Another Post on Science and Religion (sorry)

Just like the other classmates who have already posted, I am too going to write about science and religion. Yes, I am also a Christian. I also grew up in a Christian home doing Sunday School, AWANA, and attending youth groups. To me, my faith was an important aspect of my life, and it still is today.

As humans, I think we are more simple-minded that we really think we are. We like concrete things. We like to see things not only to understand, but to believe. This could mean that I need to visually see God, or a god to know that he’s real. Or maybe if I lived in the 1600’s I had to fly to space to realize the earth revolved around the sun.

People can use different evidence to prove the validity of the bible (I don’t have much knowledge on other religions which is why I label this as my biased perspective). This includes archeological evidence, biblical writings that match for thousands of years, and historical events lining up. Or Romans 1:20 as an argument to back up why people believe in God. However, this isn’t “universal reason.” For some people to believe there is a god, it means a god has to divinely show himself to the world or do something like stop world hunger.

I like to think science is black and white. I believe that the human body works the way it does because of experiments I’ve conducted and evidence used to back up what I am taught. I believe sound is from vibrations because I can feel or see vibrations causing noise. That’s concrete evidence. But I also think there’s a gray area in science; areas that still confuse scientists. It was just a few years ago that we actually had scientific evidence to back up Einstein’s idea of gravitational waves (and my brother who knows a lot about physics kept saying schools are going to have to change their curriculum on gravity). Apparently, the scientific method cannot prove itself. Yet, I’m using the scientific method for research I’m doing in class.

The world we live in cannot be explained as easily as our minds want it to. Sometimes, we can’t have hard evidence to back up our explanations, thoughts, or opinions. We’re stuck in the position we are because of our own desires to want to prove what we believe in. And sometimes, there is no concrete evidence, but faith. For me, what it comes down to is being able to explain the “why” in our beliefs. Why do you believe that science is correct? Why do you believe in the religion you do? Why do you think science and religion work together? And you may not believe in what I just said either, partially because this is not very eloquently worded and I’m writing this between studying about central venous lines and anemia, and maybe because you have a different set of opinions as myself.