A balanced and thorough work

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	• Wir sind nicht nur von dieser Welt: Naturwissenschaft, Religion und die Zukunft des Menschen Hoimar von Ditfurth Hoffmann und Campe, 1981 - 340 pages average customer review:based on 1 review view larger image
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A balanced and thorough work

The author's conclusion that we as humans are possibly all taking part in the creation might appear somewhat bold, but is in no way far fetched. The book offers an extremely valuable survey of different thoughts about the subject of reconciling science with religion, starting with Plato's Allegory of the Cave, and it gradually becomes very clear that science and religion as well as creation and evolution have in no way to be conflicting concepts. One of the more prominent topics treated in this book is the fact, that by definition, the scope of natural science is limited to the study of physical phenomena - a fact which scientists are too eager to forget when disregarding spiritual phenomena on the ground that they are not 'scientifically provable'. Some thoughts about evolution are included, one being a critical look at the notion that mankind is the `end product' of evolution - we should rather regard ourselves as an intermediate product, flawed and far from perfect. A further comment regarding evolution is the observation that all physical constants seem to be tailor-made for evolution to have to occur - if one of the constants would be slightly different, evolution would not be able to take place at all. Generally, the thoughts are presented in a very systematic way, and the book is written in a beautiful style.

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