The ongoing battle between "faith and science" is absurd. Don't you figrure that all truth is God's truth and, as such, science and Christianity are completely compatible. Science can and does answer questions that the Bible does not address. On the other hand, The Bible seeks to answer questions that science can never solve. Questions of love, beauty, and morality can not be quantified or tested in a lab. These matters are outside the scope of science's capacity. Faith, Hope and Forgiveness can't be reduced to an equation or verified by measurement or analysis.
Much of the debate and heat surrounding the creation/evolution discussion is generated by people who are trying to push science or Scripture beyond what either are capable of addressing. When science or Christian faith are in conflict either the scientist or the theologian have misinterpreted their respective "texts."
I think evangelical Christianity has often sought to force bad science of the world in Jesus' name when the science should have driven us back to make sure that we have been properly interpreting God's Word.
I think some intellectuals are guilty of trying to use scientific tests to disprove the existence of God and when they do so, they usually become poor philosophers and do science no favor.
Ross Douthat blogging for Atlantic Monthly this month lays out a rock solid case for the validity of religious dialogue and the foolishness of trying to establish "science" as the only possible path to truth. Science does provide us some truth, but there are limits to its capacity. Not all "truth' can be tested in a lab. The fact that a thing can't be tested doesn't make such truths any less truthful.
http://rossdouthat.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/02/science_and_beliefs.php
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