Discovering God in Nature...
It is for me a profound thing that God has ordered the universe
such that the cognitive minds He created can explore the intricacies of His
handiwork. Dr. Stephen Meyer's book that I reference on page 28 says this
about Sir Isaac Newton: "Not only did he [Newton] extol the order and
uniformity of nature as a reflection of God's character and superintending care
of creation; he argued for the existence of God based on the design evident in
nature- in short, for a “God Hypothesis."(1)
Newton wrote, “Gravity explains the motions of the planets,
but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.” Modern molecular
biologists explain how the propagation of life depends on the
intricate coding found in DNA but stops short of explaining where
such a coding can come from."
Nature reveals the reality, character, and attributes of
God. I know this instinctively but also enjoy having it
reenforced with the science of such scientist as Meyer, Davies and
Polkinghorne. John Polkinghorne, Cambridge physicist, provided some of my
favorite reading. I am attracted to Dr.
Polkinghorne not just because of how his physics developed my understanding of God in nature,
but also because he is an Anglican Priest as I am.
(1) Return of the God Hypothesis: Three Scientific Discoveries that Reveal the Mind behind the Universe, HarperCollins Publishers, New York, 2021
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