What Good is Science?
In recent years, scence has lept to the top of the heap as the secular authority on basically all topics known to man. We hear many appeals to this field of study as if science is the final authority on all matters. We believers know that is not true but the secular world is looking for alternatives to the Bible and science has become the popular choice.
Science can be good. In reality, it is not an enemy of Christianity for it can and does prove the Bible to be correct and provides physical evidence to strengthen faith. Christians should not be afraid of the sciences because there is so much to learn about the world and God through its investigative efforts BUT at no time should it be elevated to the position of authority or even the final authority on all matters. That is not its created purpose nor function. All of its fields are very limited and for the most part deal with partial evidence which opens the door to the wrong conclusions.
Nor should Christians be deceived into thinking that 'all science is good science' for that is not the case either. This field of study is a CREATED field and is subject to the corruption and sin that contaminated all of God's creation with Adam's sin at the fall of man. We see this true through the many horrific 'scientific' endeavors of those who have thrown God's morality out the window in search for their own greatness or answers.
Not all science is good science and not all theories are true, correct or even factual and the believer cannot turn a blind eye to these facts. Just because a scientist says it is so, does it mean it is so. There are so many other factors in play that one cannot just 'take their word for it' and leave it at that. There are too many dangers that arise when one does just that and scientists are subject to the the many temptations, threats, desires and so on that come across their paths which place people in harm's way.
It must be remembered that science is a tool and like every tool it can be manipulated to achieve the desired results, whether for good or for evil. Plus one must take into account the structure of the field of science and that its main purpose NOW is to find natural answers to many questions. The problem with that focus is that secular scientists are looking in the wrong direction and have excluded all evidence that points to a supernatural answer.
This is so because so many non-believers have taken over the controls of the field and have dismissed God from the equation and in their sinful arrogance have decided that that isn't a possibility thus they waste years and years of their lives looking for an alternative to what is written in 1 book. This is an example of the devil at work as he deceives the unwary and leads them down the garden path to destruction.
As was stated earlier, science can be good. it can tell us how things work, how plants grow, how mositure works andis needed in our lives, how to put different natural resources together to make better products and so on. It also can tell us much about God, His creativity, His intelligence, His wisdom and His power but science would rather have you believe something else.
What science cannot do is 1. tell us the origin of all things, because it is looking in the wrong direction, and at the wrong evidence; 2. stop people from growing older; 3. stop people from dying. as hard as they try, death is part of life and no matter what science does, people still grow old, get sick, have accidents and die. Science cannot change what God has mandated, it may help our present lives while we are here on earth BUT it cannot change anything.
Death and other events are far beyond the scope of science which disqualifies that field of study from being a final authority if an authority at all. No matter how many cures, drugs, alternatives it comes up with to fight diseases, illnesses, and other ailments, they cannot stop people from becoming sick, from having heart attacks and dying. All it can do is provide false hope to those who do not believe and that is it.
Science is too limited and it must be put back into its proper place and kept there with the proper perspective and is not an alterntative to God, Jesus and the Bible. Belief in science does not change reality nor does it provide any real hope for the human being. It can do nothing for those who have died or will die after death has occured, it offers nothing for its adherants. Only Jesus and God can offer real hope, and can do something to the already dead or soon to be dead people. Science is not a person's protector, it is an illusion at best when used wrongly and ventures outside of its scope and purpose.
Science can be good for the here and now but beyond that it is useless. It can't change the past, can't change the reality and it can't change the future but the choice is yours--what science offers or what God offers. itisup to you and only you can make that decision.
