Monday, October 25, 2010

God and Science

I don't believe in God, I believe in science.

Thus goes the worn line suggesting that somehow the study of the material world is negating the case for an immaterial being. Of course, the irony in the last statement is thick. I think, though, that the irony approaches absurdity as we look at just a brief overview of a few different branches.

-Biology: In 1859, a pinnacle was reached as the naturalistic worldview was completed. Naturalists now had a creation story that could rival any account from Genesis. In the words of Richard Dawkins, it was Darwin who "made it possible to be an intellectually fulfilled atheist."

However, since then, this creation story has taken some unexpected turns... leaving many to render it improbable, some, impossible.

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