There are a lot of people in our world today that see Science and God as two completely separate entities than cannot be combined. Personally, I do not agree with this. A few weeks ago when I heard Dr. Jocelyn Bell Brunell speak I remember she mentioned that she believed strongly in God. There are actually a surprising number of Christian Scientists out there, who see no
problem with the co-existence of both God and science. Many people treat them as binary opposites, associating God with things like faith and believe, and science with fact, logic and deduction. However, science is not completely made up of facts and logic. There are theories, things that we think are true, but cannot know with 100% certainty. God, likewise, is not based entirely on faith and belief. The more I look a the complexities of the universe, the more I realize that the odds of this happening by chance are extremely slim! What are the chances of life occurring on earth! If we look at all of the other hunks of rock and gas in our universe, isn't it kind of strange that we are the only planet that can sustain life? Even more amazing is the quality and complexity of life that we have! If scientists found even a few colonies of bacteria on another planet, they'd be super excited, but on earth we have so many different species of life! Humans are especially fascinating! The fact that we each have an individual personality, abstract thoughts and a consciousness is prettyamazing! The human body is also incredibly intricate, each tiny cell and organ that depend on all these other cells and organs in order for us to have life! All of this cannot have come from nothing! Essentially if we go to the very very beginning, earth had to come from somewhere! According to the 'principle of causality', everything must have a cause,
but what caused the matter that started the big bang to come into existence? Where did it come from? Putting God into the picture gives us an answer to this question. I personally do not believe in the big bang theory (I may do another blog later as to why...), but there are many christians who do, saying that it was God who started it by providing the materials needed for it to happen, and setting everything up just right, so that life could exist. What about the idea that God created science? He put all these mechanisms into order, and us figuring them out is the science...
problem with the co-existence of both God and science. Many people treat them as binary opposites, associating God with things like faith and believe, and science with fact, logic and deduction. However, science is not completely made up of facts and logic. There are theories, things that we think are true, but cannot know with 100% certainty. God, likewise, is not based entirely on faith and belief. The more I look a the complexities of the universe, the more I realize that the odds of this happening by chance are extremely slim! What are the chances of life occurring on earth! If we look at all of the other hunks of rock and gas in our universe, isn't it kind of strange that we are the only planet that can sustain life? Even more amazing is the quality and complexity of life that we have! If scientists found even a few colonies of bacteria on another planet, they'd be super excited, but on earth we have so many different species of life! Humans are especially fascinating! The fact that we each have an individual personality, abstract thoughts and a consciousness is prettyamazing! The human body is also incredibly intricate, each tiny cell and organ that depend on all these other cells and organs in order for us to have life! All of this cannot have come from nothing! Essentially if we go to the very very beginning, earth had to come from somewhere! According to the 'principle of causality', everything must have a cause,
but what caused the matter that started the big bang to come into existence? Where did it come from? Putting God into the picture gives us an answer to this question. I personally do not believe in the big bang theory (I may do another blog later as to why...), but there are many christians who do, saying that it was God who started it by providing the materials needed for it to happen, and setting everything up just right, so that life could exist. What about the idea that God created science? He put all these mechanisms into order, and us figuring them out is the science...
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