In Fear and Trembling, Kierkegaard says “In our age, everyone is unwilling to stop with faith but goes further.” The idea is that people can’t just be satisfied with what the Bible says or with the knowledge that there is a God; they have to keep searching. It is true that genuine faith is important in the Christian life; however, this has given science as a whole a bad name among many Christians.
Yes, I am one of those “science people.” I constantly question and analyze. I put things in groups, and I like to understand why things are the way they are. However, I’ve never seen science as a hinderance to my faith. Science allows me to see tiny glimpses of who God is through His creation. All aspects of science, from a hydrogen ion to the biggest star in the universe, were designed by Him. Through science, I am reminded that I could never even come close to understanding the mind of God. Sure, there are numerous scientists who don’t believe in God, and many who try to find evidence supporting the idea that He does not exist. But science, as a whole, is not in itself an evil just because of certain scientists.
I feel the same way. I'll be honest sometimes i like to have these kinds of "scientific" talks or debates but i remember that as much as we try to understand everything, we never will. Our minds were not created to know it all, because if that was the case, then i suppose i would be smarter than i am now :p But i do like to remind myself that we have our creator and He made everything the way it is for HIS GLORY. We dont necessarily need to understand it all.
ReplyDeleteI also love Kierkegaard, but I think that sometimes I am to blame for the analyzing that he criticizes people for. Not so much in the Bible, but definitely in honors. I just want everything to make sense and fit into a neat little box. I don't know how to "lose myself" in writing a paper or think that my hand might not be my hand. I want order and structure, not chaos which is what honors class sometimes (or most of the time) feels like to me. I guess I just need to let myself go and not worry about the fact that my brain might explode in the process . . .
ReplyDeleteTrue, true. It is those certain scientists. It's that way with any subject. Are all liberals on Wall Street yelling about money? No. Are all conservatives old coots who can't think for themselves and smash people with Scripture references out of context? No. But unfortunately, these are the loudest people in each group. The problem with the loud scientists is that they normally have egos that are bigger than their voices, and they take everything they make up as fact. It hurts the science community, because when neutrinos come flying at their heads faster than the speed of light, the shrapnel of their exploding heads rains down on the image of science.
ReplyDeleteI am not a science major, as a matter of fact, I don't like science at all. Save for one thing, I've always loved how God's majesty is revealed through the complexities of the universe. Science, to me, doesn't disprove God's existence, instead it reaffirms His existence. I'll never be able to keep straight in my head what a nucleus is made of, or how DNA is formed; but science will always keep me in awe of the wonder of my Lord and Creator.
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ReplyDeleteRecently, I heard a very wise expression that I heard somewhere, but I'm not sure exactly where. Perhaps I heard it in Honors, but enough rambling. What I heard was that some scientist spend their whole lifetime devoted to disprove the amazement of God, but no matter there accomplishment or failure, they do not disprove the amazement of God, but, in fact, prove His amazement. Something that has always boggled my mind is some scientists say that something works a certain way because of this process or this formula or this equation, so God is out of the equation. Yet, an explanation for processes does not disprove the Lord, because where does that process come from? Why does that process take place? because a Divine and mighty God made it that way.
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