Dear Devotees,In this context, members may like to read the the following two articles by (the late) Stephen Jay Gould, scientist in Theory of Evolution, appealing for coexistence of the religious and scientific belief systems:An extract:"Since every one of us must reach some decisions about the rules we will follow in conducting our own lives, and since I trust that nobody can be entirely indifferent to the workings of the world around us, all human beings must pay at least rudimentary attention to both magisteria of religion and science.
The magisteria will not fuse; so each of us must integrate these distinct components into a coherent view of life. If we succeed, we gain something truly "more precious than rubies", and dignified by one of the most beautiful words in any language: wisdom." (magesteria = authoritative teachings)Dasankrishnaswamy m k
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Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 19:24:00 -0700 (PDT)
From: Badri Veera <rugveera@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: darwin theory - God
Dear Vaishnavas:
I think it is a unnecessary controversy that we as Vaishnavas should abstain from. In the United states, the Christian fundamentalists are opposed to Darwinian evolution due to the nature of the church-laity relationship. Indic religion is very exploratory and it should remain an inquisitive no-holds-barred type of inquiry in order to further human understanding of nature.
The scientific evolution does not prohibit the existence of God and I do not see any reason to tie the two together. Further, evolution of species is not a theory in a conventional sense. It has been rationally demonstrated to be the case through countless archaelogical and bio-genetic studies.
Additionally, science claims consciousness is nothing but a bunch of clever computer programs that have evolved over millions of years. So, the birth and death of species is nothing but the death of these programs and cells.
hmm. enough of my spheeel! Also, this forum may not be even be the right place to discuss this.
Finally, the spiritual quest for understanding God and the non-emotional purely-rational scientific pusuit of understanding nature are best kept in seperate compartments.
Regards
Badri Veeraraghavan
vinod sv <winode_sv@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
!!srImathE rAmAnujAya namaha!!
!!srI krishNa parabrahmaNE namaha!!
!!srImAn nArAyaNa charaNau saraNam prapadyE!!
dear vaishNavAs,
Unfortunately in the modern society, every one talks
about science with half knowledge. If you ask an
athiest why do not you care for God, he responds that
science has already found how different beings are
developed, God is not responsible for our creation. If
science has really proved evolution theory, then there
is a rational reason why people do not believe in
religions. However it is notable that Darwin's
evolutionary theory is not accepted completely within
the scientific communities itself, and there are many
basic deficiencies in that theory to be accepted as a
fact.
To speak about the evolution of life, one should have
proper understanding of what life is, what birth is,
and what death is. Unfortunately there is no idea of
any of these terms in the scientic literature. The
reader of this article can check in www.google.com or
any search website to find the definition of life. The
author fortells the result of such a trial, that
science factually doesnot know what life is.
They(scientists) have some idea of symptoms of life
(like growth, reproduction,...., but miss the most
essential feature consciousness), but they do not have
a comprehensive understanding of life as a whole.
Without even knowing what life is, many scientists
claim that they know how life has evolved. There are
many other flaws in this theory and will not stand in
the test of time. Many such theories will come and go,
but the truth of life is best explained in Vedas in a
comprehensive manner. Unfortunately, the academic
books and half knowledged science teachers are
teaching darwin theory as a fact rather than a theory.
Please save your self and your children from false
propaganada. Please donot lose faith on God based on
some theories of flaws.
dAsOham,
srIperumbUdUru vEnkaTa vinOd.
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