Finding God in Science 1
When writing about atheism and evolution, I often attack the scientific community as a whole, primarily because the evolutionary model is accepted by the majority. However, such a generalization fails to recognize a large portion of scientists (up to 40%) who actually believe in God:
What’s more encouraging than scientists who already believe in God are those that are discovering God with each new scientific breakthrough. Their realizations are inspiring, and display honesty that is unfortunately rare among many scientists today.…and not just some metaphysical abstraction, but a deity who takes an active interest in our affairs and hears our prayers: the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. (Science Resurrects God, The Wall Street Journal (December 24, 1997)
That said, I’m going to post some quotes (weekly? monthly? I don’t know.) from astrophysicists, biologists, chemists, cosmologists and more, that show an awakening to the idea of God in the elegance of their discoveries.
This first quote is one of my favorites. Physicist Robert Jastrow (a self-proclaimed agnostic) says this:
For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance; he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries.
UPDATE: Here is the full collection of scientists’ quotes.
- Apologetics, Quotes | Time: 9:25 pm (UTC+8)
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