Musings of a Seminarian

Note to Reader;

This is a reply I made on someone elses blog

Where do I stand in the Creation/Intelligent Design/Evolution debate?

I have spent a great deal of time wrestling with many of the same ideas you are pondering.

My main issue is the question of whether it is appropriate to change my view of what the Bible says due to the "provisional" theories of science.

I have come to be very sceptical that science has the tools to find truth. In a certain sense I am agnostic about the material world. I believe that it probably exists but utilizing earthly methods, we can't really know what it is.

What I've just written is just about as wierd as it sounds. Forgive me for being somewhat obtuse in my presentation.

Please take a look at my blog post
Is Science Logical?
and tell me what you think.

Many of my ideas need to be compared in detail to the Romans 1 passage you quoted. This text is foundational to the those Christian thinkers who embrace forms of scientific realism. We need to remember though that the Bible also says in 2 Corinthians 5:7 "... we walk by faith, not by sight.'

I intend to research the Romans 1 passage sometime in the next couple of years but my current feeling is the that it could (should?) be thought of this way: "... what can be known about God" ... "His eternal power and deity" ... "is plain to them, because God has shown it to them" because these things (His power and deity) have "been clearly perceived in the things thant have been made"

The terms "plain" and "clearly perceived" have been taken to indicate and justify a scientific realist perspective. I feel however that these terms indicate that we can see enough of how nature works to see God's power and dignity, but I do not take it to mean that Science can find much objective truth beyond that.

Thanks for the use of your ear (If you have read this far.) and please check out my Blog Article

Grier Daniels