Evolution, Science & Religion (Evolution)

by romansh , Saturday, June 16, 2012, 20:40 (4332 days ago) @ Balance_Maintained

What the Western mind has done is to separate things. We separate form from function, function from impact, impact from purpose, purpose from meaning. To each of these we give a different school of thought. We separate our knowledge and experience of a thing to the point were it becomes lost in the minutia. -And yet when I use my western mind I can see an accuracy and value in monistic concepts.-If someone cannot see a truth in science, it does not mean it is not there. Ditto for a spiritual or perhaps intuitive insight.-It's when these things point in different directions, then we have a problem. I don't know if evolution is true, but for me it is by far the best description of the phenomena we observe. Ditto for quantum mechanics, even if I am skeptical of the QM description. But I understand what you are saying we compartmentalize science to try and understand; but science does eventually put things back together again.-Our western religions are very dualistic, separating god from the universe, even in David's panentheism god is separate. Mind and body are separate, good and evil are separate.