I hate it. Please keep in mind that I do not use the word 'hate' lightly, but this is one of the few things in this world that I absolutely hate and that makes me angry. Yes, science is sometimes wrong, and there are some problems with science and some prominent scientific theories that the scientific community in general refuses to see. But you know what? There are plenty of problems with organized religion, too. Pedophilia, abortion clinic bombings, jihad, hateful words to gays. Those are just the examples that immediately sprang to mind, and they are, perhaps, a bit extreme. There are plenty of other examples that are more pervasive and less widely condemned: the intolerance of the church (tattoos? skirt too short? piercing? think something (anything) that we don't? We'll just look at you sideways until you leave), the hypocrisy (I know there are starving children all over the world, and in our community, but our church really needs a new coat of paint). Religion and science are not two things that can't mix, not really. I hate the intolerance, on both sides. Both scientists and religious people are merely seeking after truth. In Romans, Paul wrote:
For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse. (Romans 1:20, NIV)It is perfectly valid to look for truth in nature and the universe--God did create it, after all, and some of His nature will show through--but it is an incomplete picture without also having a knowledge of God and His sacrifice for us.* However, I think it is also true that a knowledge of God without also having a knowledge of His creation also gives an incomplete picture.
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*I am indebted to Hugh Ross for this idea, which I discovered in his book Fingerprint of God.
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