The scientific bases of faith / by Joseph John Murphy.

  • Murphy, Joseph John, 1827-1894.
Date:
1873
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Credit: The scientific bases of faith / by Joseph John Murphy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ *i] CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION. PAGE It is not possible to harmonize the words of Scripture with the facts of Science ; nor is it to be desired ...... 1 Science prospers only when free from theological control . Many infer that Science and Faith have no connexion whatever Proposed treaty of peace on this basis ..... Why this is impossible to be kept ...... Probability of a connexion from the religious point of view, and from the scientific ........ It is too early to pronounce it impossible .... The transformation of scientific ideas must colour religious ones Butler's Analogy : influence of Bacon and Locke in it We have at the least to adapt its reasoning to our science Religion will be ultimatel3T recognized as not the basis of Science but the crown ......... Sense in which Science can be a basis for Religion . The lower is always the basis of the higher : Matter of Life, and Life of Mind ......... Objection that Religion is older than Science .... Answer, that the relation of two sciences is not manifest till both are advanced ......... Science is the basis of Religion, but does not contain its germ . Illustration from the relation of Matter to Life The peculiar truths of Religion are known only by Revelation Contrast of Science and Religion ...... Similar contrast of the abstract and the physical sciences This involves no antagonism ....... The antagonism of science and religion is imaginary; that of their teachers is but temporary ...... I aim not at harmonizing or reconciling, but at showing logical and organic connexion ...... Common fundamental conception of Science and Faith 2