Science and Religion - BahaiTeachings.org https://bahaiteachings.org/tag/science-and-religion/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Thu, 02 Oct 2025 16:49:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 Science: God’s Greatest Gift to Humanity https://bahaiteachings.org/science-gods-greatest-gift-humanity/ https://bahaiteachings.org/science-gods-greatest-gift-humanity/#comments Mon, 06 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=37621 Science God's gift to humanityIt might seem strange at first to realize that the Baha’i Faith promotes the harmony of science and religion. To many people think religion represents the opposite of science, in...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/science-gods-greatest-gift-humanity/feed/ 1 The Science and the Soul of Dreaming https://bahaiteachings.org/the-science-and-the-soul-of-dreaming/ https://bahaiteachings.org/the-science-and-the-soul-of-dreaming/#comments Sat, 04 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=24821 The-Science-and-the-Soul-of-DreamingDo you dream? Yes, you certainly do, the sleep researchers all tell us. Whether you remember what you dreamed when you wake up or not, every human being dreams. Even...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/the-science-and-the-soul-of-dreaming/feed/ 4 Why Is There Something Rather than Nothing? https://bahaiteachings.org/why-is-there-something-rather-than-nothing/ https://bahaiteachings.org/why-is-there-something-rather-than-nothing/#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=52003 Have you ever wondered why you exist? Of course you have – that question occurs, at some point, to all of us. Science asks it, too, usually in this macro...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/why-is-there-something-rather-than-nothing/feed/ 10 Can Reason Prove that a Creator Exists? https://bahaiteachings.org/can-reason-prove-that-creator-exists/ https://bahaiteachings.org/can-reason-prove-that-creator-exists/#comments Mon, 04 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=51998 Can Reason Prove that a Creator Exists?Belief in God may be better than non-belief, but here’s the thing: some people dispute every detailed proof of the existence of God.   I’ve made a study of the arguments,...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/can-reason-prove-that-creator-exists/feed/ 12 Science and Religion: Making Room for the Heart and the Spirit https://bahaiteachings.org/science-and-religion-making-room-for-the-heart-and-the-spirit/ https://bahaiteachings.org/science-and-religion-making-room-for-the-heart-and-the-spirit/#comments Mon, 26 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=74783 We live in a technological age, and the training of the scientific mind tends to regard the virtues of the heart as impediments to truth, until religion itself verges on...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/science-and-religion-making-room-for-the-heart-and-the-spirit/feed/ 2 Has Science Made Religion Irrelevant? https://bahaiteachings.org/has-science-made-religion-irrelevant/ https://bahaiteachings.org/has-science-made-religion-irrelevant/#comments Mon, 19 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=87576 Has Science Made Religion Irrelevant?In an era of rapid technological advances and groundbreaking scientific discoveries, many ask: has science made religion irrelevant? The relevance of this question grows as science increasingly explains phenomena once...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/has-science-made-religion-irrelevant/feed/ 2 Did Einstein Believe in a Creator? https://bahaiteachings.org/did-einstein-believe-in-creator/ https://bahaiteachings.org/did-einstein-believe-in-creator/#comments Thu, 27 Mar 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=47763 For those who have embraced a very abstract understanding of God, some might call that idea the God of Einstein. Einstein referred to himself as a “pantheistic” believer in the...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/did-einstein-believe-in-creator/feed/ 8 Can Science Unravel the Power of Prayer and Meditation? https://bahaiteachings.org/can-science-unravel-power-prayer-meditation/ https://bahaiteachings.org/can-science-unravel-power-prayer-meditation/#comments Wed, 26 Mar 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=53957 Can Science Unravel the Power of Prayer and Meditation?Since time immemorial, prayers have been offered by individuals during times of sickness and collectively in ceremonies to celebrate the Divine Reality and to ask for blessings.  Current scientific exploration...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/reason-forgotten-gem-religion/feed/ 2 Does Time Really Heal All Wounds? https://bahaiteachings.org/does-time-really-heal-all-wounds/ https://bahaiteachings.org/does-time-really-heal-all-wounds/#comments Fri, 28 Feb 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=87111 Most of us have heard the expression that “time heals all wounds,” but is that true? Does the mere passage of time dull the severity of pain and resolve the...

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