Comments on: How to Mix Science and Faith http://burningprairie.com/posts/how-to-mix-science-and-faith/ Cleaning up my house, one mess at a time. Mon, 26 Apr 2010 22:05:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: kiosan http://burningprairie.com/posts/how-to-mix-science-and-faith/#comment-56 kiosan Sat, 05 Apr 2008 00:35:14 +0000 http://burningprairie.com/?p=32#comment-56 My father is a brilliant man, truly, and I love him dearly and thank him unboundedly for his part in making me who I am. Yet I discovered not long ago that he does not accept evolution - at all. Now, I grew up in a science-oriented home. My dad was in chemistry; my mom did post-graduate work. It was a shock to turn out an atheist and discover that it was the inadvertant work of very sincere liberal Christians. All of which is, I guess, a roundabout way of coming to the point - perfectly good and intelligent people can have divergent beliefs when it comes to faith. Though I will never espouse that of my parents, I know them to be excellent people, and would not brook hearing otherwise. My father is a brilliant man, truly, and I love him dearly and thank him unboundedly for his part in making me who I am. Yet I discovered not long ago that he does not accept evolution – at all.

Now, I grew up in a science-oriented home. My dad was in chemistry; my mom did post-graduate work. It was a shock to turn out an atheist and discover that it was the inadvertant work of very sincere liberal Christians.

All of which is, I guess, a roundabout way of coming to the point – perfectly good and intelligent people can have divergent beliefs when it comes to faith. Though I will never espouse that of my parents, I know them to be excellent people, and would not brook hearing otherwise.

]]> By: Dean Lewis http://burningprairie.com/posts/how-to-mix-science-and-faith/#comment-51 Dean Lewis Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:38:45 +0000 http://burningprairie.com/?p=32#comment-51 "don’t try to make God, or your Truth, more manageable by trying to shrink Him down to your size" Exactoprecisamundo! :) This is pretty much what I tell people when they begin to lecture me about what is correct and incorrect regarding religion. The fact they reject the evidence in front of them and deny that things very well could have happened just as scientists say puts limits on their supposedly limitless God. My Episcopal upbringing never taught me to not ask questions, to follow blindly, or to deny what is in front of me. I'm glad of that, even as I move more universalist in my religious thinking. Thanks for this excellent article, BP! “don’t try to make God, or your Truth, more manageable by trying to shrink Him down to your size”

Exactoprecisamundo! :) This is pretty much what I tell people when they begin to lecture me about what is correct and incorrect regarding religion. The fact they reject the evidence in front of them and deny that things very well could have happened just as scientists say puts limits on their supposedly limitless God. My Episcopal upbringing never taught me to not ask questions, to follow blindly, or to deny what is in front of me. I’m glad of that, even as I move more universalist in my religious thinking.

Thanks for this excellent article, BP!

]]> By: Shush http://burningprairie.com/posts/how-to-mix-science-and-faith/#comment-49 Shush Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:51:44 +0000 http://burningprairie.com/?p=32#comment-49 Beautifully written! God is the father of science. Believe in and love both. Beautifully written! God is the father of science. Believe in and love both.

]]> By: Brave Sir Robin http://burningprairie.com/posts/how-to-mix-science-and-faith/#comment-48 Brave Sir Robin Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:03:57 +0000 http://burningprairie.com/?p=32#comment-48 Wow, what an excellent post. I am no longer a believer, but had I been exposed to more Christians with your beliefs, I might still be. <i>don’t try to make God, or your Truth, more manageable by trying to shrink Him down to your size. It won’t work. Grow in your own faith, or Truth, until you can accept that others might not share that Truth or faith, but that the difference doesn’t lessen yours at all.</i> That is an amazing truth in its own right Wow, what an excellent post.
I am no longer a believer, but had I been exposed to more Christians with your beliefs, I might still be.

don’t try to make God, or your Truth, more manageable by trying to shrink Him down to your size. It won’t work. Grow in your own faith, or Truth, until you can accept that others might not share that Truth or faith, but that the difference doesn’t lessen yours at all.

That is an amazing truth in its own right

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