Monday, January 8, 2007
Sola Scriptura
How much faith do we put in science? If we have interpreted a passage of scipture in one way, but then we hear something from science that contradicts that scripture, do we reinterpret that passage or do we reinterpret our scientific findings? For example, Genesis says that God created the Earth on day one, but He did not create the sun until day four. But science tells us that the sun ignited billions of years before the earth formed. So, what do we believe? Do we put so much faith in science that we will say that the Bible must not really mean that the sun was created after the Earth? Or do we put enough faith in scripture to say that science is not Truth?
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Maybe it has more to do with what you take literally from Scripture and what is figurative. I hear your argument for the 24 hour days and it's a good one. I think that science is one of God's truths. It's not that science is out there competing with God. Science is God's. All truth is God's truth. In other words, if something is true, then it is God's because anything true is from God. These are just some basic off the top of my head thoughts.
By the way, the whole sola scriptura thing always has bugged me.
Only Scripture. Does that include God? Do experience and other forms of revlation have no value? None? If only scripture, then why have the church or anything else? Philosophy and theology help us interpret Scripture. Should we only read it at face value?
I say, "Sola Dei" or something like that, "Only God"
So, is there Truth (with a capital T) outside of Scripture?
Of course. I know that there is mathematics in Scripture but not all mathematical theorems are in Scripture, but they are true and they belong to God. They weren't delineated in Scripture but they still are God's and they still are true. If it's true it is True. Do you know what I mean?
I do know what you mean, but here is why I put little faith in science. Science is always changing and looking for a better explanation of things. One quick (and possibly least scientifically relevant) example is the issue of is Pluto a planet? The answer has changed 3 times since Pluto was discovered 77 years ago, and half of the scientists do not agree with the current answer. So, not only does science constantly change, but you can never get a consensus on any specific issue. There are some things about the Bible that Christians disagree on, but there is always central authority with the Bible. The Bible has remained unchanged for thousands of years. I do not think that science is Truth; I think that science is us trying to find the best explanation of the things that we see in God's universe. I think that science is a good thing to pursue in our quest for knowledge, but I do not think that science is God's truth. That's just my two cents.
I think that it is putting limitations on God by saying that He can't teach us anything that is not in the Bible.
Of course I believe that if it comes down to science or the Bible, that the latter always prevails, but I think that it is definitely possible for God to teach us through science.
Truth with a capital t cannot proven outside the bible. Everything that we know will some day pass away. We also know that all of creation is flawed. Since all scientific knowledge is based exclusively on what observations of a broken machine it cannot be proven to be true. Mathmatics is also part of science. Therefore the only truth is that which comes directly from God and not the flawed creation. The only pure communication that we have for certian is God's word. The question of its accuracy is to much to discuss here.
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