Oh hai everybody, I am back to blogging after 2 weeks or so? School holidays has started, so I’m probably gonna blog more often these days.
It feels like, for the entire, 3 weeks of exams up till this point, my faith has certainly been tested. Not that, I feel like converting, trust me, I’m still very much a strong believer in Buddhism. I certainly try to believe in the teachings, but when it’s mixed with science, it’s so anti-climatic.
How can you openly accept concepts of science when religion is telling you something different. Stephen Hawking recently openly told the public saying that there isn’t an afterlife. The world’s smartest man, is telling us that there isn’t such thing as a heaven or hell or reincarnation. I don’t believe him entirely, as he doesn’t have any evidence to prove the non-existence of an afterlife. On the other hand, does religion provide any proof to the existence of afterlife?
Certainly, they’ve been stories of reincarnation and Lazarus, do I believe them? My heart tells me to believe, but my brain says otherwise. You see, in school we’ve been taught about so many sciences from Biology to Chemistry, it has made our thinking become too realistic, too narrow minded I guess, well at least that’s my opinion.
But I guess, it comes to show that some if not most things are better left untouched, better left unexplained. No one can explain the miracle of how Christ sacrificed only to come back alive on the cross after three days, no one can explain how flowers can grow beneath baby Buddha’s feet when he first walked the Earth. Life’s long questions about religion, as people who are strong in religion, should be taken in openly, no matter how absurd or how miracle-ish it might sound.
As for science, well, I’ve nothing against Stephen Hawking, so I’ll happily accept his point of view. It’s a 50 – 50 chance, there might be an afterlife, there might not be an afterlife, it’s only when we near death, that we’ll only find out the truth behind this mystery.
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If every religion proclaims that they are the right one and others are wrong, then how can there be many religions in the first place? How would a God allow his people to follow other non-existant gods?
That simple question alone made me realise the silliness in the idea of God.
I think you give Stephen Hawking too much credit.
Sure he's a famed theoretical physicist who's famed for his work on black holes and the sorts...
But does that give him the expertise on talking about philosophical issues? I don't contend that he isn't, but surely, this isn't his main area of expertise.
Science and religion can coexist, and this is coming from a Christian standpoint. Science is the way in which God imposes order in the world, it needn't become an obstruction. The whole science vs faith thing actually started because of the whole Evolution vs creation debate. I'm an example of an theistic evolutionist anyway.
I don't think your faith should at all be rattled by your understanding in science, since I don't see how learning about the DNA disproves Buddhism somehow.
I don't have reading material for you since I'm a Christian, but if you're interested, try reading Francis Collins "The language of God". He was the ex-head of the Human Genome Project and now the director of the NIH in the states. Also a man of "faith".
Blessings to you!
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