Post by Johnny Gotham on May 10, 2005 20:31:17 GMT -5
People who subsribe to the theory of naturalism, which denies the presence of a supernatural God. This is an irrational position because it assumes that if "science" (which according to them cannot include the supernatural) can't validate something, then it cannot be true. This is unreasonable because science, though a noble profession, has it's limits. I have neither the time nor the space to explore this in full, so I will link to an excellent article by Doy Moyer at www.suite101.com/article.cfm/biblical_apologetics/48937. Besides, just because we can explain something scientifically doesn't mean God isn't involved. God created a set of physical laws which govern nature acording to his will. We can measure and study these physical laws through science. In other words, the Bible explains why God does something in nature, and science helps us to understand how he does it. There is no conflict at all, and it's a shame so few people can see that. Besides, there is too much order in nature for it all to have occured by random chance.
True science never conflicts with the Bible, as can be shown if you check out my "Good Science" section. In many cases, the Bible records scientific facts that had to be rediscovered, and in some cases discovered by modern science. This means that not only can Christians not be ashamed of the Bible, but that we don't have to say something ridiculus like "the devil put those bones there to confuse people." The only conflict here is between Christianity and the illogicall philosophy of naturalism. They are really just two ways of interpreting the same evidence (see www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v22/i1/creation.asp).
True science never conflicts with the Bible, as can be shown if you check out my "Good Science" section. In many cases, the Bible records scientific facts that had to be rediscovered, and in some cases discovered by modern science. This means that not only can Christians not be ashamed of the Bible, but that we don't have to say something ridiculus like "the devil put those bones there to confuse people." The only conflict here is between Christianity and the illogicall philosophy of naturalism. They are really just two ways of interpreting the same evidence (see www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v22/i1/creation.asp).