By St. Luke the General practitioner, Archbishop of Simferopol (1877-1961)
"For instance we gather progressive science as full-size by scientists such as Lamarck and Darwin, we see the drive backwards and I would say the entire denunciation that exists surrounded by science and religion, on topics that difficulty the excellent basic troubles of existence and knowledge. For this, an novel life cannot status at the exact time apiece one and the other and need adopt surrounded by religion and science."
A well typical German Zoologist, Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919), who was a good percolate of Darwin, wrote these words some 65 excitement ago in his book "The Hush-hush of the Universe," that was very successful and, as it seemed, had proved that faith is absurd. So says Haeckel, that every novel man need adopt surrounded by science and religion and must game either one or the other. He considered it measure that such men must oppose religion so a logical man cannot oppose science.
Lately, is this necessary? No, not at all, for we know that plentiful and excessive scientists were at the exact time excessive believers. For sample, such was the Polish astronomer Copernicus who laid the proof of all progressive astronomy. Copernicus was not release a member but was then a vicar. Another excessive scientist, Newton, whenever he mentioned the word "God", he detached his hat. He was a excessive member. A excessive bacteriologist of our time and next to a progressive, Pasteur, who laid the state of affairs of progressive bacteriology, he would start every mechanical work with a prayer to God. Certified ten excitement ago a excessive scientist passed off, who was our countryman, physiologist Pavlov, who was the builder of the new physiology of the concentration. He too was a excessive member. Would Haeckel in consequence suppose say that these men did not worry novel minds so they alleged in God?
So what happens now? Why even today introduce are some scientists, professors at Universities, whom I on its own merits know and are excessive believers. Why don't all the scientists oppose religion but release dwell in who stow the exact as Haeckel? Being these humanity expect release in the drapes and oppose the spiritual world, they do not expect in life after death, they do not status the immortality of the essence and of course they do not status the rebirth of the dead. They say that science is beneficial of everything, that introduce is no secret in natural environment that science cannot recount. Such as can we effect to these?
We shall reaction to them this way. You are altogether slap. We cannot stock the material life that searches natural environment. We know that today, science knows release a part of the kit we worry of natural environment. We then understand that the undertaking of science are excessive. In this they are slap and we don't skepticism it. Such as so do we doubt? Why don't we oppose religion for example them and be cautious about it reversal to mechanical knowledge?
Being we expect ardently that introduce is a spiritual world. We are spring that reserved from the drapes world introduce is an unlimited and excellently far ahead spiritual world. We expect in the existence of spiritual beings that worry cutting edge intellects than us humans. We expect ardently that above this spiritual and drapes world introduce is the Enormous and Almighty God.
Such as we skepticism is the slap of science to drum up support with its methods the spiritual world. Being the spiritual world cannot be researched with the methods recycled to drum up support the drapes world. Such methods are altogether incapable to drum up support the spiritual world.
How do we know that introduce is a spiritual world? Who told us that it exists? If we are asked by humanity who do not expect in Betoken Expos, we shall effect them thus: "Our soul tells us." For introduce are two ways for one to know everything, the initial being that which is spoken by Haeckel, which is recycled by science to learn of the drapes world. There is nevertheless something else way that is unheard of to science, and does not wish to know it. It is the knowledge uninterrupted the soul. Our soul is not release the critical component of the release system, it is an component with which we know the other world and draw the highest knowledge. It is the component that gives us the capability to convey with God and the world above. Lonely in this we deviate with science.
Admiring the excessive successes and achievements of science, we do not skepticism at all its excessive accent and we do not contain mechanical knowledge. We release calculate the scientists: "You do not worry the capability with your methods to drum up support the spiritual world, we nevertheless can with our soul."
There are plentiful unexplainable phenomena which difficulty the spiritual world that are real (as are some type of drapes phenomena). There are in consequence phenomena that science impulsion never be expert to give details of so it does not use the apt methods.
Let science give details of how the prophecies appeared in relation to the coming of the Messiah, which were all extensive. Possibly will science calculate us how the excessive thinker Isaiah, some 700 excitement previously the opening of Christ, foretold the top figure extensive comings and goings in His life and for which he was named the evangelist of the Old Testament? Possibly will it give details of the clairvoyant fineness weird by the saints and calculate us with which physical methods the saints inherited this fineness and how they can understand the soul and read the take care of of a peculiar they had justly met for the initial time? They would see a peculiar for the initial time and they impulsion stand him by his name. Worsening waiting for the visitor to ask, they would effect in regards to what surprise victory him.
If they can, let them give details of it to us. Let them give details of with what contact the saints foretold the excessive beyond comings and goings which were accurately extensive as they were prophesied. Let them give details of the visitation from the other world and the introduction of the dead to the living.
They shall never give details of it to us so they are too far from the state of affairs of religion - from faith. If you read the books of the scientists who try to remake religion, you impulsion see how tawdrily they unassailable at kit. They do not understand the chi of religion, yet they responsibility it. Their reaction does not extent the chi of faith, to the same extent they are disqualified to understand the types and the terminology of serious picture. The chi of religion they do not understand. Why not? Being the Peer of the realm Jesus Christ says: "No one can come to me unless My Get going who sent Me draws him to Me" (John 6:44).
So it is measure that we be illustrative by the Restful Get going, and it is measure that the fineness of the Sacred Perform impart our soul and our life. To delay in our soul and life uninterrupted this elucidation, the Sacred Perform and the ones who were found admirable to draw the gift of the Sacred Perform, dwell in in whose soul lives Christ and His Get going, know the chi of faith. The others, dwell in outer layer the faith, cannot understand whatsoever.
Let us go the reaction not keen Haeckel from a French philosopher Emile Boutroux (1845-1921). So says Boutroux: "The criticisms of Haeckel difficulty outlying excellent the ways, than the chi, which he observes with such a covetous and regulatory view, that they cannot be frequent by serious humanity. Therefore the reaction of religion by Haeckel is not referred to, not even in one of the philosophy that constitutes religion."
This is in consequence our survive as regards Haeckel's book "The Hush-hush of the Universe" which up to today is considered the "Bible" for all dwell in who responsibility religion, which they oppose and find it reversal to science. Do you see how weak and moist arguments they use? Don't become scandalized taking into consideration you go what they say about religion, to the same extent they themselves cannot understand its chi. You humanity, who may not worry outlying of a fraternity with science and do not know outlying about philosophy, commit to memory consistently the top figure basic beginning, which was well typical by the very old Christians. They considered weak the peculiar who knew all the sciences yet he knew not God. On the other hand, they considered blessed the peculiar who knew God, even if he knew just zip about everyday kit.
Involve this truth for example the best plunder of the soul, walk due short looking slap or disappeared. Let us not irritate with what we go not keen religion, losing our bearings. Let us stop on to our faith which is the eternal obvious truth. Amen.
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