My Reasons to Believe

I had good friend spend the night at my house a few nights ago, and we started to talk about science and God and what the two subjects meant together. And I realized that this was one subject that, though close to my heart, I hadn't discussed on my blog.

I have always had a strong interesting in science. Since I was a little kid I have always believed that science and the Bible are compatible, and that they are actually two examples of the same thing: God's love for us. Three years ago when I went to school I was made to memorize something by my science teacher that I still treasure and think back on daily. It is called Neander's Law:

Neander’s Law

God reveals himself in his word, as he does in his works.
In both we see a self-revealing, self-concealing God.
Who makes himself know only to those who earnestly seek him.
In both we find stimulants to faith, and occasions for unbelief; in both we find apparent contradictions, whose higher harmony is hidden except from him who gives up his whole mind in reverence; In both, in a word, it is a law of revelation that the heart of man should be tested in receiving it; and that in the spiritual life as well as in the bodily, man must eat his bread in the sweat of his brow.

Augustus Neander, Life of Christ, 1851



I know some Christians don't really like or appreciate science. They seem to think "Science=Evolution=Sin". But true science does nothing but add weight to the evidence of a biblical creator. As Christians we need to be prepared to give a defense of what we believe. And whether you accept science or not, it can be a wonderful defense. So please, don't write it off simply because you don't agree with the theory of evolution.



Cheers!

Your Literary Junkophile.


Amendment 1: In many ways I feel closest to God when I'm studying science. I wonder what my very anti-christian former Chemistry professor would think if I told him I learned more about God's nature in his class then in a year of Sunday school classes?


Amendment 2:If anyone is interested, I can recommend a few books (Christan and non-Christian) that describe the natural world in such a way that you can't help but be strengthened in your faith.