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Hasn’t science disproven the Bible? 

God is not afraid of science. God created it! The Christian faith is based on a God who created the universe with laws, order, and stability. It is that foundational belief that makes science possible!

Did you know that the vast majority of the fathers of modern science were Christians? Galileo, Kepler, Pascal, Boyle, Faraday, Clerk Maxwell, Newton, and Bacon (who invented the scientific method). They weren’t just casual Christians either, they were committed Christians. If you read some of the things they wrote, you’ll see the strength of their faith and how their belief in God was one of the biggest drivers of their scientific curiosity.  

Not only that, but 65% of all Nobel Prize winners have been Christians. God is not afraid of science. 

You can be an open-minded, critically thinking, scientifically curious, committed Christian. When Jesus was asked what the most important commandment was, He responded by saying, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength.” What Jesus is telling us is that we don’t have to turn our brains off to believe in God. Instead, our minds need to be fully engaged! 

The perceived conflict between science and the Bible comes from misunderstanding science or misinterpreting the Bible. 

So, let’s talk about the Bible. What is it? The Bible is not a textbook with the answers to all of our questions. The Bible is a story that gives wisdom and leads to Jesus. Here’s why this is important: because if you don’t know what something is, you won’t know what it’s trying to do. 

The Bible is God’s Word for us, but it wasn’t originally written to us. The Bible is a collection of biographies, histories, letters, prophecies, poems, parables and more that were originally written to a people living in a different time, place, and culture, and speaking a different language than we do. Because of that, in order to properly understand the Bible, we have to start by asking the question: What did this mean then? Then we can start to understand what it means now. 

What about science, though? Science is a tool that helps us discover the truth about the natural world. Francis Collins, a renowned scientist, described this relationship beautifully when he said: “Science investigates the natural world. If God has any meaning at all, God is outside of the natural world. It is a complete misuse of the tools of science to apply them to this discussion.” 

God is not afraid of science. And you don’t have to be either. You can be an open-minded, critically thinking, scientifically curious, committed Christian.

Want to learn more about this topic? Check out the book Can Science Explain Everything? by Professor John Lennox.