"Scientific knowledge is the highest attainment upon the human plane, for science is the discoverer of realities. It is of two kinds: material and spiritual. Material science is the investigation of natural phenomena; divine science is the discovery and realization of spiritual verities. The world of humanity must acquire both. A bird has two wings; it cannot fly with one. Material and spiritual science are the two wings of human uplift and attainment. Both are necessary—one the natural, the other supernatural; one material, the other divine. By the divine we mean the discovery of the mysteries of God, the comprehension of spiritual realities, the wisdom of God, inner significances of the heavenly religions and foundation of the law. "Abdu'l-Baha, The Promulgation of Universal Peace
Truth should never contradict itself, but as one can see, we can miss-interpret religion, and we can miss-calculate in science. Why, every generation seems to see the truths in science contradicting themselves, or moving in different directions. It would seem, then, that truth can also be ever-changing and illusive.
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