A common contention of our modern world is that religion and science, just like church and state, should not mix. We agree, but know that both are vital to our lives. Religion and science each offer different methods to knowing what our lives and are world are all about.
Where one is metaphorical, the other is concrete. When one integrates, the other differentiates. One looks for the whole, and the other seeks to know the parts. They are as different as night and day, but both essential for us to know who we are and how we might live in harmony with our world. What has science taught you about living on our planet today? What warnings has it offered? |
Summer of Sources: Fifth Source
During the fifth week of the Summer of Sources leading into July 31, we are using the A Chosen Faith Part V: “Beyond Idolatry” & “Body & Spirit” (pp. 155-184). During the Sunday worship, we will be offering both silence and journals to contemplate and dictate our experiences with this source.
Forrest Church begins his chapter with this quote from Judith Walker-Riggs, Unitarian Universalist minister: In the last few decades we have been entering a new vision of the universe as radical and revolutionary as the Copernican changeover, and we still have not worked out what it all means, either in theology or in our view of what humanity is and what we ought to do with our lives.
The challenges we face now are daunting and beg the question, what ought we to do with our lives. Humanism has given us tools to address our challenges: rational critique and analysis, the scientific method for determining level of credibility and solving problems, and application of ethical responsibility in exercising our abilities and actions. In what ways do these tools contribute to discerning your world view and chosen way of living your faith?
Forrest Church begins his chapter with this quote from Judith Walker-Riggs, Unitarian Universalist minister: In the last few decades we have been entering a new vision of the universe as radical and revolutionary as the Copernican changeover, and we still have not worked out what it all means, either in theology or in our view of what humanity is and what we ought to do with our lives.
The challenges we face now are daunting and beg the question, what ought we to do with our lives. Humanism has given us tools to address our challenges: rational critique and analysis, the scientific method for determining level of credibility and solving problems, and application of ethical responsibility in exercising our abilities and actions. In what ways do these tools contribute to discerning your world view and chosen way of living your faith?