This morning a headline caught my attention. "God is on the ropes: The brilliant new science that has creationists and the Christian right terrified". You can read the article for yourself Here. Although, the article is reporting on the work of Jeremy England, an MIT professor, it is very clearly an attack on Christian's beliefs in creation. Paul Rosenberg, the author, did a good job in explaining England's theory. I am a self proclaimed geek and I love science. But I need to confess that I have always been annoyed by the constant war between science and religion. Why must they remain separate? Does the existence of science negate God? Does the reverse have the same effect? I don't think so. I believe both sides have been wrong and hurt their own position when they base theories and arguments on personal grievances against each other.
I believe the two can exist and support one another. Here is how I see science and Christianity. Think back to when you were a child. Remember that magical moment when you ask for money to buy a gumball and your dad or grandpa would "pull" a quarter from your ear? It was amazing!! When you got older you learned how they did it. That the quarter really came from their pocket, not your ear. Does this new knowledge change the fact that your dad gave you money for gum? No. If God created the earth and everything in it and we discover how He did it, does that change the fact that He did? I don't think so.
The fact is that both sides are required to have faith. A theory is an educated assumption. It does not become irrefutable scientific law until it can be recreated and proven again and again. So any theory in evolution is just that, until non-living matter can be changed to living matter again and again. Even then it only proves how God did it. Because after all, where did the matter come from?
