N.B By spirituality I'm referring to any and all aspects of primary (non-physical) consciousness. And by science I mean the current status-quo versions
If you're a self-acknowledged materialist then spirituality is something that you don't objectively perceive or that you think doesn't exist. So focusing on an intersection with it is nonsense.
If you know or at least acknowledge that spirituality exists then clearly the physical is a subset of spirituality. Then humans are one aspect of physical realities - and science i just one of the ways humans strive for understanding. Ergo spirituality encompasses science but science is a miniscule aspect of spirituality. Of course as beings doing this physical thing - science is much easier for most to delve into.
Either way the whole concept of "melding science and spirituality" seems silly.The only perspective from which I can see it as a valid idea is one that acknowledges spiritual but holds that it is something that emerges from the physical. Which to me, seems silly in and of itself.
So I come back to what I've stated in other threads. Any viable movement into exploring spirituality starts with developing (rediscovering?) sciences that are appropriate to that end.
If you're a self-acknowledged materialist then spirituality is something that you don't objectively perceive or that you think doesn't exist. So focusing on an intersection with it is nonsense.
If you know or at least acknowledge that spirituality exists then clearly the physical is a subset of spirituality. Then humans are one aspect of physical realities - and science i just one of the ways humans strive for understanding. Ergo spirituality encompasses science but science is a miniscule aspect of spirituality. Of course as beings doing this physical thing - science is much easier for most to delve into.
Either way the whole concept of "melding science and spirituality" seems silly.The only perspective from which I can see it as a valid idea is one that acknowledges spiritual but holds that it is something that emerges from the physical. Which to me, seems silly in and of itself.
So I come back to what I've stated in other threads. Any viable movement into exploring spirituality starts with developing (rediscovering?) sciences that are appropriate to that end.