Creationism

One of the more disappointing turns in modern thinking, I believe, is the resurrection of creationism. It's a turn toward the Dark Ages when learned men would be persecuted for expressing ideas contrary to the Bible.

For me, faith and science do not need to be in conflict. Through faith, we learn about God. Through science we learn about the world, the universe He created.

Stipulating that the world had to have been created 6,000 years ago in the span of six 24-hour days seems to me to put limits on God. It's a very narrrow, close-minded way of looking at the world. There are other breeds of creationists, those who may not stipulate a certain timespan, but may still insist that life all just spontaneously created. But still, it's an approach that says we must first turn to theology to learn about the world before we seek answers through science. That's just backwards thinking.

Science has given us answers that allow us to reach back billions of years in time, all the way back to the Big Bang. It has allowed us to explore the millions of years of visible life on this planet. And, none of these achievements reduce my faith in God. They don't make God any smaller. They make him more and more expansive. Science has answered many questions, but can't quite answer two big issues. 1) If the universe was created through a Big Bang, where all matter had been contained in single point no bigger than a thimble, then where did that come from? 2) How did life start on Earth?

Let science keep finding its answers. At the point where science can find no more answers, faith may begin.

Posted by Ed Bond at 6:08 PM 0 comments
Thursday, October 25, 2007