Blood and Existence: Between Science and Theology

A Philosophical Reflection on Soyo's Existence Ethic

The Remarkable Achievements of Science and Its Fundamental Limits

For centuries, humanity has ceaselessly explored nature, the universe, and even itself. As a result, science has achieved astonishing progress. Biology has decoded the human genome and uncovered the vast amount of information encoded in DNA. Astronomy has calculated the age of stars and traced the origins of the universe, observing the traces of the Big Bang. Medicine has probed into the structure and function of individual cells, contributing to the extension of human life.

Yet science deals only with what can be measured. Its answers are limited to the question of “How?”, but it cannot address the deeper question of “Why?”

Why does humanity exist?

For what purpose are we born?

What is the meaning of existence itself?

These questions are for philosophy and theology. If science fully explained the human being, philosophical inquiry would be unnecessary. Yet the question, “Who am I?” reveals an ontological gap science cannot close.

The Testimony of Scripture – Humanity as God’s Work, Not an Accident

Scripture describes humanity not as a mere biological accident, but as a work shaped by the hand of God.

Psalm 138:8: “The Lord will perfect that which concerns me, your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands.” Human life is not a random occurrence but a journey perfected within God’s mercy and creative hand.

Romans 1:20: “For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, his eternal power and divine nature have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made.” Thus, even the pursuit of science becomes a path to discovering the traces of the Creator.

Romans 11:36: “For from him and through him and to him are all things.” All existence, its origin, its journey, and its end come from God and return to God. What science discovers is not a new invention, but the unveiling of a divine order that has always already been there.

Soyo’s Proposition – There Is Neither Chance nor Necessity in Human Life

Soyo’s Existence Ethics proclaims:

“In human life, there is neither chance nor necessity. Creation has already brought an end to both. Humanity, from the beginning, was endowed with love and eternal salvation as necessity itself.”

What we call “chance” and “necessity” are merely human categories, born of limited vision. From the moment of creation, human existence was already grounded in divine love and eternity. Every event in life may appear as an unexpected chance to us, but within the Creator’s order, it belongs to an already-determined necessity.

This is not fatalism that denies human freedom. Rather, it affirms that freedom has meaning precisely because even our freedom rests within the greater necessity of God’s love and salvation.

Blood – The Evidence of Human Existence

What, then, must science first address if it is to prove human existence?

Soyo’s Existence Ethics declares:

“The first thing science must prove is the blood of human existence.”

Blood is not a mere biological fluid; it is life itself. Leviticus 17:11 states: “For the life of a creature is in the blood.” Blood makes the human heart beat, carrying life to every part of the body. Beyond physiology, blood connects to ethical existence. Our hearts race when conscience convicts us. Blood testifies that humanity is not merely animalistic, but a noble being bearing the breath of God.

If humanity were simply an evolved animal, then science would have to explain how blood was first formed, how the first heart began to beat. Yet even now, this origin remains unexplained. The mystery of blood lies beyond the scope of science, pointing instead to the realm of creation.

Human Ignorance and True Humility

Human beings claim to “know.” We decode genetic codes, trace the birth of galaxies, and describe the evolution of life. Yet before God, we remain as those who may ultimately know nothing.

Soyo’s Existence Ethics confesses:

“We are human. We think we know, but before God we may in truth know nothing.”

This is not ignorance but the beginning of true wisdom. Humanity does not create truth; it merely discovers what has always been. And the source of that truth is always, and only, the Creator.

Science, Philosophy, and Theology

Science explains methods.

Philosophy leaves questions.

Theology proclaims origins.

Soyo’s Existence Ethics thus declares:

“Human beings are created by the hand of God, and their purpose is peace, love, and rest. Human blood and conscience are the proof of this, and existence itself is ethics.”

The Message of Soyo’s Existence Ethics

The core message is simple: Humanity is not the product of chance, but of divine love and necessity. Science can describe the body, but not the reason for existence. Blood bears witness that humanity is more than animalistic; it is the trace of creation. Philosophy leaves questions, theology provides answers, and Existence Ethics bears witness to them in life itself.

Therefore, humanity must live by the ethics of love. For love is the necessity of creation, the purpose of existence, and the one true answer that pierces through all suffering and all questions of humankind.

Soyo (逍遙) – Founder of Soyo's Existence Ethics, Author of 'The Silence of Existence' and 'The Flame of Truth'

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