“Question Everything 1”
Psalm 19
“Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, lack of evidence…” Richard Dawkins
Has science undermined and ruined the claims of Christianity?
1.Conflict
2.Independence
3.Harmony
Psalm 19:1-2
1 The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. 2 Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge.
Psalm 19:7-8
7 The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple; 8 the precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes;
In other words David harmonizes science and scripture as sources that give us knowledge of God and ultimately lead us into the worship of God…
“Man descended from apes, therefore we must love one another”
“To say it for all my colleagues and for the umpteenth millionth time: Science simply cannot by its legitimate methods adjudicate the issue of God’s possible superintendence of nature. We neither affirm not deny it…Either half of my colleagues are enormously stupid, or else the science of Darwinism is fully compatible with conventional religious beliefs-and equally compatible with atheism.” –Stephen J. Gould
Psalm 93:1 The Lord reigns; he is robed in majesty; the Lord is robed; he has put on strength as his belt. Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved.
“We must not, then, as Christians, assume an attitude of antagonism toward the truths of reason, or the truths of philosophy, or the truths of science, or the truths of history, or the truths of criticism. As children of the light, we must be careful to keep ourselves open to every ray of light. Let us, then, cultivate an attitude of courage as over against the investigations of the day. None should be more zealous in them than we. None should be more quick to discern truth in every field, more hospitable to receive it, more loyal to follow it, wherever it leads.” B.B. Warfield