Monday, March 14, 2005
Showcase Up!
Allthings2all has just gotten up the Science and Christianity Showcase. This was a great idea. I have only had a chance to take a quick scan of each of the entiries, but there are three that I have earmaked for intense reading.
Science and Christianity from Dr. Jim's Weblog:
Technology: Some biblical basics from Sun and Shield:
Towards a Christian View of Science from John Dekker:
Thanks you Catez for doing this. Fantastic Idea.
Science and Christianity from Dr. Jim's Weblog:
While it did take some time, I believe that the concept that one God was running things with justice and wisdom eventually sank in and made science possible. If we really still thought that multiple gods manipulated reality to suit their moment-to-moment whims, experimental science never could have developed. Only under a constant, just, loving, consistent Father could we even conceive of modern Science.The answer is "NO" we could not have made such a conception, a fact that people often forget.
Technology: Some biblical basics from Sun and Shield:
I Kings 4 says that "And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that [is] on the sea shore." (verse 29--all quotes from scripture are KJV, as it is public domain) It goes on to say that he described plants, and taught about various kinds of animals. Proverbs 25:2b says that "the honour of kings [is] to search out a matter." These passages imply that trying to make scientific discoveries is part of what humans should be doing. One sort of "matter" that can be searched out is how the universe is made, including how living things are made. In this sense, scientists are pursuing glory.If more scientists were aware of whose glory it is they pursue, science would be perhaps the richest human endeavor.
Towards a Christian View of Science from John Dekker:
It is not enough to believe in God to be the creator of the world – he is also its sustainer. Hebrews 1:3 says that God upholds all things by the word of his power - this is what we call Providence. We need a faithful, covenant-keeping God for science to actually work. A God who can be depended on to make objects fall to earth in the same way tomorrow as today. Not a capricious, mutable God. This is not to say, of course, that God is predictable, but that he is a God of order.Boy is that a mouthful.
Thanks you Catez for doing this. Fantastic Idea.
