“True religion concerns mand and the entire universe in which he lives. It concerns his relationships with himself and his fellow men, which his environment, and with God his Creator. It is therefore limitless, and as boundless as that eternity which it teaches les ahead of every child of God. “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.” What a challenge to every man lies in these words from the Master–to develop himself, to strive, to learn, to seek, to go forward that he might become a God.” – pg 2
D&C 88: 78-79
“Here is the spirit of true religion, an honest seeking after knowledge of all things of heaven and earth.” – pg 3
“The scientific spirit is a spirit of inquiry, a spirit of reaching out for truth. In the final analysis, this spirit is likewise of the essence of religion The Savior said: “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.” (Mathew 7:7) The scientist has in effect reaffirmed this great fundamental laid down by the Master, and in doing so has given a new impetus to religion.” – pg 5
“This is the spirit of true science–constant and eternal seeking.” – pg 7
“Though our knowledge of the universe is always expanding, the fundamentals of the Gospel endure unchanged.” – pg. 20
“There is no limit to how high man, the spirit child of God, may climb. By hard work, by study, by constantly increasing in humility and in wisdom through the eternities, we will approach perfection.” – pg. 22
“As a Latter-day Saint, like any other honest man I am obliged to accept only the truth.” – pg 23
“The Gospel is not the people in the Church. The Gospel is not even the people who direct it. The Gospel is the truth. One will have difficulty finding better men than we have presiding over the Church at present and than we have had in past. Still, they are human beings as we are.” – pg 23
“Science deals only with how the world works and has little to say about why the world is as it is. Values, also, are something apart from science. We must find the meaning of life in religion and in metaphysics. Even if by breaking the genetic code, for example, we should learn how to change human inheritance and so affect human destiny, the meaning of life would remain as tantalizing a question as it was before. If we think of the universe as analogous to a great machine, then man is learning though science something about how the machine works, but only though philosophy and religion can he catch a glimpse of the purposed of the Designer and
His reasons for the grand design. Many of the burning questions which are the substance of human hopes and fears are answered by religion for the believer.” – pg 40
“ Chemistry is the science of the behavior of aggregates of atoms and molecules and as such underlies all the material sciences. Studying it, we conclude that chemical laws follow from wave mechanics and the coulomb law of attraction between electrons and positively charged nuclei. Learning this and implementing it is science. The existence of such amazing unity and simplicity of design brings a sense of awe inspired only by an artistic masterpiece. With this comes once again an acute awareness of the Master Designer.” – pg 40
“The Gospel commits us only to the truth.” – pg 41
“In this Church, you only have to believe the truth. Find out what the truth is!” – pg 43
2 comments:
Love Henry Eyring. I hope Philip can live up to his middle name for who he is named after, and his first name as well. Two very amazing scientists!
I might have to get that book! Thanks Em!
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