Dharmic Vs Monotheistic religion : A logical comparison # 8

Dharmic Vs Mono-theistic religion : A logical comparison # 8

8) Conflicts / Agreements with science

Mono-theistic religions have always had and continue to have disagreements with science because they try to impose their views about creation, evolution, age of the earth and its location in the universe.

Dharmic look inwards and not outwards. So they do not have conflicts with science. They try to incorporate the new findings into their teachings. Also here are a few examples to show that ancient hindus and buddhists got it right.

1) Age of the Earth: There is a story about a monk asking Buddha about the duration of a kalpa which is a measure of time the ancient hindus used. Buddha told the monk that there is really no use for him to think about this but he went on to explain as follows. "There is a mountain that is 7 km high and has a 7km radius at the bottom. A man comes along every 100 years and tries to ware away the mountain using a silk cloth. (may be works on it for a day) It will take a kalpa to wear away the entire mountain." From this example it looks like he is talking millions or billions of years!

2) Sun at the center of the solar system: Even today if you will find the "Nava Graha" (9 planets) idols in Indian temples with "Surya" (Sun) is placed at the center. No more explanation required.

3) Evolution : The avatars or incarnations of hindu God Vishnu or Krishna are said to appear whenever there is a decline in Dharma and it needs to be supported. The avatars are
1) Matsya(Fish), 2) Kurma(tortoise/turtle) 3) Varaha (boar) 4) Narasimha (half man-half lion) 5) Vamana (short man) 6) Parasurama(hunting man?) 7) Rama (refined man) 8) Krishna (intelligent, fun loving naughty, enlightened) 9) Buddha (shows path of enlightenment and end of suffering to modern world) 10) Kalki (yet to come!)
It looks like the concept of evolution is considered here because we see life forms originating in the sea and slowly evolving to become more and more intelligent!