Do you believe in science, or do you believe in God?  That is the choice that the modern world would have you make.  Science, they say, is the province of reason; faith is irrational or non-rational belief.  Pick one or the other, but you can’t have both. 

But that has not been the view for most of history.  The great scientist Louis Pasteur said, “The more I study nature, the more I stand amazed at the work of the Creator. Science brings men nearer to God.”  He understood that science belonged to God, and studying it actually reinforced faith, rather than undermining it.

So what changed?  Neil Postman has written:

“But in the end, science does not provide the answers most of us require. Its story of our origins and of our end is, to say the least, unsatisfactory. To the question, “How did it all begin?”, science answers, “Probably by an accident.” To the question, “How will it all end?”, science answers, “Probably by an accident.” And to many people, the accidental life is not worth living. Moreover, the science-god has no answer to the question, “Why are we here?” and, to the question, “What moral instructions do you give us?”, the science-god maintains silence.”

As Postman observes, modern man has made science its god.  You see, the question is not whether you believe in science or you believe in God—the questions is whether you believe that science belongs to God, or that God belongs to science.  The answer to that question, science also cannot answer—and how you answer will make all the difference.

Now, for the Friday Funnies:

A bank robber enters a bank, walks up to the bank teller, and says, “Give me all the money or you’re geography!” The confused bank teller replies, “Did you mean to say ‘or you’re history?'” The robber says, “Don’t change the subject!”

Have a wonderful day.