A christian Scientist?

Question

Is it possible to be both a Christian and a serious scientist?

Answer 1

Anything is possible, but I would say it is unlikely.

Answer 2

Yes, a person can be a serious scientist and a Christian. The two are not mutually exclusive, as some Creationists and Atheists would have you believe. Not every Christian scientist is a Creationist. I am a Christian. I am also a geologist. Do I believe that God created the Earth and everything in it? Yes. Do I believe I know how God did it? No. I won't presume to know how God did it.
I know what is going on today. I think that the processes that are happening today have operated in the past. Maybe at different rates, but the same processes. I believe, from what I have seen and studied, that changes in the Earth's flora, fauna, and geology have happened gradually over time and rapidly (sometimes catastrophically), it just depends on the individual event.
And what do I know about God? Just what He has chosen to reveal about himself. I know that God is timeless, he exists in the past, present, and future seamlessly because he is outside of time. Time is a man-made concept. That's why I think that Creationists who believe that the earth is only a few thousand years old are full of it.
Well, I could go on and on about this subject, but I will cut it off here.

Answer 3

Absolutely! Science takes nothing away from Christianity. It does not make life any less of a miracle to understand how it is continued. All miracles are strict extensions of natural law - It may be law we do not yet understand, but it is law. Like raising from the dead (happens in hospitals everyday now), or trying to explain a mystery by finding an acceptable physical cause for it. God commends knowledge.

Edit: Besides, the Bible only speaks of life as it came from within the Garden of Eden, (Adam and Eve) not about what was naturally progressing in the wilderness outside.

Answer 4

As of yet there has been no proof that God doesn't exist, but there have been many scientific discoveries. So yes, you can be a Christian and a serious scientist. As of right now they don't completley contradict each other. Of course if it comes to that you can't deny the proof.

Answer 5

You cannot sit on the fence and be divided with what you believe. God created the earth and the universe and everyliving thing, not some big bang theory. you cannot serve two masters. You cannot stay a scientist because it's big money for you, and not accept and live by the Word of God.

Matthew 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

That would make that scientist a hypocrite.

Answer 6

I guess it depends on the science and how well the person can balance the two subjects. I would bet that there are quite a few christian chemists. It would not be suprising to find a lot of christian paleontologists who view evolution as part of creation. I would doubt you would find many serious fundamentalist christian paleontologists though.

Answer 7

Yes!!! I know several. When one is a serious student of the bible, and not just a religious pharisee, one sees the bible confirms true science and visa versa. The problem is that usually you have people who aren't true students of the bible who are calling themselves Christians. There is a Creation- Evidence museum in D/FW. I believe the guy who founded it was a serious paleontologist.

Answer 8

Sure, but it's difficult. I applied at Liberty University, Oral Roberts U., and Bob Jones U for admission in their PhD programs. I wanted to get it in either Astrophysics and Cosmology (e.g. 'Big Bang'), human anthropology, or developmental Biology with emphasis in human cloning. They didn't have the professionalism to give me a response.
Heck, I even said I'd pay good money for the PhD too ($1200).
What grumps,
Jim Oss
Wa Keeney, Kansas
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Answer 9

Of course it is.
It is only a true small mind that cannot find the parallels between the Big Bang and "Let there be Light"
I have seen thru the microscope and my first responce was...'Oh my God!'
As long a people put down their misconceptions and preconceived notions they would realize that religion and science are not opposites.

Answer 10

yes, sure it is possible because the major of scientists r christians and do believe in god

Answer 11

absolutely. Where do people get the idea that being a Christian means being "against" science. This is a strange idea to me. Christianity and science go very well hand in hand. I'm not sure why people think differently.