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Subject: which came first the chicken or the egg |
Bible Note: First, Curt, Welcome to the forum! It's good to see another reformed face in this crowd, even though you're from the outrageously liberal PCUSA:( (My prayers are for you, brother!) Francis Schaeffer wrote a little book "No Final Conflict." (I can no longer find my copy of it.) If I remember it correctly, he seemed to be making points similar to yours, but I no longer hold that position. I accept the definition of science you quoted, and I believe science and Christian scientists have a legitimate place. But that place is not that of revealing (natural revelation in the case of science) truth. In this position I disagree with another reformed member of this forum, Joe, who I highly regard, and many other fine believers here. Nonetheless, this is what I believe about science at this point. I was playing on your word "match," which you've happily improved it to "agree," "support" and "intersection." Should they agree? Not necessarily. One problem as you mentioned is world view. Because of an unbelieving scientist's world view, he may not even "see" the data properly. The other is, as I've said, since science does not discover truth it is not in the same ballpark as Scripture. It's only when Christians or unbelievers try to use it to "prove" or attack Christianity that it becomes an issue. Got to go. Pick up on this latter, if you're willing, Curt. Peace, Lionstrong |