The Relation of Science and Religion.pdf - Online Christian Library
The Relation of Science and Religion.pdf - Online Christian Library The Relation of Science and Religion.pdf - Online Christian Library
18 SCIENCE AND RELIGION.with every branch of science. Whatever maybe said of the strong and paradoxical, becauseone-sided, utterance of Lessing," it must bemanifest that in all directions we are of necessitysearchers after truth, and it is in suchcircumstances an intellectual weakness to objectto the reliability of generally acceptedconclusions, because they become startingpointsfor many lines of conflicting speculation.In religious thought, as in scientific,there are on all hands the marks of the unfinished;and the varieties of opinion associatedwith generally accepted conviction onlyafford needful evidence of healthy intellectualactivity.As we daily hear much of the conflict betweenscience and religion, and ns it is onepart of the purpose of the present course todeal with wliat is loudly proclaimed to be aserious feature in modern thought, it becomesneedful to clear the ground considerably, withthe view of discovering where the alleged con-* '
C'ONDITZONS OF Tfl. INQUIRY. 19flict is, and what form it assumes. In this, asin many conflicts, there is much more din andtumult, than damage. We shall by and byhear much less of con$ict than we are hearingat present. Meanwhile, however, thework is considerable which needs to be donein clearing the field, tracing boundaries, anddisclosing the exact position of parties. Inthe ruder warfare of nations, this clearingwork is undertaken by the combatants themselves,and if not accomplished by preliminarymeasures, it is at length achieved bythe actual events of the struggle. But in thiscase, it may be done quietly enough by noncombatants,while it may contribute largely tothe restricting of the conflict, and the establishmentof peace. This I desire to attempt,in the hope that some service may be renderedboth to the scientific, and non-scientific,by contributing towards a general understandingof the actual position of affairs. A quietsurvey of events occurring during the lasttwenty-five years or so, which have influencedthe relations of science and religion,may suffice to convince us that there hasbeen on both sides needless planting of batteries,and pouring forth of shot. In many
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18 SCIENCE AND RELIGION.with every branch <strong>of</strong> science. Whatever maybe said <strong>of</strong> the strong <strong>and</strong> paradoxical, becauseone-sided, utterance <strong>of</strong> Lessing," it must bemanifest that in all directions we are <strong>of</strong> necessitysearchers after truth, <strong>and</strong> it is in suchcircumstances an intellectual weakness to objectto the reliability <strong>of</strong> generally acceptedconclusions, because they become startingpointsfor many lines <strong>of</strong> conflicting speculation.In religious thought, as in scientific,there are on all h<strong>and</strong>s the marks <strong>of</strong> the unfinished;<strong>and</strong> the varieties <strong>of</strong> opinion associatedwith generally accepted conviction onlyafford needful evidence <strong>of</strong> healthy intellectualactivity.As we daily hear much <strong>of</strong> the conflict betweenscience <strong>and</strong> religion, <strong>and</strong> ns it is onepart <strong>of</strong> the purpose <strong>of</strong> the present course todeal with wliat is loudly proclaimed to be aserious feature in modern thought, it becomesneedful to clear the ground considerably, withthe view <strong>of</strong> discovering where the alleged con-* '
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