I don’t think that this is exactly right since there is only ONE truth, and that is the word of God, or God is “TRUTH” I believe that what you are saying is that science is a form of " perception and or, understanding" based upon mans study and hypothesis proved as mans understanding. But may NOT be truth, since God in deciding “truth” takes in the realm of “spirit” in analyzing mans behavior. So mans form of reality is so far removed from Gods “truth” that it could NOT be seen as complete truth, so must be seen as an inconsistent reliability, bound to change as time diminishes or man relates for better or worse.
Uhh… no.
I got my information from both my personal experience, and also as Nick9 has posted, JP2’s
Fides et Ratio. I said it is but one aspect of Truth, I did not say it led to more than one truth. You have actually ignored the latter part of my post, which I stated that Truth is Truth is Truth, and Truth is God. There is only one Truth, and that is God. Yet, the studies has shown us that in terms of coming to know Truth, there are different focuses, the same way that the Trinity is three distinct persons, yet is the same, one true God. Science, as you have wrongly stated, is not, “perception”, and/or, “understanding” with regards to hypothesis and experimentation. Science is the physical persuit of Truth. That is, the study and pursuit of Truth that can be perceived physically - the world around us. Biology studies life (scientifically), chemistry studies the properties of that physicality which is matter. Physics studies the interactions of the world, from the colossal scale of the universe and galaxies to the smallest partitions of the atom on the quantum and planck scale. Moving on to the social sciences, they show how humans behave and interact with the world (hence social science, I suppose). Just as a man can be called
homo sapiens, Man, a human or a body of atoms, water can be called H2O, be given religious importance through Baptism and the blood and water that flowed from Christ on the Cross, and as a symbol of life and mercy to us. These are all true, all aspire to the one Truth and that is that God made it; God gave us it.
How can atoms negate God’s existence? Surely by the beauty and simplicity of their existence, draws us only closer to Him because He made up the damn things! The same things that create a table, computer, houses, soil, trees, other life are the same things that create
us, yet we are the only ones who truly live and is created for its own sake (not counting animals and plants - though they are alive, they do not have a soul and I thus differentiate from ‘alive’ and ‘living’ for the purposes of this). With the same crude matter we are created in God’s image, and we are given purpose and faith through the light of God, and we experience the world around us through the light of reason.
I would suggest you read *Fides et Ratio, *it explains it better than I can, and I don’t want to be done for plagarism!
You must realise that there are two parts to us, both a body *and *a spirit. Science relates to the body, what you ascribe to ‘Truth’ relates only to the Spirit, yet we breathe in air molecules and drive cars. He made both, Truth, that is, God, allowed both. Our faith is not summed up by an ‘either/or’ argument, but ‘both/and’. We are
both body
and soul. Truth comprises of
both faith
and reason. The objects of the world, be it trees or otherwise, holds
both scientific credence
and religious significance.
I did not say Science is a different Truth - only one part of a greater Truth that we can constantly explore and never avail, for, like the rest of God, is a Mystery that will be brought into fullness at the end of time. Basically, it is the same as a body - it is only one body, but has different parts (a head, torso, legs, arms, hands, fingers and the like. Deeper still - skin, organs, blood, etc.).
Hope that clears things up. Read
Fides et Ratio!!
