanding of this
world by ignoring the extent to which it is itself an ideology supported only by a dubious myth.
Why make a «god» out
of the
scientific method — as if that is the only means by which we are able to know and
understand the
world in which we live?
There are two aspects to an
understanding, and especially a
scientific understanding,
of the
world.
Anyone making a thorough
scientific study
of religious and philosophical thought through out the
world, including not only a culturally self centered conceited study
of Judeo - Christain - Islamic Western forms alone... would find a much more rich variety
of understanding, meeting the needs
of the many levels
of developed conciousness in the human species.
At this point, Whitehead's analysis is particularly helpful, for he helps us
understand where the purposes
of the
world are, in what kinds
of things, and how they are related to the intricate patterns
of physical causation we may discover through
scientific research.
Considering that you keep making assumptions about whether I would
understand it, without actually providing any
of the «proof» you claim you can come up with, I'm starting to think that you being «very happy and productive part»
of the
scientific world, just means you are an administrative assistant who knows how to copy and paste.
What is important to
understand in the first step is that those earthquakes will hit at different parts
of the
world where
scientific and archeological teachings have indicated that arcane mysteries have been buried.
The
scientific method is the most reliable way
of understanding the natural
world.
With its festival atmosphere and a panel
of judges from the
worlds of venture capital and communications as well as science, the Skolar Award contest also expresses a somewhat subversive notion: that researchers need not only to discover important new knowledge, but also to convey it beyond the lab and readers
of scientific journals so that society at large can
understand it, value it, benefit from it, and support it.
This finding at the dawn
of World War II was the start
of a
scientific and military race to
understand and use this new atomic source
of power.
In an effort to better
understand this sanitation crisis,
Scientific American's David Biello spoke with Rose George, author
of The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable
World of Human Waste and Why It Matters.
Steve: You wrote back in 1992: «I came to
understand that there were thousands
of people spread all around the
world, mathematicians, physicists, philosophers, computer scientists, on and on, who thought
of Martin Gardner's column not merely as a feature
of Scientific American but as its very heart and soul.»
The findings, published in the
scientific journal Behavioural Processes, shine new light on our
understanding of the emotional
world of dogs.
«Thanks to this new research,
scientific efforts to discover the vibrational and sound - producing properties
of fossilised wings will be significantly improved, so that we can better
understand the acoustic
world in which now extinct species once lived.»
Only those who are engaged in
scientific research can
understand the ideals
of a man who willingly cuts himself off from the
world for a period
of three years and perishes in a blizzard — for what?
Digital literacy and
understanding how systems (computer and otherwise) work will become increasingly important in a
world where many
of today's students will pursue jobs that do not currently exist, says Gershenfeld, who wrote about video games» potential to transform education in the February
Scientific American.
A series
of complicated experiments involving one
of the least
understood elements
of the Periodic Table has turned some long - held tenets
of the
scientific world upside down.
In a time where supercomputers dominate
scientific analysis, Prof. Sinclair argues that there is not enough attention being paid to the basic approaches to science
of the past, which were able to profoundly illuminate our
understanding of the natural
world through the simplification
of very complex topics and systems.
«The Assyrians can be «excused» to some extent for focusing on short - term economic or political goals which increased their risk
of being negatively impacted by climate change, given their technological capacity and their level
of scientific understanding about how the natural
world worked,» adds Selim Adalı.
«Every material interacts with the
world through its surface,» Carpick said, «so
understanding and manipulating surface properties — friction, adhesion, interactions with water, catalysis — are major, ongoing areas
of scientific research.
The Laboratory advances the coupled fields
of fusion energy and plasma physics research, and, with collaborators, is developing the
scientific understanding and key innovations needed to realize fusion as an energy source for the
world.
«
Understanding its nature proved to be a real
scientific challenge which required the combined efforts
of an international team
of astronomers and many
of the
world's best telescopes to solve.»
Though my parents, who are not scientists, don't always
understand exactly what it is that I'm doing on a day - to - day basis, they are supportive at every step, encouraging me to be the best version
of myself in
scientific pursuits, but reminding me that the
world is larger than just science, and that it's important to stay grounded in my personal values.
«The depth and breadth
of contribution demonstrates their standing as
world - class experts and their influence on the
scientific, technical and socio - economic
understanding of climate change.»
29 June 2017 —
Scientific research in Earth and space sciences advances our
understanding of our
world and contributes to strong global economies, security, and public health and safety.
By improving public
understanding of science through the translation
of the journal
Scientific American into Arabic since 1986, «we aim at meeting the critical need for non-specialized scientific Arab publications targeted to Arabic - speaking public around the world,» said Shihab - Eldin in h
Scientific American into Arabic since 1986, «we aim at meeting the critical need for non-specialized
scientific Arab publications targeted to Arabic - speaking public around the world,» said Shihab - Eldin in h
scientific Arab publications targeted to Arabic - speaking public around the
world,» said Shihab - Eldin in his letter.
«There is considerable interest in the policy community, among scientists themselves, and among engaged citizens to
understand how the fast - paced
world of scientific inquiry and innovation is shaping our
world,» Michael Dimock, the president
of Pew Research Center, said in a statement.