Any other thoughts or questions?
You've had a chance to read through various postings dealing with science and religion. Perhaps you've learned a few things, even left wondering what exactly you do believe/think. Here's a chance to offer any random thoughts that the other postings haven't addressed. Anything that you'd like to say about this discussion in general, well, now's the time to say it.
This post was edited on: 2012-03-01 at 11:38 AM by: Matt (Moderator)
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After reading through the posts and discussions on various forums, I noticed an important issue that has emerged, and it is at this time that I would like to call attention to it:
Can there be harmony between religion and science in Scripture (the Bible)?
Do you think that the Bible has a mixture of Scientific Statements (sayings about the natural world and its structure, origin and operation) and Theological Statements (theological truths of scripture, spiritual or deeper meaning of the Sacred text)? A mix of both, perhaps?
Conversely, what are your thoughts on the proposal that: “THAT He [God] created, not HOW He [God] created.”
These are great as well!
I do think that the Bible has a mix of both scientific and theological statements. On the one hand, there is definitely a lot of spiritual and deeper meanings in Scripture, for instance in Jesus' teachings, etc. There are also scientific statements, but it is important to remember the time and ancient history with regards to science in the text. Not everything regarding scientific fact is supposed to be interpreted as modern science and up to date theories of today. It is important to understand the context as well as what was intended to be fact and what was intended to be messages, stories, parables, etc. There is a mix of statements in the Bible and it is important to decipher them from one another and interpret them differently and appropriately.
Lastly, I think it is more important to understand THAT He created, then HOW He created. Maybe God’s intention wasn’t for us to know how everything came to be or how He did it all, but rather THAT He did and the meaning behind it.
I think a good way to think about “THAT He [God] created, not HOW He [God] created" is that religion tells us the reasons and values to why God created, and science tells us all the facts how the world is created. This is what the Two Languages model tells us when it comes to science & religion.
Amanda Perri
Mar 7, 2012 at 12:09 AM