word trax week 2 apologetics faith and science
DESCRIPTION
This deck covers the intersection of faith and science and covers topics like fideism and scientism. Covers the history of the conflict and intersection of religion and science.TRANSCRIPT
Slides provided by:
Ben LaCorte WordTrax.
(919) [email protected]
www.wordtrax.com | www.facebook.com/benlacorte | Twitter: @truthontrial
Slides provided by:Ben LaCorte
WordTrax.(919) 796-4346 | [email protected]
www.wordtrax.com | www.facebook.com/benlacorte | Twitter: @truthontrial
For nonprofit educational purposes, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
Scriptural references taken from the following and their respective copyrights retained:
NIV: THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION® NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society®
NASB: Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, Copyright © 1960,1962,1963,1968,1971,1972,1973,1975,1977,1995 by The Lockman Foundation.
ESV: The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®) Copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
HCSB: Holman Christian Standard Bible® Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003 by Holman Bible Publishers.
NLT: Holy Bible, New Living Translation copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007 by Tyndale House Foundation.
World Views & Apologetics
This Lesson “Faith &
Science”
The Crossroads
“Apologetics is knocking down
barriers and removing the rubble on the road to the
house of salvation”
Col. 2:8 See to it that no one
takes you captive through
philosophy and empty philosophy and empty
deceptiondeception according to the
tradition of men, according to
the elementary principles of
the world rather than
according to Christ.
Before We Begin:
Knowing God exists is a matter of Reason.
Having a relationship with God is a matter of Faith.
Where Does Knowledge Come From?
e·pis·te·mol·o·gyPHILOSOPHY
•the theory of
knowledge, the
investigation of the
nature, sources and
limits of knowledge.
What are the candidates ?
Special Revelation
General Revelation
History (Abraham Lincoln)
Experience (relationships)
Human Reasoning (logic, math)
Science
What the world “says” it accepts:
History (Abraham Lincoln)
Experience (relationships)
Human Reasoning (logic, math)
Science
What the world smuggles in:
What is Sciencesci·encenoun1.the systematic study of the physical and natural world through observation and
experiment.
Originally “Scientia” Latin for Knowledge
Faith & Science
Scientism says:
“all knowledge (FACT) comes from science”
All Knowledge Comes From Science
Faith & Science
“Whatever knowledge is attainable, must be attainable by scientific methods, and what science cannot discover, mankind cannot know.” Bertrand Russel
Fact vs OpinionFact vs Opinion
The World Says:
The Church Says:
The World Says:
Things that come from Faith:
preferences
opinion
values
religion
subjective conclusions
Things that come from Science:
truth
facts
reason
objective conclusions
How did this
notion get
started ?
But First: Why is this important to
you?
Religious knowledge is more and more relegated to mere opinion
Now going from public importance to mere private idiosyncratic belief
Because YOU will be standing in the watchtower.
But when did religious knowledge “ever” have sway in public discourse in America ?
“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the
government of any other.” - John Adams
How did this notion
get started ?
Now back to:
1700’s Rationalism
“If we take any volume of divinity or metaphysics, let us ask, Does it contain any abstract reasoning
concerning quantity or number? No. Does it contain any experimental reasoning
concerning matter of fact and existence? No. Commit it then to the flames: for it can contain
nothing but sophistry and illusion.”
David Hume:Scottish Philosopher 1700’s:
But What About?
LoveBeauty
Logichistoryhistoryhistoryhistory
The Scientific Method
This Statement Itself !
“If we take any volume of divinity or metaphysics, let us ask, Does it contain any abstract reasoning concerning quantity
or number? No. Does it contain any experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact and existence? No. Commit it then to the flames: for it can contain nothing but
sophistry and illusion.”
Faith & Science
“Whatever knowledge is attainable, must be attainable by scientific methods, and what science cannot discover, mankind cannot know.” Bertrand Russel
Faith & Science
But don’t ask me to prove that scientifically.
Faith & Science
Can Faith and Science “Co-exist” ?
Scientists who thought so . . .
“This most beautiful system of the sun,
planets and comets, could only proceed
from the counsel and dominion of an
intelligent and powerful Being.”
Isaac Newton
The scientist JOHANNES KEPLER described science as
"thinking God's thoughts after Him."
Scientists who thought so
French mathematician, scientist and
philosopher, BLAISE PASCAL wrote, "Faith tells us what the senses
cannot, but it is not contrary to their findings. It simply
transcends, without contradicting them."
Scientists who thought so
Isaac Newton - mathematicsFrancis Bacon - scientific methodLouise Pasteur - microbiologist
James Maxwell - electro-magneticsLord Kelvin - thermo-dynamics
Michael Faraday - electro-magneticsBlaise Pascal - hydrodynamics
Robert Boyle - founder of modern chemistryGregor Mendel - genetics
Johannes Kepler - laws of planetary mothion
Scientists who thought so
Faith & Science
Why did science begin in the west?
Monotheistic
Orderly Universe
Subject to Laws
Faith & Science
CS Lewis
“Men became scientific because they expected law & nature and they expected law & nature because they
believed in a law giver”
Universities Originally based on Theology
Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University
James Clark Maxwell
“Great are the works of the Lord, studied by all who delight in them”
Faith & Science
“There isn't anything to worry about between science and religion, because the contradictions are just in your own mind. But they are not in the Lord's mind because He made the whole thing.”
― Henry J. Eyring
Science takes it on Faith that:
* our minds can interpret data accurately
* the scientific method works
* the universe is predictable -
* why assume anything in a cosmic dust blender?
Christ upholds the Universe
Hebrews 1:3
And He (Christ) is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power.
Faith & Science
Therefore (to some degree) - Science Depends On?
Faith
Faith & Science
“But don’t ask me if
I’m certain of that.”
“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics
are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so
full of doubts.” Bertrand Russell
Which is easier to believe ?
Someone created everything out of nothing.
OR
No One created everything out of nothing.
Faith & Science
It take lot’s of faith to be an atheist.
“Science” by Mere Assertion
“The Cosmos is all that is or was or ever will be.”
Carl Sagan
Astro-Physicist
“Science” by Mere Assertion
But don’t ask me to prove
that scientifically.
Faith & Science
Ray Comfort Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0u3-2CGOMQ
“ ”
Slides provided by:
Ben LaCorte WordTrax.
(919) [email protected]
www.wordtrax.com | www.facebook.com/benlacorte | Twitter: @truthontrial