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Isn’t scientific knowledge preferable to spiritual knowledge because it doesn’t depend on faith?

Answer: You will be surprised to know that the whole scientific enterprise is founded in faith – inescapably. Let’s see how. Consider the statement of physicist Gerald‘t Hooft, “We [physicists] are trying to uncover more of that [the universality of our scientific theories]. It is our belief that there is more.” Obviously, “our belief” means…

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Can science by its future progress discover spiritual truths?

Answer: Yes and no. The spiritual philosophy, explained in the Bhagavad-gita and other Vedic texts, is a science in its own right, for it is systematic, coherent, verifiable and repeatable – all characteristics of any good scientific theory. Unfortunately, many modern scientists define science as the study of matter alone, thus rejecting spiritual truths as…

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Why discuss unscientific things like God, soul and rebirth in this scientific age?

Question: When I talk about God, soul, rebirth, people often question: why discuss such unscientific things in this modern age of science? Answer: Their question originates not from their scientific thinking, but from their belief in scientism, the peculiar school of thought that places around science a halo of “omniscience.” The reputed physicist Fritjof Capra in…