One thing that I've never understood is why people think science and religion can't mix. I don't see them as mutually exclusive. My point of view on science and religion is this. I apply the scientific method to everything as much as I can even the bible. What I can't explain I take on faith. I'll give you an example.
This was a long time ago so my recollection might not be 100% accurate. It was a television show about trying to apply scientific principles to explain events in the bible. The 'scientists' were going out of their way to try to debunk the bible, but I paid them little mind. What it was about was explaining the destruction of Sodom and Gamora.
It was basically to the effect of rather than an act of God destroying the cities, a meteor skipping across the atmosphere could have had the same effect, causing some sort of reaction in atmosphere that would incinerate the cities with enough heat to melt stone. My point is, what's to say God didn't put the meteor on course to do the same thing?
My personal point of view is that God probably does use the laws of physics to achieve a lot of what he wants to do. Does that mean he's limited by them? Of course not. God wrote the book on physics as it were and he's transcendent, capable of doing anything he wants regardless of any physics.
Here's a little joke before I go. I found a way to reconcile the bible with the Big Bang theory: God sneezed.
This was a long time ago so my recollection might not be 100% accurate. It was a television show about trying to apply scientific principles to explain events in the bible. The 'scientists' were going out of their way to try to debunk the bible, but I paid them little mind. What it was about was explaining the destruction of Sodom and Gamora.
It was basically to the effect of rather than an act of God destroying the cities, a meteor skipping across the atmosphere could have had the same effect, causing some sort of reaction in atmosphere that would incinerate the cities with enough heat to melt stone. My point is, what's to say God didn't put the meteor on course to do the same thing?
My personal point of view is that God probably does use the laws of physics to achieve a lot of what he wants to do. Does that mean he's limited by them? Of course not. God wrote the book on physics as it were and he's transcendent, capable of doing anything he wants regardless of any physics.
Here's a little joke before I go. I found a way to reconcile the bible with the Big Bang theory: God sneezed.