A year ago in the summer a local church held a talk by a former governor on science. I know little of churches but science holds a special place in my heart. Enough for me to venture out to this Lutheran church founded by first settlers 150 years ago. I was not disappointed. /1
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Villagers (without torches and pitchforks) dutifully gathered to listen to a PowerPoint presentation of what seemed to be proof of God’s existence. /2
A former chemistry professor at one of country’s best liberal colleges was showing us pictures of dinosaurs and DNA strands for nothing screams science more than dinosaurs and a DNA strand. /3
The best I could tell Science and Religion were friends who were getting along now. Science didn’t get that memo though.
Yet I was witnessing massive manipulation leading believers into thinking that science had to validate their belief in God. Lambs led to slaughter. /4
Yet I was witnessing massive manipulation leading believers into thinking that science had to validate their belief in God. Lambs led to slaughter. /4
I was watching the Battle of Knowledges. Except one was cunning and knowing and one was naive and believing. /5
While taking notes and feeling my heart pound louder at the indignity of what was taking place, I searched for quotes to support my rebuttal of “Science proves God exists”. /6
My rebuttal focused on multiple ways of knowing, knowledge systems, inherent fallacies within science as human activity, history of science and its roots in religion and prejudice, questions of truth, and history of nihilistic science culminating in gas chambers. /7
Ultimately I concluded the nature of belief is such that even if all the science in the world proves God doesn’t exist, you can believe in God. /8
Driving home I thought of all the “I believe in science” people, a phrase that gives me indigestion. This is when I though of juxtaposition of knowing and believing. /9
I believe in Science.
I know God.
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I know God.
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This year in my attempt to understand the foundation of Illich’s writings I found the following. Ivan Illich described faith as extraordinary knowledge in his tradition. /11
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