Biblical Library---Replaced by Modern Science?
There are a host of respected scientists who are Christians and deeply value the Biblical narrative. They have cogently confronted the wave of radical anti-Christian arguments, exposed the fallacies and encourage respectful dialogue.
"Science is . . . a powerful way indeed, to study the natural world. science is not particularly effective . . . in making commentary about the supernatural world. Both worlds, for me, are quite real and quite important. They are investigated in different ways. They co-exist, they illuminate each other." (Francis Collins, Ph.D.,M.D. Chemist/Geneticist, Director National Health Center)
"Science can have a purifying effect on religion, freeing it from beliefs of a pre-scientific age and helping us to a truer concept of God. At the same time, I am far from believing that science will ever give us the answers to all our problems." (Nevill Mott, Ph.D. Nobel Prize in Physics)
"But the context of religion is a great background for doing science. In the words of Psalm 19: 'The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament shows his handiwork.' Thus, scientific research is a worshipful act, in that it reveals more of the wonders of God's creation."
(Arthur Schawlow, Ph.D. Nobel Prize in Physics, co-inventor of the Laser)
"You cannot put God to the test. God is not a subject to be manipulated but a subject to be met and ultimately to meet in awe and worship. Religious faith is not a question of shutting your eyes and gritting your teeth. It is a search for truth in a different domain."
(John Polkinghorne, Ph.D. Professor of Mathematical Quantum Physics, President of Queens College, Cambridge. Anglican Priest, Author of 26 books on the relationship between science and religion)
Science and the Bible are friends. Only bad science and bad theology are enemies. Scientific facts and Biblical facts will ultimately harmonize. Scientific interpretations and Biblical interpretations will conflict. A person who determines truth only by observing physical reality will never accept metaphysical reality until they encounter it and the veil is lifted.
"Science is . . . a powerful way indeed, to study the natural world. science is not particularly effective . . . in making commentary about the supernatural world. Both worlds, for me, are quite real and quite important. They are investigated in different ways. They co-exist, they illuminate each other." (Francis Collins, Ph.D.,M.D. Chemist/Geneticist, Director National Health Center)
"Science can have a purifying effect on religion, freeing it from beliefs of a pre-scientific age and helping us to a truer concept of God. At the same time, I am far from believing that science will ever give us the answers to all our problems." (Nevill Mott, Ph.D. Nobel Prize in Physics)
"But the context of religion is a great background for doing science. In the words of Psalm 19: 'The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament shows his handiwork.' Thus, scientific research is a worshipful act, in that it reveals more of the wonders of God's creation."
(Arthur Schawlow, Ph.D. Nobel Prize in Physics, co-inventor of the Laser)
"You cannot put God to the test. God is not a subject to be manipulated but a subject to be met and ultimately to meet in awe and worship. Religious faith is not a question of shutting your eyes and gritting your teeth. It is a search for truth in a different domain."
(John Polkinghorne, Ph.D. Professor of Mathematical Quantum Physics, President of Queens College, Cambridge. Anglican Priest, Author of 26 books on the relationship between science and religion)
Science and the Bible are friends. Only bad science and bad theology are enemies. Scientific facts and Biblical facts will ultimately harmonize. Scientific interpretations and Biblical interpretations will conflict. A person who determines truth only by observing physical reality will never accept metaphysical reality until they encounter it and the veil is lifted.
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