The Hidden Face of God: Science Reveals the Ultimate Truth

Gerald Schroeder, an MIT-trained scientist who has worked in both physics and biology, has emerged in recent years as one of the most popular and accessible apostles for the melding of science and religion. He first reconciled science and faith as different perspectives on a single whole in The Science of God. Now, in The Hidden Face of God, Schroeder takes a bold step forward, to show that science, properly understood, provides positive reasons for faith.

From the wisdom encoded in DNA and analyzed by information science, to the wisdom unveiled in the fantastic complexity of cellular life, to the wisdom inherent in human consciousness, The Hidden Face of God offers a tour of the best of modern science. This fascinating volume will open a world of science to religious believers, and it will cause skeptics to rethink some of their deepest beliefs.

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The Hidden Face Of God, 2008-08-02
This is an interesting book about microbiology and how it is impossible for the human body to have developed into the intricate machine it is during the time frame that science supplies for the evolution of man. He also speaks of how science, though it can explain how the brain works, can not explain how the mind works. He shows that there is an intelligence in each and every cell of the body and comes to the conclusion of an intelligence behind the cosmos . . .

" . . . Every particle is an expression of information, of wisdom. The self-awareness we experience is the emergent offspring of that wisdom. The more complex the entity, the more complex the information stored within. We tap into it via our brain. Because information is present in all existence, the consciousness I feel as my self-awareness has a cosmic history. It does not arise from my brain de novo. Aspects of it have been present from the start, the very start, the big bang. Consciousness, as wisdom, is a fundamental as existence itself."

He continues with how the mind seems to have two lives: the temporal (the here and now) and the transcendental (daydreams and plans). He writes:

"The Bible understands the human psyche. It realizes that harmony between the two lives we live, the temporal wants of the body and the transcendent needs of the soul, is rarely a spontaneous happening. Without a ritualized, established routine there is always a reason for the tangible immediate demands of life to take precedence over our more abstract spiritual desires. There's no difficulty in being `holy' in a church or mosque or synagogue or temple. But the aspirations of theology far exceed our behavior in places of worship. The inherent aim is to bring the holy, the metaphysical, into the daily life of the marketplace. Bringing the spiritual into the tasks of the work week takes practice. Religion provides that practice. It's the pumping iron that gives us the spiritual strength to make theology a part of our mindset. The Sabbath is the day of practice. It's Eden, the message of which is that humankind was created for pleasure. The Sabbath returns to us a taste of Eden and helps us spread it through the entire week."

I recommend the book.


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THE HIDDEN FACE OF GOD, 2008-03-26
This book is one of the most significant books I have read in the last thirty years. It opens the reader's eyes to the mind-blowing miracles that exist in every atom of every part of the universe and especially the intricate interdependence of the organs and brain of every human body! All of it in constant motion at every instant. Gerald Schroeder is not only a graduate of M.I.T. but a microbiologist and a nuclear scientist. In addition he has delved deeply into Jewish mysticism and is a philosopher able to communicate with grace and humor to people not familiar with the topic but seeking proof of a spirituality that is borne out by science. The result is a masterpiece!
Alice O. Howell



0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

Enlightening book and great depth, 2008-03-23
Great book. Everyone should read it. The world would be a better place. Thanks for the speedy delivery. I finished it. Could not put it down.


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Still Hidden, 2007-12-12
In a folksy tone Israeli physicist Gerald Schroeder pulls together quantum mechanics, neuroscience, and Bible study to conclude that mind, as exhibited by the ability to make choices, is inherent in every atom of the Universe.

The book shows the place where physics and metaphysics meet and greet (if not merge). In Schroeder's thesis the basic stuff of the Universe is information: "But when we look below the surface, we discover a world made of a mix of identical particles that are actually waves and then realize that the waves are massless expressions of information. Physics has exposed the metaphysical basis of existence." (p. 173)

Schroeder stops short of saying that the Creator and the Created are one thing, but he does seem to support the basic underlying unity of everything in the Universe -- call it God or a force or what-have-you.

One thing that I didn't like was the author's tendency to gush over how wonderfully complex the human body and brain are. To me this is anthropocentric thinking -- he assumes that human beings are smart enough to assess the complexities of reality. I can't help wondering if the perceived complexity is just a reflection of the limitations of our little animal brains.


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Life-changing book, 2007-07-31
This is a life-changing book. If you have an open mind about creation vs. evolution, then read this. I've purchased 5 copies of this for people I thought you find it interesting. Of the ones that had open minds and read it, all said it was the most amazing book they'd read.

The details on conception to childbirth is worth getting the entire book

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