I’ve been truly fascinated by the scientific community lately. Undoubtedly, this is entirely the result of my Theology and Science class I’m taking this term. For what it’s worth, here are a few more thoughts on the topic…
Not too long ago I engaged in a debate regarding the role of faith in scientific endeavors. Paul Davies, a self-proclaimed atheist from Australia, wrote an article for the NY Times claiming that at a certain level, all scientific research is faith-based. Although Davies did reference a number of Christian-specific issues to make his point, I feel that his examples were more for convenience/familiarity than anything else. Many of his references could just as easily used examples from any number of other world religions that insists on faith as a central tenant. In short, his argument boiled down to this thesis: all science is, at a certain level, based solely on faith. This faith has to do with certain presuppositions that everyone brings into a particular situation. With regards to science, simply the act of engaging in science at its most basic level requires faith that we can indeed “discover” something about a particular thing. The logic continues in that way…
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