3/25/2023 0 Comments Tadam the last man on earth![]() Even when correct, the scientific understanding of the world is incomplete. ![]() Lewis gets it right in Is Theology Poetry? Science describes the world as we find it, but in a particular, limited way. Even in a scientific world, we could understand, and we could be understood.Ĭ.S. What should the Church expect to gain from dialogue? A coherent theological voice could rise, making sense of everything together. Whether they come from theology or science, questions should be taken seriously, answered with honesty, rigor, and empathy. Dialogue includes an exchange of good-faith questions. Good conversations are shaped by constructive resistance, not capitulation. Each community, theological and scientific, has its own legitimacy and autonomy. The proper relationship between theology and science is dialogue, a meaningful exchange between two communities with different ways of understanding the world. Theology is a conversation among theologians, but it is also a conversation in the Church. SWAMIDASS: I understand science as a conversation among scientists. MCDOWELL: What do you see as the proper relationship between theology and science? Here, at the empty tomb again, I found a confident faith. This is how I know that God is exists, that He is good, and that He wants to be known. Whether evolution is true or not, God raised this man Jesus from the dead. Jesus, still, is greater than all I found in science. Science is powerful and grand, full of the beauty and mystery of God’s creation. I found a different apologetic, offering “explanation” (I Peter 3:15), rather than a “defense,” of the hope growing within me. The same gospel that Paul confesses (I Corinthian 15:3-7), and the “one sign” that Jesus gives to skeptics: his death and Resurrection (Matthew 12:38-42). In time and through grace, I remembered the same Gospel my mother first shared with me. In losing sight of the One who needs no defense, I struggled for many years with an insecure and threatened faith. Scripture testifies of a different Jesus. Jesus seemed like a powerless bystander, in need of my defense, irrelevant to the debate, but threatened all the same. I became like Peter in the garden when the soldiers came (Matthew 26:47-56). At the time, these arguments were comforting, but they drew me away from Jesus. Searching for confidence, I turned to anti-evolution arguments of various sorts. At the empty tomb, my faith became my own.Īs a student, I was drawn to science, but science grew my doubts. As a middle schooler, I read More than a Carpenter, and came to clearly see the Resurrection. ![]() My mother talked to toddler me about Jesus, and I believed. ![]() Raised in a Young Earth Creationist household. My journey through science is a search for a confident faith. JOSHUA SWAMIDASS: I am a scientist in the Church and a Christian in science. SEAN MCDOWELL: Can you briefly share about your journey into questions related to science and faith? But start by checking out this brief interview related to his spiritual journey, current research, and approach to Genesis: Even if you are not convinced, Swamidass will give you a ton to think about theologically and scientifically. Along with that post, this new book by Swamidass is one worth wrestling with. Earlier this week, I released a blog by my colleague Douglas Axe on the current status of evolutionary theory. This is the second part in our series reflecting on the 160th anniversary of the release of The Origin of Species. Essentially, the question he asks is, “Are evolution and a historical Adam compatible?” And his surprising answer is “Yes.” While Josh and I differ on the status of evolution, I found his book thoughtful, provocative, and written in a gracious spirit towards those who see the world differently. Josh Swamidass has written a provocative new book titled The Genealogical Adam and Eve, which releases next month.
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