Science and Religion

 Most people learn their religion on their mothers knee. Would a caring God exclude anyone of pure heart, just because of the accident of birth? Should not  all religions be true to the people that believe them?

What about science? Do science and religion contradict each other. 

Have you ever heard? “He was so sick that his recovery could not be explained by science”. If we pray for a sick friend, we are seeking to improve the probability of good health. Religion could effect science by influencing, or hoping to influence, probability.

Probability is at the intersection of science and religion, and the heart of everything, per Quantum Mechanics. Every thing is a probability, waiting to collapse to certainty. This can only happen if there is an observer. 

What exactly is an observer? You are an observer; I  am an observer; God is an observer. Didn’t that science fiction novel point to “all that groks” ( Robert Heinlein’s Stranger In A Strange Land.)?

I realize that an observer needs consciousness. A rock can not be an observer, a person can. 

But what really matters is whether an observer can cause a chosen outcome. Is consciousness an impartial catalyst or a decision maker? For miracles to be possible there has to be some indication that prayer can effect luck. 

In the New York Times 2/6/07 edition it was reported that before closing its doors, the Princeton lab on ESP determined that the human mind could affect random outcome to the extent of ”2 or 3 flips out of 10,000” Dr. Jahn is quoted as concluding that “thought could bring about changes in many other areas of life — helping to heal disease, for instance, in oneself and others.”

 

Therefore, at least by a small amount, it appears the prayer can effect outcome. This is a miracle.