Is God a Scientist? [electronic resource] : A Dialogue Between Science and Religion /
Crawford, R.author.
The scriptures of the Faiths use models to depict what God is like; namely Father, Mother, Husband, Judge, Lover, Friend, shepherd and so on. Science also uses models to advance its knowledge, and in a scientific age a model of God as the Cosmic Scientist interacting with the traditional could communicate well. It would imply that the world is a laboratory created by God in order to test whether humanity will obey his laws and live up to the values which he embraces. Using material drawn from science and six world faiths, the book shows the difference and similarity between divine and human experiments and argues that God will bring the experiment to a successful conclusion.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1 The Method of Science; 2 Religion and Scientific Method; 3 God Talk; 4 The Experiment Begins; 5 The Subjects of the Experiment; 6 The Test; 7 The Action of the Divine Scientist; 8 The End of the Experiment; 9 Objections to the Model of the Divine Scientist; Notes; Index
Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-171) and index.
The scriptures of the Faiths use models to depict what God is like; namely Father, Mother, Husband, Judge, Lover, Friend, shepherd and so on. Science also uses models to advance its knowledge, and in a scientific age a model of God as the Cosmic Scientist interacting with the traditional could communicate well. It would imply that the world is a laboratory created by God in order to test whether humanity will obey his laws and live up to the values which he embraces. Using material drawn from science and six world faiths, the book shows the difference and similarity between divine and human experiments and argues that God will bring the experiment to a successful conclusion.
Philosophy and science.
Religion.
Religion and sociology.
Philosophy of Science.
Religious Studies, general.
Social Aspects of Religion.