God vs. Science

This has been one of the biggest debates in modern day history... God vs. Science. I have had my own views on this subject, but it wasn't till recently that I read the best way to answer this ongoing argument. I personally believe that this is one of the most ridiculous debates in history.. God and science are not separate but the same. In the book The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine, one of the most influential thinkers of the American Enlightenment, he says:

"God is the mechanic of the universe and so knowledge of God is knowledge of the workings of the universe - geometry, astronomy, physics, and the other sciences. Devotion to these sciences will lead to the knowledge of scientific principles. These are the actual truths of God... It is only in the creation that all our ideas and conceptions of a word of God can unite. The creation speaketh an universal language, independently of human speech or human language, multiplied and various they be. It cannot be forged; it cannot be counterfeited; it cannot be lost; it cannot be altered; it cannot be suppressed. It does not depend upon the will of man whether it shall be published or not; it publishes itself from one end of the earth to the other. It preaches to all nations and to all worlds; and this word of God reveals to man all that is necessary for man to know God"

In other words the principles that govern this world and are applied in various forms of math and science are the true word of God. In science we discover the inner workings of this world He created. The whole debate between God and science stemmed from the inconsistency of scientific theories and religious scripture. I am personally a believer of both, but I must point out to both parties that theories and scripture are both man made. Evolutionist will argue that their theories have proof but how many times in history have we humans believed in scientific theories that later were proven false. Are we to be so arrogant to think that there isn't the slightest possibility that the theories we believe in now might be wrong. And the religious activist will say that the Bible's authors were inspired by God... God told them what to write. But this still means it was written by man and until God speaks to you personally and says He wrote the Bible... we are still believing in what men wrote. And as well all know men are far from infallible.

Now take this into consideration. Can you honestly tell me that when you look around at this world, and as you grow in knowledge about the workings of this world.. that there isn't a higher power? Everything is perfect... from the position of the earth in the universe to the molecules and inner workings of the human body to nature and all her glory... Even the big bang theory, which is widely accepted as the birth of the universe. For example in order for there to be the existence of intelligent life several constants had to be true. Here are three examples from A Case for Faith by Lee Strobel; 1.) if the rate of the universe expansion 1 second after the big bang had been smaller by one part in one hundred thousand million million, the universe would have collapsed. 2.) If the initial conditions of the universe were different by one followed by one thousand billion billion zeros the star systems would not have been able to form. 3.) If the strength in gravity was changed by one part in 10 to the 100th power it would have prevented life permitting universe. (to put this in perspective it is estimated that there are between 10 to the 69th power and 10 to the 81st power atoms in the universe) Knowing this it seems only logical that it was intelligent design that made the universe. Paul Davies, a once aganostic, said "Through my scientific work I have come to believe more and more strongly that the physical universe is put together with an ingenuity so astonishing that I cannot accept it merely as brute fact. There must be, it seems to me, a deeper level of explanation."

You do not need to choose between God and science. It is not a war between one and the other because God is science and science is God. You need look no further than your own backyard or the park around the corner to see the beauty and perfection of this world made and governed by God and science as one.