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A theologian said, using God to explain what we
don’t understand may lead to conflicts, but God viewed as creator of
nature and its laws is better appreciated as science advances,
revealing those laws. A good example is lightning, which was once
considered God’s wrath but is now understood as the discharge of static
electricity.
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It’s
amazing how similar are these two descriptions of creation that
originated thousands of years apart and from such different
philosophies. Of course the numbers on the bottom are very different,
but perhaps they aren't the most important part of the message.
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Pope
John Paul II explained that if scientific truth seems to contradict the
truth of faith, the fault must be in our inadequate understanding of
one or both, since there can be only one truth.
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| Science and Faith, when practiced by people of
good will, are both sincere efforts to seek Truth, something that none
of us can change but that all of us should value. Just as we see better
with two eyes that view the world from slightly different prospectives,
wisely combining Science and Faith may lead to a better society. |
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