Deepak Chopra v. Michael Shermer

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Originally Posted by RedskinRat

Please post an example of religion and science agreeing on something that isn't a Natural Law? Thanks.

Since science only works within the purview of laws of nature, it only makes claims in terms of "natural law," so it is impossible to mention a point of agreement outside of "natural law" because of the restrictions within science itself.

With this caveat in mind, I could mention a million things in terms of the agreements between religion and science.

But to mention JUST ONE, quantum physics unhinges the solidity of the universe as understood in the Newtonian paradigm. The quantum notion of the universe is one where the universe is soft and fluid, without "objective" hard edges, and reality is mutliple rather than singular. Quantum physics teaches us that to say that matter exists is problematic but to say that it does not exist is also problematic.

Likewise, Hindu Vedanta philosophy (as well as some Christian mystics such as Meister Eckhart) teaches us that the material universe is soft and fluid, consisting of multiple realities rather than a singular "objective" reality. Vedanta teaches that matter is an illusion, a sacred true reality appearing as an illusory material reality. From the standpoint of Vedanta, just as with quantum physics, to say that matter exists is problematic but to say that it does not exist is also problematic. Here science and religion agree.

Since you posed the question, perhaps you should try reading <The Dancing Wu Li Masters> or <The Tao of Physics>. Basic stuff that is now decades old.