I guess I never worried about trying to reconcile my beliefs about science and religion. I have lived long enough to see things that were once "proven" to be true in the past are being discredited every day with new data and information. Furthermore, I know that our current religious knowledge is also far from complete. I firmly believe the Lord "will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God." (Article of Faith number 9). There are people in both camps (scientists and professors of religion) who claim to "know it all" and then there are those of us who believe "you ain't seen nothin' yet."
Ben JonesAugust 24, 2017
If we believe that God is Eternal and remember that Eternity is a very long time, we should not be surprised to peer into the Universe and discover that it is very big and very old.
The Creation story in the Bible describes a process by which things came to be and the proceeds to tell how nations and peoples came to be, generations upon generations. That is how God works.
NilesAugust 23, 2017
It's sad that this is occuring. In California where I grew up I never heard anyone talk about dinosaurs not being real. We did, however have discussions on HOW science explained creation, and I came away with a sense of wait and see. To me, after my investigations, natural selection aknow adaptation are fairly obvious, but I still feel that evolutionary scientists try to stretch too much theory with too little evidence at times. This doesn't conflict with my theology, however, but rather just points out to me that the only one with full details of the creation (at this point) is our Creator. I do look forward to more advances!
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HalAugust 25, 2017
I guess I never worried about trying to reconcile my beliefs about science and religion. I have lived long enough to see things that were once "proven" to be true in the past are being discredited every day with new data and information. Furthermore, I know that our current religious knowledge is also far from complete. I firmly believe the Lord "will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God." (Article of Faith number 9). There are people in both camps (scientists and professors of religion) who claim to "know it all" and then there are those of us who believe "you ain't seen nothin' yet."
Ben JonesAugust 24, 2017
If we believe that God is Eternal and remember that Eternity is a very long time, we should not be surprised to peer into the Universe and discover that it is very big and very old. The Creation story in the Bible describes a process by which things came to be and the proceeds to tell how nations and peoples came to be, generations upon generations. That is how God works.
NilesAugust 23, 2017
It's sad that this is occuring. In California where I grew up I never heard anyone talk about dinosaurs not being real. We did, however have discussions on HOW science explained creation, and I came away with a sense of wait and see. To me, after my investigations, natural selection aknow adaptation are fairly obvious, but I still feel that evolutionary scientists try to stretch too much theory with too little evidence at times. This doesn't conflict with my theology, however, but rather just points out to me that the only one with full details of the creation (at this point) is our Creator. I do look forward to more advances!
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