I put my Faith in Truth. That means that I reject science as being at odds with God as typically claimed by certain groups, and I try to sift through the good points and weak points of each approach to form a hybridized resolution which I believe makes the most sense. This requires intensive study of many areas. I believe in God, but there are too many who assert their own infallibility in their interpretation of scripture, which I believe to be an arrogance of the very highest order- motivated by a love of their own sense of authority- and not God's, as well as projecting deep insecurity. The Big Bang and a universe which is a little under 14 billion years old is well established. Evolution is also well-established. People who use the Bible to attack science are frequently scientifically unsophisticated and tend to lack either the imagination or intellect to resolve the paradox themselves, and therefore feel deeply threatened and become desperate, demonizing what is simply an autonomous methodology of ascertaining physical truth, and they conveniently ignore any portions of the Bible that are not in agreement with what they want others to believe- tragically projecting their own limitations. This is most unfortunate.
Science is merely the pursuit of physical truth- that which is ascertainable through a methodology which includes peer review of gathering evidence, creating hypotheses and predictions which are testable for the purpose of proving or disproving or requiring further refinements in the narrative describing the matter at hand. God is not testable. What test tube could hold Him? Who would you have do the testing? Would you accept the results if it were somehow proved that He doesn't exist? 'Godless' science is therefore a blessing to a true Believer- science as a tester of what is merely physical is necessarily incomplete and imperfect and unworthy of truly measuring God in His infinite glory which is transcendent of the physical. Yet this blind and ugly ignorance abounds, resulting in many spiritual casualties- intelligent people who understand science and who refuse to capitulate to those scientifically ignorant religious authorities who are severely misguided at best and who abuse their authority by their misinterpretations of the Bible that would challenge the sense of power they covet so. I believe them to be truly a brood of vipers. Science does not conflict with religion, nor does it try to explain God, for which I am grateful. The physicality which science does explain so brilliantly does not ultimately conflict with God at all. It takes real faith to realize the depth of that statement and to then rise above the very intense stupidity and misguided faith (and worse) which has tried so desperately to confound it.
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