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Originally Posted by johnsonava
'm curious to hear your thoughts on how science and spirituality can coexist and even complement each other. Are there scientific theories or discoveries that have resonated with your spiritual beliefs? How do you navigate the potential conflicts or tensions between these two realms?
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Science deals with axioms , theorems , principles which explains various cause effect relations in material (like physics,chemistry,astronomy etc) and less-material world (subjective fields like politics ,economics , psychology etc) .
Spirituality too deals with axioms and principles which can be more abstract than other sciences and which work over periods / area which may be be very long and wider. In that sense Spirituality too is science (though more abstract ) .
The reason why science and spirituality may look at odds is that in European history some so-called spiritual people have pestered some genuine scientists for their vested interests and in that conflict genuine scientists won finally . So spirituality or religion is looked upon with suspicion . But looking at big picture , discarding spirituality for such a period in history will be a big mistake. Of course foolish/sellfish/fraudulent spirituality should be vanquished at all cost like it has done in the past. But genuine spirituality devoid of such attributes deserves respect .
To the best of my knowledge most scientists were not against spirituality . In fact many of them came from humble backgrounds with foundation of religious beliefs . Albert Einstein , alexander fleming , michael faraday all had some spiritual beliefs despite being good scientists. So increasingly people view science and spirituality as complementary and NOT conflicting .