I came across a quote today that grabbed my attention:
Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind. --Albert Einstein
At first I got all offended.
After all, it's been pounded into me my entire life that "faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see." (Hebrews 11:1)
Nope, no science necessary for faith, Christianity, or religion in general.
But then I thought about it a little more.
Something I've been discovering about myself over the past several months is that nature is one of the most concrete ways in which I see God.
Nature is one of the most-studied things by scientists.
And then it clicked:
God is the God of science.
He created the elements on the periodic table.
He created every atom, molecule, and quark that humans haven't learned to see.
He created the process of photosynthesis.
He created meteor showers.
Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.
There's really no way to go through a day on this planet without experiencing God through science, whether or not we choose to acknowledge it.
The two are so intermarried that there's no way to untangle them.
In our culture, there is much separation among various disciplines.
But God created it all, and it's all a reflection of His image.
So as usual, Einstein is right: there's really no reason to even try to separate religion from any other aspect of life.
How can I stand here with You
And not be moved by You?
1 comment:
One of the first deviations away from my "church of god" era, eventually leading me to no longer call myself christian, was my obsession with american transcendentalism (believing you can learn about god from nature, emerson/throeau).
I'm still a fan.
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