Friday, May 21, 2010

Cosmic paints: Complements between Theology and Science.

Could it be that through our feeble minds we have been able to glimpse God in his creation through what we observe in science? When we look through a telescope, a microscope, a fractle, DNA, are we not beginning to look into the mind of God; as if we could begin to fathom the mind of a great artist, author, musician, sculptor by observing his work? As we peer into his thought we see but a glimpse and awe that there is something much greater going on here in this cosmic museum. Science and Theology have a direct relationship that express eachother rather than contradict eachother. There are so many observations, indeed any observation made by science can be related to this greater presence of God. For example:Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Oxygen, Carbon... All of these are created inside of stars as they burn through their various stages; then bam in a flash they spew out their gasses and nuclear leftovers back into space; a new star is born, with it our solar system; the dust created in ancient supernovae settles into the rocky planets as they form, becoming the "dust of the Earth" of which we are formed. The breath of life animating us with a soul and purpose. This is an example of how science and theology actually complement eachother. Each is proof of the other because they are as inseperable as Creation and Creator. What we see is but a glimpse of an amazing orchestration beyond anything that our minds will ever know, but still it is our glimpse, it is our ability to see his work in yet other miracleous ways with the eyes and minds he created for us. Scripture is sound with what science is just beginning to reveal in much greater depth. A metaphor: Theology may tell us that God created us passionatley with a wonderful set of paints, and our observations are now just beginning to tell us what colors those paints (elements) are and which he used for defining lines of contour (DNA) and which he used for shading and creative depth (varation).

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