Does science actually test your faith?

Question

I saw this picture, and at first thought it was funny

http://www.vexappeal.com/lolgod/uploaded_images/groundfaith-714848.jpg

(its a picture of a fossil, with text: "I'm in ur ground... testin ur faith")

It then occured to me - science generally doesn't test people's faith. Usually people accept it AND their religion (though conflicts may be present) or they entirely dismiss science... what do you think?

Answer 1

They should enhance each other really.

Answer 2

I don't dismiss science at all. I just know that in many cases they have it wrong. Throughout the centuries science has changed and had to be modified because they had it wrong. The problem lies in that scientist of every age believes they know the facts...they don't consider they only know the facts based on the limits of the technology they have developed.

For instance we have this huge issue in the past few years with stem cell research. You had scores of scientists saying we were throwing science in the garbage and destroying the lives of millions by not destroying embryos to do stem cell research.

Not only has stem cell research proven no successes where as adult stem cell research has, but with proper incentive science pursued other avenues and have now discovered an incredibly easy, efficient way to create stem cells without having to destroy human embryos. The technology was there in front of their faces the whole time but they were so sure they were right about embryonic stem cells they couldn't see it. They believed that was the only way to get stem cells...they were wrong.

Scientist believed the world was flat...they were wrong...they Bible says it's round and it was written before science figured it out.

Science believed that you had bleed someone to get the sickness out...the Bible says the life in the blood.

Science believed that the sun, moon and stars revolved around the earth....they were wrong and the Bible tells the truth.

Often science is wrong and it has to be corrected over the years. How many drugs have they created that kill people? How many treatments for mental illness proved to be wrong? How many times has science discovered a new deeper aspect to a subject when they thought they knew everything.

I respect science but I don't believe it is the source of all information and that they don't often have it all wrong.

It takes more faith to believe that the world with all it's complexities, intricacies, and perfect harmony happened by accident. If that were true I could go out back put a handful of mud in a bag, shake it, bake it, and manipulate it enough to create something alive....not possible. Only God can do that.

Answer 3

With that picture... that means nothing. There is nothing in the bible saying that dinosaurs dont exist. So when i see that picture, i see another species that has become extinct.

And.. no science does not test my faith. Mostly because there is nothing scientific that can testy my faith. In fact, there are many more scientific evidence that there is a higher power (namely GOD) than there is evidence that there is not.
ex. There are 50 universal constancies (charge of an electron, distance from sun and others too) that if they changed by a fraction of a percent, life on earth would not be possible. Thats not all, there are many other things too. So as far as im concerned, science should keep exploring for "the truth" because it supports what others are so easily willing to deny.

Answer 4

I think people need to understand that the world came about the way science explains it. this doesn't mean that God didn't do it this way. Science can explain everything God has done because God is the greatest of scientist. if you could create a world would you poof it into existence or would you start from the ground up just like God did?
Perhaps God caused the big bang and then with his infinite power speed up the processes that should have taken billions of years so that it only took six thousand. God can do anything and anything is possible were God is concerned.

Answer 5

I don't understand how a fossil in the ground would test my faith??

I believe carbon dating itself is flawed. But I definately believe that dinosaurs roamed the earth prior to the flood.

Science is interesting, as a person of faith I have to take all that "scientific evidence" with a grain of salt because, you can't take out the human error or agenda factors.

Answer 6

I consider myself a Christian, and attend church services weekly with my family and do my best to be the best person I can be according to the text of the Bible. Do i fail often. You bet I do. Is my faith tested by everyday life and by science. Sure it is.

Dinosaurs generally are going to test the idea of Creation versus Evolution. Now you are going to find those Christians that very much believe the Earth and everything in it was created in a very real 6 day period.

With that being said, most Christians, from my knowledge, see the story of Creation in Genesis as a representation of what God did in creating the heavens and the earth. I tend to beleive evolution and the "big bang" were tools of our Lord. Am I trying to simply make science fit in with what i beleive from the Bible? Maybe, I am not so sure though. After all had the bible started out with "Billions of years ago a single pressurrized form of mass so compact its gravtity would simply fall in on itself.... etc." I don't think people would have understood, that God was simply letting them he was there and responsible for their exsistance.

The Bible was written in a time far passed by our current knowledge and had to be written in that language and with those knowledge restraints. Otherwise it would be like us reading a "Making your own Time Machine for Dummies"... we wouldnt get it.

Answer 7

Science only supports faith. The complexities of this world and the universe strongly suggest that there is a higher power at work behind it all. I'm a Catholic, but I also love science, and I don't think one is completely right over the other. In a way, they need one another to balance themselves.

Answer 8

I think most people accept science as reality. Only the faith of fundamentalists is tested when faced with the truths that science gives us.

Answer 9

I consider myself a fundamental Christian, and no science does not test my faith. I have yet to see anything on this earth that conflicts with my faith in God. If you were to prove to me the Big Bang theory is how this universe came about, I would accept it and tell you that God caused it. See how they can co-exist?

Answer 10

Science does not test my Faith. Science is made by man, and like religions, is flawed. I don't put my Faith in anything man made. My Faith is in the Lord Jesus and His Word.

Answer 11

It's true. When a scientific discovery conflicts with someones faith, they initially reject it. This is until the evidence becomes overwhelming at which point they adopt the findings and claim that there was never really a conflict and that it never challenged a core tenet of their faith. Some would even begin to say the new information proves their faith.