Friday, January 2, 2009

Science, Buddhism and Christianity

The Dalai Lama had declared the Buddhism is not reliable. Okay, he did not say that. But what he said effectively means that. In an article he wrote in New York Times on 12 November 2005, he said, "If science proves some belief of Buddhism wrong, then Buddhism will have to change." Hey, that is dangerous. A lot of things in Buddhism are not verified by Science. The most important foundational fact, reincarnation, is not proven by Science. If Science prove that reincarnation is false, what will happen to Buddhism? How about the stories of Buddha and all his past lives?
The same is not true for Christians. The Bible is always true. Until today, facts proven by Science has not contradicted the Bible. Neither do Christians expect it to. Since the Bible is truth, Science would never contradict it in all provable facts.
However, some science theories, such as Evolution, contradicts the Bible. It would be a matter of time before Evolution will be proven false.

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