To scientist........from a Buddhist. Please read below.?

Question

How welcoming are you to the saying in Buddhism that "If science and Buddhism conflict, then science is probably right"? This was quoted by the Dalai Lama.

Answer 1

Scientific Facts in the Bible

1. Only in recent years has science discovered that everything we see is composed of invisible atoms. Here, Scripture tells us that the "things which are seen were not made of things which do appear."

2. Medical science has only recently discovered that blood-clotting in a newborn reaches its peak on the eighth day, then drops. The Bible consistently says that a baby must be circumcised on the eighth day.

3. At a time when it was believed that the earth sat on a large animal or a giant (1500 B.C.), the Bible spoke of the earth’s free float in space: "He...hangs the earth upon nothing" (Job 26:7).

4. The prophet Isaiah also tells us that the earth is round: "It is he that sits upon the circle of the earth" (Isaiah 40:22). This is not a reference to a flat disk, as some skeptic maintain, but to a sphere. Secular man discovered this 2,400 years later. At a time when science believed that the earth was flat, is was the Scriptures that inspired Christopher Columbus to sail around the world (see Proverbs 3:6 footnote).

5. God told Job in 1500 B.C.: "Can you send lightnings, that they may go, and say to you, Here we are?" (Job 38:35). The Bible here is making what appears to be a scientifically ludicrous statement—that light can be sent, and then manifest itself in speech. But did you know that radio waves travel at the speed of light? This is why you can have instantaneous wireless communication with someone on the other side of the earth. Science didn’t discover this until 1864 when "British scientist James Clerk Maxwell suggested that electricity and light waves were two forms of the same thing" (Modern Century Illustrated Encyclopedia).

6. Job 38:19 asks, "Where is the way where light dwells?" Modern man has only recently discovered that light (electromagnetic radiation) has a "way," traveling at 186,000 miles per second.

7. Science has discovered that stars emit radio waves, which are received on earth as a high pitch. God mentioned this in Job 38:7: "When the morning stars sang together..."

8. "Most cosmologists (scientists who study the structures and evolution of the universe) agree that the Genesis account of creation, in imagining an initial void, may be uncannily close to the truth" (Time, Dec. 1976).

9. Solomon described a "cycle" of air currents two thousand years before scientists "discovered" them. "The wind goes toward the south, and turns about unto the north; it whirls about continually, and the wind returns again according to his circuits" (Ecclesiastes 1:6).

10. Science expresses the universe in five terms: time, space, matter, power, and motion. Genesis 1:1,2 revealed such truths to the Hebrews in 1450 B.C.: "In the beginning [time] God created [power] the heaven [space] and the earth [matter] . . . And the Spirit of God moved [motion] upon the face of the waters." The first thing God tells man is that He controls of all aspects of the universe.

11. The great biological truth concerning the importance of blood in our body’s mechanism has been fully comprehended only in recent years. Up until 120 years ago, sick people were "bled," and many died because of the practice. If you lose your blood, you lose your life. Yet Leviticus 17:11, written 3,000 years ago, declared that blood is the source of life: "For the life of the flesh is in the blood."

12. All things were made by Him (see John 1:3), including dinosaurs. Why then did the dinosaur disappear? The answer may be in Job 40:15–24. In this passage, God speaks about a great creature called "behemoth." Some commentators think this was a hippopotamus. However, the hippo’s tail isn’t like a large tree, but a small twig. Following are the characteristics of this huge animal: It was the largest of all the creatures God made; was plant-eating (herbivorous); had its strength in its hips and a tail like a large tree. It had very strong bones, lived among the trees, drank massive amounts of water, and was not disturbed by a raging river. He appears impervious to attack because his nose could pierce through snares, but Scripture says, "He that made him can make his sword to approach unto him." In other words, God caused this, the largest of all the creatures He had made, to become extinct.

13. Encyclopedia Britannica documents that in 1845, a young doctor in Vienna named Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis was horrified at the terrible death rate of women who gave birth in hospitals. As many as 30 percent died after giving birth. Semmelweis noted that doctors would examine the bodies of patients who died, then, without washing their hands, go straight to the next ward and examine expectant mothers. This was their normal practice, because the presence of microscopic diseases was unknown. Semmelweis insisted that doctors wash their hands before examinations, and the death rate immediately dropped to 2 percent. Look at the specific instructions God gave His people for when they encounter disease: "And when he that has an issue is cleansed of his issue; then he shall number to himself even days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean" (Leviticus 15:13). Until recent years, doctors washed their hands in a bowl of water, leaving invisible germs on their hands. However, the Bible says specifically to wash hands under "running water."

14. Luke 17:34–36 says the Second Coming of Jesus Christ will occur while some are asleep at night and others are working at daytime activities in the field. This is a clear indication of a revolving earth, with day and night at the same time.

15. "During the devastating Black Death of the fourteenth century, patients who were sick or dead were kept in the same rooms as the rest of the family. People often wondered why the disease was affecting so many people at one time. They attributed these epidemics to ‘bad air’ or ‘evil spirits.’ However, careful attention to the medical commands of God as revealed in Leviticus would have saved untold millions of lives. Arturo Castiglione wrote about the overwhelming importance of this biblical medical law: ‘The laws against leprosyin Leviticus 13 may be regarded as the first model of sanitary legislation’ (A History of Medicine)." Grant R. Jeffery, The Signature of God With all these truths revealed in Scripture,how could a thinking person deny that the Bible is supernatural in origin? There is no other book in any of the world’s religions (Vedas, Bhagavad-Gita, Koran, Book of Mormon, etc.) that contains scientific truth. In fact, they contain statements that are clearly unscientific. Hank Hanegraaff said, "Faith in Christ is not some blind leap into a dark chasm, but a faith based on established evidence." (11:3 continued)

Answer 2

Science and Buddhism do conflict. Buddhism is pantheism. It says that the universe has always existed. Buddhists believe the universe is eternal. But the big bang theory says that the universe had a beginning. That's what the big bang is. It's the start of the universe.......the beginning of all matter and energy and the start of the 4 dimensions(3 dimensions of space and 1 dimension of time). You could also come to the conclusion that the universe had a beginning from the laws of thermodynamics, especially the law of entropy. That law says that the amount of usable energy in the universe is winding down. If the universe was eternal, that usable energy would have long ago exhausted itself and it would now be a dead universe. So, again, the universe must have had a beginning. But the law of cause and effect(which Einstein said was the most reliable of all the physical laws in the universe) says that anything that has a beginning must have a cause. Therefore, the universe must have a cause. But the effect cannot be greater than the cause. What the effect has, the cause must also have. To put it another way, you can't give what you ain't got. The universe has information. Our DNA is an instruction booklet which tells each cell in our bodies what to become and how to become that which it is supposed to become. The genetic code is mathematically equivalent to a language. Information only comes from intelligence. If the effect(the universe) has intelligence, the cause must also have intelligence. Now you need a personal, intelligent cause for the universe. Buddhism knows nothing of a personal intelligent cause of the universe. So I guess Buddhism is wrong....or so says the Dalai Lama.

Answer 3

I would take it on a case by case basis. Science is not a finished product. Buddhism has a way of knowing which cannot be reproduced by everyone, all the time.

Things that I have experienced through Buddhist teachings can not be proven by science, but some of those experiences are the deepest and truest experiences I have ever known.

Answer 4

This is not a saying in Buddhism. That is an individuals statement. Spirituality is one's own path. Do you need a medal from the scientists coz you believe in buddhism? Science itself is also a set of explored beliefs and at times those beliefs can be proved wrong aswell. One needs to be spiritual for their peace of mind. Forget the rat race for finding the most scientifically accurate religion!

Answer 5

As much as I don't respect the Dalai Lama, I will give him credit for that.

Before you all jump on me, the Lamas were the ruling class in Tibet before the Chinese kicked them out. They were the only ones with food or money or electricity or education. By 'freeing Tibet', they want to return to their old lifestyle of power. I'm not saying the Chinese are any better - what with all the killings - but at least they built roads and brought education, something the priests never bothered with.

Answer 6

Well, buddhism is more of a way of life then a religion, and I'm quite sure buddhism rarely preach about afterlife or creation of the world...its mostly about how to behave and being compassionate to all lifeform or you will receive horrible karma.

Answer 7

Well, you cant just pinpoint Buddhism. If religion and science conflict, science is always the one correct.

Answer 8

If I stand on my head I can read into anything after the fact ;nice try anyway and I suppose eternal death is still left handed too!
Ask the reincarnated one what the scriptures say about that and why the original godless buddha is now conforming to foreign
faiths after so long if you had faith you would not have to resort to twisting half truths based upon empty lies rather than living . I've seen these contradictory fabrications shot down so many times I just say live it and i'll live mine and when your get tired of me and you decide i should die as christians vs muslims today the truth will not need words of anykind to manipulate nothingness.
peaceout go to life

Answer 9

II believe that if science and Buddhism or“any thing else” conflict, then Buddhism “or anything else” is wrong…

Answer 10

This reminds me of Buddha's last words before he died
He said something like that : If one day, I stand between you and the truth, kill me..
There is no fanaticism in Buddhism..

Answer 11

And what does Buddhism say about Darwinism?

ES I liked that.