The artist was once confronted with the question what all that talk about science and religion going oposite ways is.
He answered later after having tought it over: It is probable that the ways are the same but have been bent by some who did not want to look bad or be left there as a liar.
The scientist
Example: The scientiest has made a theory to explain how things are. For a while it looked as if the theory was describing reality. Later, an other scientist ( young and not yet a celebrity) shows that the theory has holes and makes a new theory that explains the things better but contradicts the old theory. First reaction of the old scientist is to slender the reputation of the younger one instead of admiting that he was wrong all along! Later he will have to admit he was wrong ( if he is still alife – otherwise science comunity does).
The theologian
Example 1: The theologian has writen a scripture where he tells the story of god as he knows it. He does not know all, but he writes all he knows. Afterwards god reveals to a younger theologian ( not yet a celebrity) more parts of the truth. But they partialy or totaly contradict the old scripture. So the the old theologian will say that the scripture is coming directly from god and cannot be contradicted. But deep inside he knows that the scripture is only inspired by god ( finaly he knows he has wrote it himself, with the help of god, yes, but with his hand). It was given to him/her at a time it was all the old theologian could percive. The younger theologian could percive more because he knew newer things.
Example 2: The theologian has a scriprure given to him by his ancestors. In the scripture there stays not everything writen there is, but it is the only writen thing there is at that time. People are coming to him/her with questions. All kind of questions. Some can be anwered out of the scripture, some not. But because he tells everybody that god knows everything and the scripture is the only thing from god, he has to answer the question. Questions not anwered in the scripture he will derive out of the scripture, out of his understanding ( or ununderstanding) of the scripure, out of his phantasie or just out of some feelings he carries along, having nothing to do with either scripture or god. When later it turnes out he was wrong with some of his answers he will start to defend his own mistakes pointing at the scripture and denying reality.
When the person contradicting the theologian is a scientist, the things become more serious.
As somebody dening the existence of god ( in case the scientist is an atheist – but science has to be that way as long as god did not reveal himself to the scientists as god, but in another way) .. As sombody dening the existence of god, the scientist has no interest to make the theory fit in the theological scripture. The theologian can try to prove his theory only by pointing at the scripture. But Scripture does not neccessarily has to be true. ( remember who wrote it!)
When the person contradicting the scientist is a theologian, he does not even get taken serious. But later science development could give the theologian right
One has to understand that science decriebes the world Ja has created. The job of the scientist is to describe and explain those world . The job of the theologian is to learn singing and to praise+sing Ja
The problem here are people not having the curage to admit they where wrong all along or most of the time. Specialy if they promissed that that is the truth and get rightfully contradicted.
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