God The Blible And Science
Danielle Sherstad
Mr. Millen
Philosophy 12 Hour 5
9 April 2013
God, the Bible, and Science There are many who believe that God and science are incompatible, but this is not so, William Lane Craig gives six examples in his article, “What is the Relationship between Science and Religion?” Such as, “Religion furnishes the conceptual framework in which science can flourish” (Craig) in other words it was because of religion, Christianity that birthed science. Second, “Science can both falsify and verify claims of religion. When religions make claims about the natural world, they intersect the domain of science and are, in effect, making predictions which scientific investigation can either verify or falsify” (Craig) Craig gives examples such as, the Greek and Indian religions that believed that the sky laid on Atlantis and that the earth rested on the back of a giant turtle, science disproved these; while science verifies that the Bible says that God created the earth and that nothing existed before then, John Barrow and Frank Tipler were able to discover that there was a creation out of nothing. Also, “Science encounters metaphysical problems which religion can help to solve” (Craig) like why do things exist, and how does one know they love? Now, “Religion can help to adjudicate between scientific theories” (Craig) and an example Craig gave was of the Special Theory of Relativity, Einstein believed that there was no “now” in time, but that every moment existed at the same time, but H.A. Lorentz believed that there is an absolute “now”, but because of motion effecting the means of measuring one cannot be completely sure which events are happening right now.
The fifth reason is, “Religion can augment the explanatory power of science” (Craig) such as the beginning of life, is evolution right, but then
Mr. Millen
Philosophy 12 Hour 5
9 April 2013
God, the Bible, and Science There are many who believe that God and science are incompatible, but this is not so, William Lane Craig gives six examples in his article, “What is the Relationship between Science and Religion?” Such as, “Religion furnishes the conceptual framework in which science can flourish” (Craig) in other words it was because of religion, Christianity that birthed science. Second, “Science can both falsify and verify claims of religion. When religions make claims about the natural world, they intersect the domain of science and are, in effect, making predictions which scientific investigation can either verify or falsify” (Craig) Craig gives examples such as, the Greek and Indian religions that believed that the sky laid on Atlantis and that the earth rested on the back of a giant turtle, science disproved these; while science verifies that the Bible says that God created the earth and that nothing existed before then, John Barrow and Frank Tipler were able to discover that there was a creation out of nothing. Also, “Science encounters metaphysical problems which religion can help to solve” (Craig) like why do things exist, and how does one know they love? Now, “Religion can help to adjudicate between scientific theories” (Craig) and an example Craig gave was of the Special Theory of Relativity, Einstein believed that there was no “now” in time, but that every moment existed at the same time, but H.A. Lorentz believed that there is an absolute “now”, but because of motion effecting the means of measuring one cannot be completely sure which events are happening right now.
The fifth reason is, “Religion can augment the explanatory power of science” (Craig) such as the beginning of life, is evolution right, but then
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