Sentence examples for science of god from inspiring English sources
In his early Lectura Oxoniensis, Duns Scotus insisted that theology is not a speculative but a practical science of God and that man's ultimate goal is union with the divine Trinity through love.
This is where the action is in the science of God debate, with a coterie of adaptationists arguing on behalf of the primary benefits, in terms of survival advantages, of religious belief.
But the recent surge has been remarkable, with titles like "The Science of God: The Convergence of Scientific and Biblical Wisdom," by Gerald L. Schroeder (The Free Press, 1997), and "Skeptics and True Believers: The Exhilarating Connection Between Science and Religion," by Chet Raymo (Walker, 1998).
The Cartesian tradition that Leibniz inherited promised a demonstrative science of God, the soul, and the world, but this, Kant argued, was a misguided hope.
Bishop Samuel Wilberforce, taking on Darwin's defender Thomas Henry Huxley in 1860, the year after the publication of "On the Origin of Species," was opposed to the treading of flawed science on God's glory or on human dignity.
Since the existence of the subject of a science must be demonstrated beforehand, and God's existence is to be demonstrated in the science of metaphysics, God cannot be the subject of this science.
Mr. Wills's opinion is built on an assumption that science is exclusive of God rather than revelatory.
With this tacit understanding in place, the age-old conflict between religion and science -- the truths of God versus the truths of man -- would fade away.
❄ The cure for faith is science: The existence of God is a scientific question: either he exists or he doesn't.
He is the author of several books, including Lent Is Not Rocket Science: An Exploration of God, Creation, and the Cosmos.
Unlike natural selection, God's actions escape experimental analysis, justifying St. Thomas's (Summa Theologica, Part I, Question 84, Article 1) exclusion from natural science of phenomena involving God's direct intervention.
