Science and Religion

Being an engineer with great love for math and science, I very much enjoyed a conference last week sponsored by the Diocese of SC.  All the speakers except one were world-class scientists comfortable with the relationship of science with their Christian Faith. The other speaker was a bishop who is very comfortable with his theology and its relationship with the sciences.  These speakers affirmed the understanding that the Lord is the master engineer, biologist, physicist and mathematician, and that there is not a conflict between His science and the Christian Faith.
 
Science intellectually attempts to answer the “how” questions of the universe; Christianity as a religion based on revelation from God gives us the “why” of the universe.  The synergy between science and the Christian Faith wonderfully reveal the workings of God’s world to us.
 
What I gained most from this conference, however, was a better understanding of a different sort of religion, Scientism. The core belief of Scientism is that science can explain the world without belief in the creating and sustaining hand of God.  I learned that Scientism requires far more faith than I can muster.                                                                                                                 Rob+