What are views on modern science in Sikhism?
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Sikhism and science align very well. According to science life originated in water. Here is a quote from Gurbani
ਸਾਚੇ ਤੇ ਪਵਨਾ ਭਇਆ ਪਵਨੈ ਤੇ ਜਲੁ ਹੋਇ ॥
From the True Lord came the air, and from the air came water.
ਜਲ ਤੇ ਤ੍ਰਿਭਵਣੁ ਸਾਜਿਆ ਘਟਿ ਘਟਿ ਜੋਤਿ ਸਮੋਇ ॥
From water, He created the three worlds; in each and every heart He has infused His Light.
Science believes in the Big Bang theory about the origin of the universe. Here is a quote from Gurbani
ਅਰਬਦ ਨਰਬਦ ਧੁੰਧੂਕਾਰਾ ॥
For endless eons, there was only utter darkness.
ਧਰਣਿ ਨ ਗਗਨਾ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਅਪਾਰਾ ॥
There was no earth or sky; there was only the infinite Command of His Hukam.
The field of biology explains the diversity of the biological world by Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. According to this theory, we have a common ancestor and we have gone through many stages and have evolved into the most complex form of life, human beings. Here is a reference from Gurbani on Ank 176.
ਕਈ ਜਨਮ ਭਏ ਕੀਟ ਪਤੰਗਾ ॥
In so many incarnations, you were a worm and an insect;
ਕਈ ਜਨਮ ਗਜ ਮੀਨ ਕੁਰੰਗਾ ॥
in so many incarnations, you were an elephant, a fish and a deer.
Science is not absolute. It is still evolving. If there are new findings in research, theories may be criticized or changed.
What exactly do you want to draw out by comparing science and SGGS?
SGGS is not a scripture of Science. Some people demean SGGS by calling it science. Can you design anything just by reading SGGS?
Guru Nanak didn’t teach us Science, rather his objective was to teach us the objective of this life and the way towards achieving that objective.
Guru Granth Sahib is in fact based on Scientific facts.
Normal science is based on the study of materials and their interactions based on our five senses and instruments.
Guru Granth Sahib has major teachings related with psychology of mind and how to keep our body and family system fit.
Some modern facts have also been revealed more than 500 years back by the Guru Sahibs.
Please go through the following ebook for details.
http://www.geocities.ws/sarbjitsingh/BookGurmatAndScience.pdf
As written by Sarbjit Singh Ji Guru Granth Sahib is all science and psychology. For more info watch my you tube and read my book Gurmat Doctrines (Part1) available on amazon.com