What do I believe – 2 years later? part 4

This is part 4 of my reflections on what I believe. As explained in part 1 (found here), I wrote a blog post over two years ago titled “What do I believe?” I plan to look at that original post after I’ve finished this series. I have no idea how many posts I’ll write this round. My first post focused on my struggles with a bodily resurrection. The second focused on the Holy Spirit. The third focused on the Bible. For this post, I will focus on the other “world” I navigate: science

This one should be pretty easy: I don’t believe in science. Nope, not at all. See…that was easy. 

Perhaps I should explain. I don’t believe in science because science is not based on belief. Science is based on evidence. I know many who love to advocate that science is based on belief. Sadly, they are mistaken. Ken Ham, the CEO and founder of Answers in Genesis as well as the Creation Museum and the Ark Encounter, both in Kentucky, consistently attacks evolution or the big bang theory using this tactic. For example, with respect to evolution, Ham referred to evolution as the “blind faith anti-God religion” in a tweet on October 14. Or in a series of tweets on October 28, Ham used the phrase “religion of atheistic evolution” in his attacks on how Christianity is perceived in the UK. With respect to the big bang, Ham consistently referred to it as a “belief” in a series of tweets on October 14. These are just a few of the countless examples from Ham and others showing how they make every effort to equate science with belief. Just calling something a “religion” or “belief” doesn’t make it true. 

There are several issues with this tactic. I will touch on just a few here. First, as I already said, science, which includes evolution and the big bang (obviously), is not based on belief. Science is based on evidence. In order to make conclusions, scientists have to have evidence to back them up. I recognize this is an overly-simplistic explanation of science and there’s more to science than just evidence, but this is good for my purposes here. Second, suggesting that science is based on belief is part of the larger argument that someone can’t accept the conclusions of the scientific community and still be a person of faith (i.e. the “either-or” argument). This creates confusion for those who recognize the benefits from scientific advancements as well as from their own faith community. 

I could provide more examples and dig even deeper, but I don’t think I need to do that for this post. Besides, I plan to go into more depth on this topic in the book I’m currently writing. Stay tuned to this site to learn more about that project.

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