From God to Newton and The Reconcilation of Science and Theology

From God to Newton and The Reconcilation  of Science and Theology
And 'common sense in so-called "dark ages" of the European Middle Ages, theology predominant in the whole area from theocracy to the regalia and became the absolute authority in the spiritual world of the United States. The science was not a space left in the magnificent palace ruled by theology and was seen as heterodox. At that time, the conflict in the relationship between science and theology that serious, or more precisely, the theology of oppression put on what the cruel science. For example, the Italian scientist and philosopher Bruno because of his insistence on scientific truth that has burned at the stake by the Inquisition in Rome in 1600 Great physical Galileo, for believing in advertising and heliocentricism Copernicus', who put in jail for Life. 1 Under the great pressure and in the context of fanaticism in Western Europe, there was almost no space for science and the opportunity to emerge. Ages up to 17 and 18, science began to advance and quickly defeat the theology at the end. God has made himself "master is not home" and Newton became "Laine champagne in the world." Why did it happen in Europe? The key is to find the origins of the birth of modern science. To see this, we must first examine traditional Western belief weltanschauung.Western traditional is a kind of dualism. Towards no matter what in nature, morality or religion, people often have a western dualistic attitude. For example, the classical two-valued logic based on true or false duality founded by Aristotle continued to use today. Moreover, the dualism of mind and body, subject and object, noumenon and phenomenon, ideal and reality, collective and individual, and so on, could easily be found here and there in history and Western culture. Especially in religious and metaphysical beliefs, people joined a western dualistic position that the Sun stubbornly transcendental world and the real world and have been completely left the sky and the earth were not separated absolutely.2 matter of meaning or value, the first is always higher than the latter. Poll of the origins of dualistic worldview, we retrospectively ancient Greek philosophy (especially metaphysics) and the theory of Christian theology.Plato 's of Forms, said that the kingdom and the kingdom of the forms of things are opposed.3 " The forms are those immutable, eternal essences, and materials or models of real objects which we see are visible only poor copies. "4 Although Aristotle sought to overcome the dualism of the Platonic system of forms and real things that did not the idea of ​​dualistic reality and phenomenon5, eg the distinction between matter and traditional element form.Another Western dualistic worldview is Christian theology. It 'obvious that the city of God and the world city, as well as faith and reason are distinct resolvedly in the Bible. Christian theology has ensured that all the values ​​and ideals that could not be satisfied in the whole world could be in paradise connections established only if it asserts the existence of God and believe in God devoutly. Of the total, if Christian beliefs, moral or ethical or value of any ideal time is immediately manifested into insignificance. For example, Jesus 'answer' to questions about paying taxes -. "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's and unto God what is God" (Matthew 22: 22) generally represented the duality of Christian theology. The above Christian theological thought mixed with the Platonic theory of Forms and Aristotle's metaphysics Latest massive built the system of education. In more than one thousand years of medieval ecclesiastical system, Christian theology was the dominant ideology of Western European.In this context, scientific Although they were never completely stopped, and looking for the scientific exploration of nature and also all secular concerns Faced with such a perfect, pure and transcendental kingdom built by Christian theology were despisal suffering, neglect and oppression. Christian theology has become the only absolute standard of western people and those who are persecuted disobedient. Although the theology held almost all the power of all saints and secular affairs and science rarely had space to develop the theological world view may not necessarily be always victorious and always valid. Once changes holistic encounter or meet the assault of thought heterodox faiths of Western people would be lax, which would not even shake and destroy the whole Christian theological worldview.Renaissance the 15th century and 16 before they rebelled. The sense of self-awakening catalyzed by humanism and the revival of ancient Greek and Roman cultures broke complexion unified under the rule of theology. We, as a master of science instead of God in the theological world was the center of social and academic life science research that Sun acquired a valuable chance to reform grow.6 Then, against the moral corruption of the Catholic Church and the pretense to the contrary dualistic soul and body, has called "justification by faith" and religious tolerance and rejected the absolute authority of the spiritual and control by Church.7 Therefore, science got rid of the restriction of spiritual theology. Enlightenment in the 17 century and 18 in Europe more satisfied with the liberation of Western reason European.8 replaced ideological faith and theology, he retired into the background. Modern science has emerged as the intellectual revolutions require.The times above are the main causes for the birth of modern science, but ultimately, the origins are from the collapse of the Christian theological worldview and the rise of the vision scientific world. It 'obvious that the collapse of the Christian theological worldview that go with a series of intellectual revolution, the Renaissance, Reformation and Enlightenment. But in general, could be explained in terms of the problems inherent within Christian theological worldview and the onslaught of "unorthodox" thoughts outside.First, the system of medieval scholasticism, which completely made a stand for Christian theology, even if he has tried to reduce the huge gap between reason and faith, but because of his insistence on "faith above reason", then, could not keep his balance and harmony between faith and reason. On the one hand, the theory of JD Scotus' of "double truth" hastened the departure of the faith and reason.9 On the other hand, has supported a direct mystical encounter and mystical union with God, seeking J. Eckhart said, "God and the soul were not unaquainted or away, the soul was not only consistent with God, but not identical with God." Mysticism 10 distained all secular affairs, therefore, reasonable dualistic theological vision of the world has been transformed into a transcendental monistic worldview that rejected any human intervention. Nominalism of Ockham W. argued against the doctrines and arguments made by the school of the existence of God, its simplicity principle known as "Occam's razor" has argued that "what can be explained by fewer principles is explained needlessly by more than" 11, that has become a "prodder to the disintegrating medieval theological system." 12 Consequently, Western United States in the Middle Ages Ages lost faith in Christian theological world view and began to use reason.Secondly, heliocentricism Copernicus' affected the worldview of today's scientists and philosophers of the Renaissance and the vision of geocentrism theological world has been seriously questioned. Human beings have lost their superiority built by Christian theology in the cosmos and the dualistic relationship between the sky and the world what you loose. Scientists at that time such as Galileo only God Regarded as the first efficient cause of the physical world and God's way of private final cause. Therefore, the power and omnipotence of God, were questioned. Other scientists, such as Bruno examined to explore the influence of scientific research, the majority adopted a pantheistic position as a substitute for theological dualistic worldview. Meanwhile, a tendency in modern philosophy has gradually emerged to work with science to rationalize the world. For example, the first time using Descartes' existence of God to the objectivity and relevance of the physical world and then locked in the boot, and God has explained the structure of the world in a scientific view. "13 As regards the problem of the transcendental world of theology that is" hanged "and became a" pseudo-problem. "The Metaphysics of Spinoza's pantheistic excluded the existence of the transcendental world, which then gave a fatal blow to the vision of dualistic theological world. On the other hand, empiricism started from Locke to Hume developed has become a radical skepticism, positivism, which eventually denied the existence of spiritual substance and causal necessity and rejected all attempts by the arguments of the existence of God through human reason and empirical facts, which fluctuated greatly based theology. antinomies of Kant's theory and criticism of rational theology argued that the world transcendent or noumenal world, the existence of God and the immortality of the soul can not be proven, therefore, theology was excluded from human knowledge. Hegel dialectical metaphysics of the rationalistic view of the variational process, the real world as the self-unfolding of the absolute spirit and transformed the dualistic worldview absolute idealism. Start the dualistic world view was eventually rejected and Christian theological beliefs were fading in the system of Hegel, therefore, the reason he won the advantage on faith and the worldview of scientistic rather dualistic theological world view became the dominant ideology of European.The Western origin of modern science could not until the traditional view of the dualistic world was changed, because I think the ultimate understanding of the world, human life of people, which is potentially capable of prevailing attitude last to and living activities of thinkers, social workers and even the masses in a region. That is, only if the traditional view of the theological world has been replaced by a new worldview that is based on reason. the scientistic worldview , the birth of modern science may have the definitive certainty. In a word, the origins for the birth of modern science have been the collapse of dualistic theological worldview and the dominance of scientific worldview.The conversion from theology to science both positive and negative impacts on Western history. After walking on the fast track of scientific development, life realistic western United States, which has greatly improved, the rapid progress in material civilization, exploring the nature of geography and technology and the continuous advanced dramatically reformed. From there, the Western countries made a steady progress whereas the East has fallen far behind. The influence of the conversion from theology to science is immeasurable, as the historian H. Butterfield pointed out on this problem: "The impact on world culture of the birth of modern science in the 17 st century could only be mentioned in the same breath with the rise of Christianity in the first century. "14 However, this does not mean that this conversion has no adverse impact on Western Europe." The ideology can be thought of as a sort of vast experience that most potentially affects such as the cultural atmosphere of academic ideas, lifestyles, attitudes to life and so on in a country and sociaty. "15 Consequently, when the belief of the people in a region which goes right, or about a fundamental conversion, the academic culture of life and attitudes and behaviors will have holistic changes.Because the traditional dualistic view of the world was the ' dominant ideology from Aristotle to the late Middle Ages in Western Europe where # soaked Themselves and took for granted all the time, the spiritual crisis of Western United States was coming on the just day the theological worldview collapsed. In the theological context that the vision of the world beckoned to his downfall and nihilism was spread around, Kierkegaard, Dostoevsky and Nietzsche, etc. in the 19 th century saw the philosophical ideas of existentialism coinciding to save the spiritual crisis and back home has lost psychic Western European thought. Danish philosopher Kierkegaard was an existentialist critical reaction to the rationalism of Hegel, who dismissed the negligence of Hegel's theology and the problem of faith and argued that the theological knowledge and Christian faith are subjective truth that can not be universal in objective knowledge vanished. thought that Hegel and the rationalist like holded the position of the supremacy of reason and reduced the transcendental world in an abstract idea, which destroyed the paradoxical (truth as subjectivity) of theology and non-rational (not consistent with reason, but with feelings and faith) of the dualistic worldview. Russian novelist Dostoevsky discovered the problem of the existence of fate after the collapse of the theological world view. In his novels Crime and Punishment to The Brothers Karamazov, he discussed how to find the spiritual path after the setback of faith in God He suggested that, with the exception of Christian theology and beliefs, Western people could not find a savior for Their spiritual crisis. Another founder of existentialism, and that is a representative figure of Nietzsche's philosophy of will, but even they criticize rationalism, encouraged the view of the world in dualistic theological collapse to Sametime. From assumed "God is dead "(Nietzsche really believed that he had lost the theological vision of the Western world.), he argued that all traditional morality, philosophies and theologies must be reassessed with the collapse of dualistic worldview. New values ​​and ideals should be resolved by the person who can super-Harmonise the animal nature with intellect and maintain a balance between the Apollonian and Dionysian elements. His theory of Will to Power is the foundation of his philosophy on the topic of Superperson.16From , it is evident that the conversion from theology to science, even if brought high material civilization in the Western world, yet produced such a profound spiritual crisis for Western people. The scientistic world view to the extreme would be considered reason as the only standard to evaluate all values, and any other "unscientistic" worldviews, which further reject the value and significance of faith and love and completely alienate people from the consciousness of existence. Furthermore, the development of scientific theories would stimulate the improvement of production technologies, which would increase the danger of increasing scientific technological applications. And the most dangerous technological applications is to eliminate the scientific value because the value of the instrument and to allow people to forget the existence of the problem if themselves and become the media "Massman" or "vulgar" degenerate real and individual existence The mechanical process mathematically. In the context of outsourcing religion and secularization, the true Christian beliefs disappeared while the theological dualistic view of the world has lost its Meaning . original It is no doubt that there are some incompatibilities between theology and science. Science (in the strict sense of natural science) is the knowledge of the physical world, in particular, that explains the phenomena and laws of things, while theology is the knowledge of the immaterial world , which mainly solves the problem of faith and the unseen world (God and heaven). From late medieval times, especially modern, "the contradiction and conflict between science and theology were so severe that people have always been opposed to each them, apparently, can not coexist. "17 We do not deny the cruel oppression of science and theology in the Middle Ages made tremendous impact on the theology of science in modern times, however, science and theology are not always" oil and vinegar "and not able to be reconciled. In fact, a number of eminent scientists, Isaac Newton, Faraday, M., C. Maxwell, Albert Einstein and many academics of the Royal Society, etc. all have a deep faith in Christian theology amounted to or interest. Some scientists even consider that science and theology are consistent and within the joint mission with approaches.18 distinct in recent years, the dialogue between science and theology have been paid increasing attention to both scientists and theologians philosophers of religion and various theories of the relationship between science and theology or religion were presented successively. Pisheng Wang Hong Kong Baptist University argues that the dialogue between science and theology in recent years is not a new phenomenon and rare, but a long and continuous tradition.19 He also indicated that many scientists today are aware of the importance of learning the philosophy and theology, not only have a deeper understanding of the meaning of scientific work, but also to seek a breakthrough in their scientific research. Therefore, it is reasonable to believe that science and theology have a basis of coexistence and harmonization. If they both understand their limitations and the joint meaning for human existence, a phase of science and theology in harmony hopefully come.After experience the tragedy of two world wars and the spread of nihilism and hedonism after the war, people in the new century can not enjoy the peaceful quiet life by the development of science flight. threats of weapons of mass destruction and nuclear war and the crime of the terrorists who killed innocent people through modern scientific technology, all these have strengthened the ', insecurity discomfort and anxiety of people directly or indirectly. And the tsunami generated by Indian Ocean earthquake devitalized thousands of lives, the end of the earthquake last year and a trail of disasters in Pakistan, hurricanes in North America, cholera and bird flu ', etc. Last, have made it clear that science He is not omnipotent face of these terrible disasters, humanitarian relief and global unprecedented since the beginning of this year that has just shown that faith and love are the sources of spiritual peace and human solidarity. It gives us a profound revelation: the tensions and conflicts between science and theology are not beneficial to peace and human development, while the mutual complement and reconciliation between them are probably the best people to help to salvation above the water. Just as Paul Tillich says in His Theology of Culture, "They should not be separated from each other. They must be aware that their isolated existence is dangerous "20A. N. Whitehead believes that religious symbols provide humans with the meaning of life, scientific ways endue people with the ability to alter nature. Influences of religion and science are so huge that the orientation of human history in the future, is determined by how modern people look at the relationship between science and religion. It clearly shows that both theology and science are the indispensable spiritual pillars of human development. We need of 'God', as well as 'Newton'. Both are rooted in basic human world and the inner end point of concern for human beings. Been aware of this, the conflict between science and theology could be overcome and science and theology they both discover their true existence in the mental life of human resources and provide you with ultimate meaning, the creative wisdom and courage to love.Note: 1 F. Engels, Dialectics of Nature (zi ran bian zheng fa) ". Natural Sciences has sent its martyrs at the stake and the prison of the Inquisition "Exactly speaking, the Christian church, which sent the martyrs to the stake and scientific jail.2 Weixun was, by Western philosophy, Zen Buddhism, 1989, as p158.3 Bertrand Russell says in A History of Western Philosophy ". Plato's philosophy is based on the distinction between reality and phenomena "4 Sammuel Enoch Stumpf & James Fieser, Socrates to Sartre and Beyond A History of Philosophy, Seventh Edition, 2003, p55.5 Aristotle believed that God as an idea of ​​pure happiness and complete self-realization is eternal and has no purpose that is not satisfied, on the contrary, the sensible world is imperfect, life and desire, and belongs to the impure idea. The idea is its dualistic outlook.6 states in A History of Europe from 11 European historians wrote that God and heaven were seen as the center of thought in the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, but drew people's attention to the man and the real world. This change has had an impact on science. Since then, theology has lost its superiority and interest in human nature and prevailed.7 Luther says: "Every Christian can interpret the Bible in its own way:" What is against the ecclesiastical authority, because only the Church has the power to interpret the Bible and its interpretation is the exclusive right one.8 says a history of Europe, that nature under its own law of development will result in a perfect world, so policy interventions and religious foundations of human reason ... should be a minimum of one required to develop in nature, showing the importance of reason in the search for nature.9 Wolff comments on the theory of Scotus' of "double truth" that no doubt has promoted the search worldly enterprise.10 Paul Tillich, Theology of Culture, Samuel Enoch Stumpf & James Fieser 1988.11, Socrates to Sartre and Beyond, A History of Philosophy, 7 th Edit., 1966, 2003, p. 185.12 Weixun It was, from Zen Buddhism to Western Philsophy, 1989, p.161.13 idem, p. 162.14 Pisheng Wang, "Science seeks God: the new phenomena of the dialogue between science and theology," Report of the Research Center of Chinese Christian religions , the second question, from 2002.15 That was Weixun.16 Nietzsche writes: "I regard Christianity as the most fatal and seductive lie that ever existed yet - as the largest and most wicked lie," which is a mortal sin on moral slavery Christianity. 17 Dong Xiaochuan, "Science and theology: the two pillars of modern American civilization" [http://xueshu.newyouth.beida-online.com/data/data.ph3] 18 idem.19 Pisheng Wang, "Science seeks God : the new phenomena of the dialogue between science and theology '0, 20 Paul Tillich, Theology of Culture. [ABSTRACT] And 'common sense that in so-called "dark ages" of medieval Europe, predominated in the whole area of ​​theology, theocracy and the insignia was the absolute authority in the intellectual world of Europe. The science had no place in the magnificent palace ruled by the theology of the Left and was seen as heterodox. At the time of the conflict in the relationship between science and theology was severe, or more precisely, was the suppression of theology to place science cruel. For example, the Italian scientist and philosopher Bruno because of his insistence on scientific truth was burned at the stake of the Inquisition in Rome in 1600. Great physicist Galileo, who believed and known to heliocentricism Copernicus', was to sit in jail for Lebens.1 under great pressure and in the context of fanaticism in Western Europe, there was little opportunity and space created for science. Up to 5:18 p.m. Century began, science, progress rapidly and finally defeat theology. God "was not at home, Master", and Newton was "Chamber Laine in the world." Why did it happen in Europe? The key is to discover the origin of the birth of modern science. To see this, we first look to the traditional Western belief weltanschauung.Western traditional is a kind of dualism. Conversely, no matter what the nature, morality or religion, people in the West often a dualistic attitude. For example, the classic two-valued logic set to true or false duality created by Aristotle according to the present. Moreover, the duality of body and mind, subject and object, noumenon and phenomenon could, ideal and reality, collective and individual, and so on, easy to find here and there in history and Western culture. Especially in religion and metaphysics, people you meet in the West in a dualist so persistent that the unseen world and the real world have been completely abandoned and the sky and earth were separated absolutely.2 matter of importance or value, the first is always higher than the latter. Poll of the origins of dualistic worldview, we might look back ancient Greek philosophy (especially metaphysics) and the theory of Christian theology.Plato 's said that the forms are the realm of form and the realm of things opposed.3 "forms are those, immutable, eternal, and non-wood materials or models, which will see the real objects visible, there are only poor copies. "4 Despite attempts to Aristotle than Plato's system of dual forms and the real things, give up, no wanted the dualistic conception of reality and phenomenon5, for example, the distinction between matter and traditional element form.Another Western dualistic worldview is Christian theology. It 'obvious that the city of God and the world city, as well as faith and reason resolvedly different in the Bible. Christian theology says that all values ​​and ideals that could not could be accommodated around the world as a paradise to be reached only if it asserts the existence of God and believe in God devoutly. Compared to the Christian faith absolute, any ethical or moral insignificance ideal time immediately shows itself. For example, Jesus 'answer' to the question about paying taxes - (Matthew 22: 22) typically represent the duality of Christian theology "Then give to Caesar what is Caesar's and to the things of God is God" .. The Christian theological thought of mixing with the Platonic theory of forms and metaphysics of Aristotle, the latter built a massive system of education. In more than a thousand years of medieval ecclesiastical system of Christian theology, the dominant ideology of Western Europe was European.In this context, even when scientific studies were never completely stopped, facing the scientific research and exploration of nature and all worldly concerns such a kingdom built with clear, pure and transcendental Christian theology has suffered despisal, neglect and oppression. Christian theology has been the champion of the unique Western men pursued and disobedient. Despite this, almost all of theology was the power of all secular and sacred, and to develop rare space science has been, could not the theological worldview necessarily always victorious and always valid. Once the changes take place holistic or a meeting with the beginning of heterodox thought, would be the Western religions to be lax, which would shake, and even the destruction of all Christian theology in worldview.Renaissance 3:16 p.m. First Century rebelled . The feeling of self-awakening, catalyzed by humanism and the revival of ancient Greek and Roman cultures has broken the uniform color in the realm of theology. Man as a master of research at the place of God in the theological world in the center of social life and scientific research, so that science gained valuable opportunities grow.6 Then Reformation, against the moral corruption of the Catholic Church and the glow Instead of the dual soul and body, claiming "justification by faith" and religious tolerance and had absolute authority and control of spiritual science was then Church.7 to eliminate the restriction of intellectual theology. Enlightenment in 17 th Century in Europe and 18 continue to meet the liberation of Western ideological European.8 reason replaced faith and theology took a back seat. Modern science was born when the days are require.The intellectual revolutions of the main causes for the birth of modern science, but in the end, are the origins of the collapse of the Christian theological worldview and the rise of the scientific worldview. It 'obvious that the collapse of the Christian theological vision of the world was going through a series of intellectual revolutions of the Renaissance, the Reformation and the Enlightenment. But in general, could outside.First into account the problems inherent in Christian theology and world view in a fit of ideas "heterodox" system of medieval scholasticism, which are fully explained in a stand for Christian theology, even if it is W.

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