Wednesday, September 22, 2004
A Question of Faith
An acquaintance of mine, A born-again Christian who considers himself very spritual and godly, believes that the study of science inherently promotes
secular humanism. (I wonder where he read that--or maybe his non-scientist pastor told him this.) He worries that scientific study will corrupt my soul. He was surprised when I told him that many scientists are Christians, as he is, and that there are Christian associations of scientists.
How little faith must one have to assume that logic, reasoning and the pursuit of science will ultimately undermine his beliefs?
How much faith does someone
really have if she plugs her ears whenever a challenging question is asked?
Contrary to some assumptions, inquiry, exploration and discovery usually makes one's faith stronger.
It's called The Pursuit of
Truth. Only those of weak faith fear it.
Okay--now I'm really
going back to studying!
