Monday, February 23, 2015

Keywords: Religion and Science

I think there are 3 keywords in reconciling religion and science: search, what, and why. Science is the search for what. Religion is the search for why.

Monday, February 16, 2015

Religion and Reality

There is a view of things that considers only hard material realities and there there is a view that considers only the meaning of things without regard for hard realities. Religion began as an attempt to give meaning to an ultimately tragic reality. Religion and reality are not necessarily incompatible, but they are when one uses religion to justify a material gain. The most extreme examples today are seen when ISIS and Al Qaeda commit murder and mayhem and use religion to justify it.