A Conflict Between Science and Spirituality?

Rob Bell | Big Think

Spirituality plays a different ballgame than science, so the language used in either of them doesn’t often match up to the other side. New York Times bestselling author and spiritual teacher Rob Bell posits that the two need each other to help describe this modern world. Whereas science deals with explaining cold hard facts, spirituality deals in vagaries that can often help the more human and emotional sides of us a lot more. For instance, grieving families of a plane crash don’t want to be told the plane crashed because the force of acceleration became less than the force of gravity—they want to be told that their loved ones are in a better place. Both science and spirituality are searching for the truth, says Rob Bell, and therein lies their similarities.

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