Interesting discussion in last week’s Uncommon Knowledge:
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 and Part 5
Couple of thoughts
1. Though I do not have the knowledge in the life and physical sciences to judge what was stated concerning these areas in the discussion, I do agree that in general, that science goes with many unstated assumptions of our universe that one could almost say touches or actually are in the realm of faith.
2. I know that some espousing scientific-atheistic viewpoints have cheered postmodernism’s attack on faith, but this also shows how the scientific-atheistic positions can also be damaged by these same postmodern assaults.
3. About the statement from the Vatican, I also agree that science and faith are not mutually exclusive. They are two large branches from the same trunk and agree that faith should excite discovery. It is not surprising that the Jews, have distinguished themselves in the sciences, as exemplified by the number Nobel prizes to those of Jewish descent that are totally out of proportion to the percentage of population that they make up in the world. When it comes to achievement, the tiger mom has nothing on the Jewish mom.
4. I agree that the Old Testament is a book rich with complex layers of human experience with each other and the Divine, and confess that I have not read it as readily as the New Testament. I hope to rectify it in the future.
