Argumentative Essay On Science And Religion
Who would have thought a farm girl from Arkansas would now be the senior astrophysicist at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Dr. Jennifer Wiseman first found her love of astronomy in the night skies of Arkansas, which led her to study at MIT and receive her Ph.D. from Harvard. Currently, she is working at NASA, and was appointed as the director of the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion.
During her lecture, Wiseman covered three main topics. First, the universe is beautiful. She displayed a picture of Beetlejuice, a constellation of orion, which was likely to explode sometime in the ‘near” future. She discussed the differences in colors, sizes, and density of stars. In addition, …show more content…
Wiseman to integrate her faith more into her lecture, but she did bring up some good points. She talked about Steven Weinberg, who said “the more the universe seems comprehensible the more it seems pointless”. I think God made the Heavens incomprehensible, because he himself is incomprehensible. He is more vast than we can ever imagine, and I think space is such a great example to understand that. She also discussed whether science and religion can address truth and agree. One aspect I really liked was how she said science is a tool that does not answer the questions asked by faith. They both seek truth, but in different dimensions. For example, she uses the cosmos in Genesis, to debate this idea. I really agree with the way she explained this idea, because I think science and religion go together. However, I don’t think they are searching for exactly the same idea in the same way, which is why they seem contradictory.
One of the most compelling aspects of her talk, was just the sheer size of the universe. The fact that looking through a straw produces millions of nebulas and billions of stars in hard to grasp. That there are planets and stars further than we can imagine, and more beautiful than we could hope. What I love about the sheer vastness of our universe, is that it reminds us that we are so small, yet so important to our creator, the creator of things so much bigger than we can imagine. Also, in general looking at the detail in every star and constellation. I can see how God uses nature as his love letter to
During her lecture, Wiseman covered three main topics. First, the universe is beautiful. She displayed a picture of Beetlejuice, a constellation of orion, which was likely to explode sometime in the ‘near” future. She discussed the differences in colors, sizes, and density of stars. In addition, …show more content…
Wiseman to integrate her faith more into her lecture, but she did bring up some good points. She talked about Steven Weinberg, who said “the more the universe seems comprehensible the more it seems pointless”. I think God made the Heavens incomprehensible, because he himself is incomprehensible. He is more vast than we can ever imagine, and I think space is such a great example to understand that. She also discussed whether science and religion can address truth and agree. One aspect I really liked was how she said science is a tool that does not answer the questions asked by faith. They both seek truth, but in different dimensions. For example, she uses the cosmos in Genesis, to debate this idea. I really agree with the way she explained this idea, because I think science and religion go together. However, I don’t think they are searching for exactly the same idea in the same way, which is why they seem contradictory.
One of the most compelling aspects of her talk, was just the sheer size of the universe. The fact that looking through a straw produces millions of nebulas and billions of stars in hard to grasp. That there are planets and stars further than we can imagine, and more beautiful than we could hope. What I love about the sheer vastness of our universe, is that it reminds us that we are so small, yet so important to our creator, the creator of things so much bigger than we can imagine. Also, in general looking at the detail in every star and constellation. I can see how God uses nature as his love letter to