Science - BahaiTeachings.org https://bahaiteachings.org/science/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:30:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 A Legendary Scientist Asks: Do We Survive Death? https://bahaiteachings.org/legendary-scientist-asks-do-we-survive-death/ https://bahaiteachings.org/legendary-scientist-asks-do-we-survive-death/#comments Sat, 02 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=83595 A Legendary Scientist Asks: Do We Survive Death?How do the world’s most renowned scientists and theorists regard the spiritual realm? Can science and spirituality, so long at odds, find common ground? Can a scientist believe in the...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/legendary-scientist-asks-do-we-survive-death/feed/ 3 The Absolute Perfection of This Endless Universe https://bahaiteachings.org/the-absolute-perfection-of-this-endless-universe/ https://bahaiteachings.org/the-absolute-perfection-of-this-endless-universe/#comments Sun, 22 Mar 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=78673 “All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well, for there is a force of love moving through the universe that holds us...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/the-absolute-perfection-of-this-endless-universe/feed/ 4 The Neuroscience of Fasting https://bahaiteachings.org/neuroscience-fasting/ https://bahaiteachings.org/neuroscience-fasting/#comments Mon, 02 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=34575 The Neuroscience of FastingAs a neuroscientist, I’m always trying to understand how our brain deals most effectively with the daily issues we encounter.   So once the end of February rolls around and...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/neuroscience-fasting/feed/ 10 Life, Matter and the God Particle https://bahaiteachings.org/life-matter-god-particle/ https://bahaiteachings.org/life-matter-god-particle/#comments Fri, 09 Jan 2026 14:00:00 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=34458 Many atheists believe that no Creator has ever existed—that instead, humans have invented a supernatural God to worship. In the course of defending that atheist worldview during an Intelligence Squared...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/life-matter-god-particle/feed/ 14 Praying for a Pale Blue Dot https://bahaiteachings.org/praying-for-a-pale-blue-dot/ https://bahaiteachings.org/praying-for-a-pale-blue-dot/#comments Fri, 02 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=257 I love looking at photographs of the Earth from space. It makes all of my big, unsolvable, life-shattering problems seem so small. A remarkable picture was taken on February 14,...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/praying-for-a-pale-blue-dot/feed/ 3 Understanding the Nature of Evolution Itself https://bahaiteachings.org/understanding-the-nature-of-evolution-itself/ https://bahaiteachings.org/understanding-the-nature-of-evolution-itself/#comments Sat, 13 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=74748 From a big picture perspective, all of reality – everything in the entire creation originating from the Creator – is intricately tied together in a delicate balance of wholeness and...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/understanding-the-nature-of-evolution-itself/feed/ 1 How Big was that Bang? https://bahaiteachings.org/universe-beginning-debunking-big-bang-theory/ https://bahaiteachings.org/universe-beginning-debunking-big-bang-theory/#comments Tue, 09 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=46178 Did-Our-Universe-Have-Beginning-Debunking-Big-Bang-Theory-Bahai-TeachingsIn the past century, science has completely overhauled the entire concept of the macrocosm in cosmology—as well as the microcosm, in particle physics.   In previous essays in this series,...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/universe-beginning-debunking-big-bang-theory/feed/ 46 Do You Believe in Creation or Eternity? https://bahaiteachings.org/do-you-believe-in-creation-or-eternity/ https://bahaiteachings.org/do-you-believe-in-creation-or-eternity/#comments Tue, 09 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=29081 Do-You-Believe-in-Creation-or-EternityThe philosophers of Greece — such as Aristotle, Socrates, Plato and others — were devoted to the investigation of both natural and spiritual phenomena. In their schools of teaching they...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/do-you-believe-in-creation-or-eternity/feed/ 7 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 How Meditation Can Help Drive Scientific Discovery https://bahaiteachings.org/meditation-can-help-drive-scientific-discovery/ https://bahaiteachings.org/meditation-can-help-drive-scientific-discovery/#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=34587 Do science and the inner spiritual life ever collide or cohere? Can they work together? The Baha’i teachings answer those questions with a resounding yes. Although most of my more...

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