If science cannot prove the
existence of a spiritual world, that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. Scientific knowledge is acquired empirically,
but who’s to say that perception of the spiritual world is not empirical on a
personal level. When a person takes in
sensory data of something that they perceive as spiritual, that is the
empirical gathering of knowledge. It may
be only on a personal or small group level but it is still perceived. The perception of something as spiritual does
not have to cancel out the provable or probable rational explanation, as long
as it doesn’t conflict with reality. In
a case of the spiritual perception contradicting with the scientific
explanation, the spiritual is canceled out.
This can pertain to non-sensory
gathered data. No one witnessed the big
bang but science has enough data gathered for the bread trail to make the
theory highly probable. Nonetheless, that
explanation as the beginning of this cosmic epoch, does not contradict with the
idea of a deity influencing its beginning.
Describing a natural scientific event in terms of spiritual causes, puts
the natural event in a poetic and more meaningful way that is easier for people
to connect with. It helps steer the
consciousness from existential nihilism, which is detrimental to society and
mental wellbeing. Without purpose,
events seem meaningless.
Describing such an event as
creation, or the song of the goddess, or hand of god, or snap of fingers, or a divine
fart, makes the loaf that the bread trail trails from. Even though science has not found the loaf, that
does not mean it doesn’t exist. And
until science or death allows us to find the great loaf, it is the creative
empiricism of the ever pondering mind which gives us a why, not just a how.
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