It seems that most of my on-line conversations now happen on facebook pages. From time to time, I may republish some of those conversations here to reach my blog readers.The following is an exchange which occurred when a friend posted a link to an article which posed the question,
"Can You Believe in Christianity and Evolution?"
"Josh" gave his answer,
christianity and science can be reconciled... but it has to be good, true science for the reconciliation to work! :-)... to which I replied,
I found Josh's earlier comment interesting:
Josh, would you also agree with me if I rephrased that?
"Christianity and science can be reconciled... but it has to be good, true Christianity for the reconciliation to work"
From my perspective as a follower of Jesus and a follower of science, science is more often "true and good" than many versions of christianity. Conclusive, objective, and empirical evidence should not be asked to bend to align with subjective, debatable interpretations of the Bible. Would you agree?
When apparent conflicts appear between hard science and our version of Christianity, which should give way?
3 comments:
I'll go with what St. Augustine said, " “In matters that are so obscure and far beyond our vision, we find in Holy Scripture passages which can be interpreted in very different ways without prejudice to the faith we have received. In such cases, we should not rush in headlong and so firmly take our stand on one side that, if further progress in search for truth justly undermines this position, we too fall with it.”
Since it was Jesus / Creator God who brought energy, matter, space, time and the corresponding laws of physics into being, it seems a rather stranger question does it not?
It's kind of like asking, should we mention Einstein while talking about the general theory of relativity?
Great quote, Ian! And so timely for the day in which we live.
Yes, Thesauros, believers should, of all people, be most motivated to explore Creation, which is science!
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