THE BIG SMACK DOWN....SCIENCE VS. RELIGION

......AND HERE WE GO!

I know that all of you have had this conversation in the past, with friends, relatives or even enemies! Has science proved or disproved the existence of God? Generally, these topics, like sex and politics have been relegated to "DON'T DO IT"! Is there a Being of Great Mind, a Creator of all things? IS there an Intelligent Source or is there simply evolution? The argument has always been between Creationism and Evolution, one calling for blind faith and the other for scientific, empirical evidence. It is no wonder that most of us, the lay person, have been left to our own devices, trying to figure out a "truth" based upon what we are born into such as family and culture, or left to our curiosity through life's lessons and introductions. Curiosity, after all IS the nature of the Beast! A new survey shows that 17% of us are now being referred to as "NONES", those who have no belief systems at all.

I must say, somewhere between blind faith and scientific fact, IS an answer, depending upon your inner Truth. We are charged, from birth to study, by "WHOM" is the question. Is it the driving force of an Intelligent Design, religious theologies of mankind, or is it our basic, driving, "need to know". Having developed the five senses, we ARE driven to "know" a thing, in some form or another. How does it taste, what does it feel like and so on. This Force, moves us beyond rationale with an insatiable thirst for knowing things, hence Science as a religious outlet. Before the modern era, people understood that there was a difference between science and religion, FACT AND FICTION IF YOU WILL. The sciences were unattainable, left to the wealthy and scholars to ponder. The world was FLAT and that was that! Of course I am speaking to a time in the West, as throughout Asia and Egypt, ancient cultures had a different understanding of these things.

Clearly, the ancient cultures of the world had a completely different understanding of the sciences and religious theories. That so called Modern Age, exploded in the West and seems to have left behind the more advanced cultures of the ancients. Isn't it curious, that those advanced cultures, thousands of years ago, were way ahead of the west in technologies that had yet to be discovered? The ancient peoples of the world had advanced knowledge of astronomy, mathematics and language skills beyond the capabilities found at the breaking of the Modern age. Why is it or HOW is it that these advanced cultures didn't survive? The very fact that they were guided by the "GODS" of their time, shows me that they still had that "poop in ditch" mentality, which is prevalent today throughout the developing world. The simple truth is, that we ARE a Third World Planet. Clearly we have advanced beyond our past, but not everyone shares these advancements. The disparity can be seen daily on CNN or any other news outlet. Groups beseech us for donations to help out the poor and down trodden, either by tugging at our heart strings (emotions) or some theological (religious) plea.

Forgive me, this reads like the ranting of an old woman! I have written about the ties between science and religion many times as Cosmic Law and Physics are all tie ins to this writing. The answer to many of my questions lie in the HOW and Why of stuff and I have come to learn that, the How's are relative to Science and the Whys are relative to Religion or theology. It all leads back to Nature VS. Nurture. By Nature, I just smashed a fly that was bugging the crap out of me, by Nurture, I just let one go out of my front door. So then, what is a Moral Truth? Is it because God would like me to release the fly, a benevolent act of Faith and the reasoning behind the "right thing to do"? What is it about Morality, that makes it true?

In the 1960's, we had a saying, "If it feels good do it!", hence the sexual revolution was born. We described morality based on this emotional state of being; if it feels good then it has no moral downside, if it doesn't feel good, then it does. There were many scientific experiments going on back in the day, LSD and other psychotropics were being studied during and post World War II. However, science has no meaning at all to emotion, to Nurture. Science has a need for evidence while emotion need philosophy and theology, or Faith if you will. Science and religion are inharmonious, they are stand alone concepts. A great example is that the death of the fly has a foundation is science, a cause and effect, Nature. How I cope with the death of the fly and the release of the second one is emotional, dealing with Faith and Nurture.

Science has come a long way since the Dark Ages, yet still unable to explain many of the mysteries of life such as the building of the pyramids around the world, the how and why of it all still held closely to the breast of opposing sides. With all of the technology available to us today, there is still no actual evidence of how the pyramids could have been built back in the days before the wheel was invented. Having been able to decipher the codices left behind by the ancients, they will still NOT believe that the "STAR WALKERS" were there to teach and guide them. In the face of great evidence, science will still deny the possibility of ancient astronauts. Without hard evidence, such as an actual craft or a body, they will not admit to anything. And of course, many of us believe that there is such evidence, just being withheld from the public. So the smack down is on hold!

If there is ever a release of the truth about alien beings, then our entire system of religion would collapse. If we are Star Children, as we believed in the '60's, then where would our allegiances lie? How would we cope with this dilemma? Science would certainly have a deeper meaning to us all, religion, not so much. The Big Fight is yet to be fought, it is one, so far, of an internal process. What do you believe is the Truth, is it fact or fiction? Is it Evolution or Intelligent Design? Let me state clearly, that I am the inbetweener, absolutely, there is evolution and absolutely, something of Great Intelligence, has created our design. I believe in Star Walkers and in Earth Walkers with room for Intelligent Beings outside our understanding. Death, being the ultimate equalizer has the only answers to date. We will either know it all, or nothing at all, however both Nature and Nurture, in the human form, dictate that we somehow believe in our Soul's Immortality, why else would we have created religion in the first place? Our need to know, our curiosity, is embedded in our DNA and where did that DNA come from? Now there, perhaps is the answer to all things!

We are facing some very turbulent times and in fact are in the middle of some tough ones right now. I believe that all sentient beings are questioning the whys and wherefore's. We live in a time of expanding knowledge and technology like never, EVER seen before. There is no reason not to enquire and seek the answers to those burning questions sought by every human being since the beginning, WHO AM I AND WHY AM I HERE? Add to that, where did I come from and where am I going? In this era of an Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street, emotional needs are coming to the forefront of consciousness. Human beings are tired of being oppressed by those that have the majority of the wealth in the world. While they all seek an emotional solution, the evidence shows that they will be unsuccessful. Sadly, out Intelligent Designers did not include a Morality in the Nature/Nurture of Greed. It has always been true, that those who KNOW, use those WHO DON'T, whether it was the ancient Star Walkers using the indigenous peoples as slaves, or the corporate world using consumers as chattel.

So much for the ranting of an old woman. I am sure that I may have confused rather than illuminated, but I hope that I inspired you as well. There is so much to learn and so much more than I will ever know. I find that the more I teach, the more I write, the more I understand about all that I do NOT know. Questions are SOOOOO welcomed here, often I find more about what I do know through those questions. Thank you for joining me in this exercise, I wish you Peace on your Journey! By the way, Science has discovered the God Particle, a minute thing which cost them billions of dollars to find, and no explanation of what it is or what it does, at least as yet. For once, Science is asking us to have FAITH that this discovery is an important one, hummmmmmm