So in prep for next week's SG I found some interesting articles. I know this subject can be quite touchy so let us first remind ourselves to glorify God in everything we do and say and think before saying anything at all.
Now this SG isn't meant to be focused exclusively on creationism, intelligent design, or evolution. We want to explore the roles that science and faith have in our lives and the interactions between the two in the context of being Christian.
But a lot of the discussion on science and faith is centered on creationism, intelligent design, and evolution. And this is why I'm linking these articles.
Oh and I realize these articles are biased and one-sided on the creationist and intelligent design point of view. I guess I should say that we the MSG leaders do not hold to one view or the other as I'm pretty sure we have different views on this topic anyhow. Feel free to post resources on either side of the argument.
http://http://www.boundless.org/2005/articles/a0001958.cfm
http://http://www.boundless.org/2005/articles/a0001952.cfm
There are links to a bunch of other articles at the bottom of the second link.
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Here are some verses that I thought would be interesting. I talked about this with Kenny last semester and it was pretty interesting. This idea of science and faith should not be looked into so situationally or by specific examples like the "evolution vs creationism." I think that we as Christians should rather understand the ideals of a scientific viewpoint and a faith viewpoint. Here are some examples that might make what I'm trying to say make sense.
ReplyDelete1 Thess. 5:21 Test everything. Hold on to the good.
Since science is deemed the "test" of all things, wouldn't it be right to go about things in a scientific manner? but then again, this verse says that we should hold onto the good. What is that "good" it is talking about?
Also I think the story of John 20:24-29 is quite interesting. This verse is about Thomas who doubted all the other disciples when they told him that Jesus has risen again. He told them that unless he sees and touches Jesus, he won't believe. This is the basic idea of science vs. faith. Thomas went by the scientific viewpoint where he needed physical evidence in order to believe the truth.
Both science and faith have a goal of attaining truth. The only difference is that science requires physical, tangible evidence while faith does not. Jesus understood this. Jesus understood that man sometimes need physical proof (aka science) which is why he told Thomas to touch him so that he could believe (verse 27).
Of course, one who finds truth through faith is better, but Jesus did not rebuke this other method of attaining knowledge....Or did he? A scientific method of attaining certain truths is required....or is it?
If not, then why do we go to school to learn things?
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