Topic > Finding common ground between Christianity and science

Isaac Newton, the superb scientific genius who discovered infinitesimal calculus, believed in God (Hummel) and Nicolaus Copernicus, a Polish astronomer who proposed the heliocentric model of the solar system, had the faith and makes a stop (Poythress). In this modern era, science has shaped human life in exceptional ways; through science, human can learn medical knowledge, development of transportation such as automobiles and airplanes, as well as other notable innovations. However, in the old days, when science had not yet become the answer to the unknown, humanity looked to religion for help and explanation. Throughout history, many texts, legends and the influence of religion on civilization are dispersed. Religiously, people utter prayers to ask for help in times of need or to appease the wrath of God. On the contrary, since today people have weapons for protection, video games for entertainment, medicines to cure diseases and other scientific innovations, the obligation to pray has been replaced for comfort and security. The vast majority of people in the world turn their perspective to a new god: science, with scientists as its priest. The growing number of atheist population in the world, from 4% to 13%, demonstrated by a survey on religiosity conducted by WIN-Gallup International (Mehta), indirectly serves as concrete evidence of this theory. The rapid development of science also affects how people view Christianity along with the existence of God from time to time. Does God really exist or is he just a piece of imagination? In A Universe from Nothing, a book written by a theoretical physicist professor Lawrence Maxwell Krauss, Krauss claims to have found some evidence regarding the creation of the universe... middle of paper... even related in the most ancient times, the creation of the universe. Most people debate between the creation of the universe by a powerful creator or the result of a huge explosion of materials, the big bang? (Taylor). However, let's try to observe this topic from another point of view; Professor John Polkinghorne, a scientist and Church of England clergyman, said: “Genesis is not there to give short, technical answers about how the universe began. It gives us the great answer that things exist thanks to the will of God. One can very well believe in the Big Bang, but believe in it as the will of God the creator” (Christianity: Beliefs about Creation and Evolution); from this statement the existence of a creator is proven but it also proves the presence of the big bang. This neutral view addresses the idea by stating that the big bang is part of God's way of shaping the universe.