That specific information can only be provided by the person who made the cake–the baker. But no amount of science can tell us who made the cake, why it was made and its intended purpose. The speaker held up a freshly-baked cake and explained that science and scientists can provide lots of information about the cake: A physicist could give us the cake’s dimensions and specifications, a chemist could address the chemical properties of the cake’s ingredients, and a biologist could tell us about the living organisms that went into the making of the cake such as the wheat, eggs and yeast. In the Church by the Bay’s video, Christ and Science, the speaker provides an excellent example demonstrating the relationship between science and God. On the other side of the coin, science can’t provide all the answers. In his book, The God Delusion, he declares, “If this book works as I intend, religious readers who open it will be atheists when they put it down.” He contends that science and religion are incompatible. Just as oil and vinegar create an appetizing salad dressing, anyone who desires to do so can find well-orchestrated compatibility between the Word of God and science.īritish evolutionary biologist, ethologist, popular-science author and atheist, Richard Dawkins, is a staunch supporter of the former point of view and believes that good science can destroy religious faith. However, with the proper approach, science and Christianity mesh together naturally, as the Creator intended. Can people of faith also believe in science? Can Christians teach science and remain faithful to their beliefs? Some people are convinced that science and Christianity are incompatible, that these two terms are at odds with each other, like oil and vinegar.
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