I agree that sometimes evangelicals preach reactionary, out of fear, instead of intelligently discussing the existing science out there. Wouldn't it be lovely if we treated those we disagreed with in civility and kindness? If we treated people with differing views (no matter what the view), with the kindness of Jesus? If we treated them with the same respect we would like to be treated?
Daniel Roloff
· 1 year ago
A very lively discussion, thanks for letting us know about it.
Marcus
· 1 year ago
Mary, your comment made me so happy. Why do we forget to ask ourselves those questions most of the time?
Dan, good to hear from you, man.
Heather Goodman
· 1 year ago
It says in Collins' bio something to the effect of reconciling his faith and science. That statement is sad to me--that these two arenas have to be reconciled. It's the same in other areas--faith and art, faith and work, faith and the physical dailiness of life. Of course, that's part of the message of the gospel--reconciliation--so it shouldn't surprise me. What frustrates me is not that the reconciliation needs to be done for new believers who are figuring out what this faith means to every part of their lives. It needs to be done for old and fast believers. I fear this comes from bad theology, relegating faith to a private sector of our life, to a "spiritual" sector (as if we can really separate spiritual and physical). We shouldn't decry scientists any more than we should artists or CEOs or salespeople or teachers or... Then again, we do all the time, don't we?
Susan
· 1 year ago
Thanks for posting this Marcus. I will be interested in going over and reading what has been going on. I've just come from a conference where, out of 600 or so, I think that I may have been the only believer there. I do have the joy of returning tomorrow to a congregation where I am not the only scientist there - and that is a great blessing indeed.
We have, as a Sunday School class, been studying world views - the major ones anyway - and how that basis alters the way all of life is interpreted. It is so sad to me that most of the Christian community decides that Science is not an unfolding of God's truth, no matter how poorly interpreted by the scientists, but rather somehow antagonistic to faith.
I agree with RSJ, rhetoric and ridicule do not make good arguments for anything, much less one who looks through the lense of logic.
Marcus
· 1 year ago
Heather, good to hear from you. Powerful comment. At the end I was left wondering--do you think Christians regularly decry scientists, artists, CEOs, teachers, etc.? Or that we hear traditional professions and daily work belittled from the pulpit?
Susan, I thought of you as I was doing the Collins interview. I'm glad you've found a way to reconcile faith and science in your own work!
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Dan, good to hear from you, man.
Of course, that's part of the message of the gospel--reconciliation--so it shouldn't surprise me.
What frustrates me is not that the reconciliation needs to be done for new believers who are figuring out what this faith means to every part of their lives. It needs to be done for old and fast believers.
I fear this comes from bad theology, relegating faith to a private sector of our life, to a "spiritual" sector (as if we can really separate spiritual and physical). We shouldn't decry scientists any more than we should artists or CEOs or salespeople or teachers or...
Then again, we do all the time, don't we?
We have, as a Sunday School class, been studying world views - the major ones anyway - and how that basis alters the way all of life is interpreted. It is so sad to me that most of the Christian community decides that Science is not an unfolding of God's truth, no matter how poorly interpreted by the scientists, but rather somehow antagonistic to faith.
I agree with RSJ, rhetoric and ridicule do not make good arguments for anything, much less one who looks through the lense of logic.
Susan, I thought of you as I was doing the Collins interview. I'm glad you've found a way to reconcile faith and science in your own work!