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Angels

Demons
Part 1 Science vs. Faith
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Angels

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Part 1 Science vs. Faith
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THE TRUTH ABOUT SCIENCE AND FAITH
Science and faith are both seeking the truth
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The heavens proclaim the glory of God. The skies
display his craftsmanship. Day after day they
continue to speak night after night they make
him known. They speak without a sound or word
their voice is never heard. Yet their message has
gone throughout the earth, and their words to all
the world.
Psalm 191-4 (NLT)
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Faith illuminates science Science
illuminates faith
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Science and religion are complementary, both
seeking truth through motivated belief but at
different levelsscience on the impersonal
universe and religion on the level of the
transpersonal reality of God. - John Polkinghorne
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THE TRUTH ABOUT SCIENCE AND FAITH
The Christian Church has a long history of
promoting scientific progress
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Modern science and education, liberal
democracy, and capitalism flourished in Western
civilization precisely because of the
Judeo-Christian worldview. - Charles Colson
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Although popular images of controversy continue
to exemplify the supposed hostility of
Christianity to new scientific theories, studies
have shown that Christianity has often nurtured
and encouraged scientific endeavour, while at
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other times the two have co-existed without
either tension or attempts at harmonization. If
Galileo and the Scopes trial come to mind as
examples of conflict, they were the exceptions
rather than the rule. Gary Ferngren
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Christian theology was necessary for the rise of
science Christianity depicts God as a rational,
responsive, dependable, and omnipotent being and
the universe as His personal creation, thus
having a rational, lawful, stable structure,
awaiting human
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comprehension In contrast with the dominant
religious and philosophical doctrines in the
non-Christian world, Christians developed science
because they believed it could be done, and
should be done. - Rodney Stark
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And you must love the Lord your God with all
your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all
your strength.
Mark 1230 (NLT)
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Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD.
Isaiah 118 (NIV)
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THE TRUTH ABOUT SCIENCE AND FAITH
In most cases, there is no interaction between
science and faith
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THE TRUTH ABOUT SCIENCE AND FAITH
When they do interact, science and the Christian
faith are compatible
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Since the beginning of time, spirituality and
religion have been called on to fill in the gaps
that science did not understand. The rising and
setting of the sun was once attributed to Helios
and a flaming chariot. Earthquakes and tidal
waves were the wrath of Poseidon. Science has now
proven those gods to be false idols. Soon all
Gods will be proven to be false idols. Max
Kohler
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They know the truth about God because he has made
it obvious to them. For ever since the world was
created, people have seen the earth and sky.
Through everything God made, they can clearly see
his invisible qualitieshis eternal power and
divine nature.
Romans 119-20 (NLT)
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Christ is the visible image of the invisible God.
He existed before anything was created and is
supreme over all creation Everything was created
through him and for him.
Colossians 115-16 (NLT)
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THE TRUTH ABOUT SCIENCE AND FAITH
When there is an apparent contradiction, either
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• The science is wrong
• My interpretation of Gods revelation is wrong

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You placed the world on its foundation so it
would never be moved.
Psalm 1045 (NLT)
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Often a non-Christian knows something about the
earth, the heavens, and the other parts of the
world, about the motions and orbits of the stars
and even their sizes and distances,... and this
knowledge he holds with certainty from reason and
experience. It is thus offensive and disgraceful
for an unbeliever to hear a
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Christian talk nonsense about such things,
claiming that what he is saying is based in
Scripture. We should do all that we can to avoid
such an embarrassing situation, lest the
unbeliever see only ignorance in the Christian
and laugh to scorn. - Augustine
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Angels

Demons
Part 1 Science vs. Faith