Posted on 03/26/2013 8:53:29 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Read Hebrews ch 11.
I'm very astonished that the scientific picture of the real world is very deficient. It gives a lot of factual information, puts all our experience in a magnificently consistent order, but it is ghastly silent about all and sundry that is really near to our heart, that really matters to us. It cannot tell us a word about red and blue, bitter and sweet, physical pain and physical delight, knows nothing of beautiful and ugly, good or bad, God and eternity. Science sometimes pretends to answer questions in these domains, but the answers are very often so silly that we are not inclined to take them seriously.
Erwin SchrodingerI shall reexamine the suppositions underlying our belief in science and propose to show that they are more extensive than is usually thought. They will appear to coextend with the entire spiritual foundations of man and to go to the very root of his social existence. Hence I will urge our belief in science should be regarded as a token of much wider convictions.
Michael PolanyiLet no one think or maintain that a person can search too far or be too well studied in either the book of God's word or the book of God's works.
Francis BaconI believe only and alone in the service of Jesus Christ. In him is all refuge and solace.
Johannes KeplerGod makes people conscious of their inward wretchedness, which the Bible calls "sin" and his infinite mercy. Unites himself to their inmost soul, fills it with humility and joy, with confidence and love, renders them incapable of any other end than Himself. Jesus Christ is the end of all and the center to which all tends.
Blaise PascalAt the center of every human being is a Godshaped vacuum which can only be filled by Jesus Christ.
Blaise PascalThis most beautiful system of the sun, planets and comets could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being .
There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history. It must be expressed in the very form of sound words in which it was delivered by the apostles. For men are apt to run into partings about deductions. All the old heresies lie in deductions .
The true faith was in the Biblical texts.
Isaac NewtonBoyle, Newton and the early members of the Royal Society were religious men who repudiated the skeptical doctrines of Thomas Hobbs. But they familiarized the minds of their countrymen with the idea of law in the universe and with scientific methods of inquiry to discover truth. It was believed that these methods would never lead to any conclusions inconsistent with Biblical history and miraculous religion. Newton lived and died in that faith.
George TrevellianSpeculations, man, I have none. I have certainties. I thank God that I don't rest my dying head upon speculations for "I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I've committed unto him against that day."
Michael FaradayThink what God has determined to do to all those who submit themselves to his righteousness and are willing to receive his gift [of eternal life in Jesus Christ]. They are to be conformed to the image of his Son and when that is fulfilled and God sees they are conformed to the image of Christ, there can be no more condemnation.
James Clerk MaxwellDo not be afraid to be free thinkers. If you think strongly enough, you will be forced by science to the belief in God.
William Thomson (later known as Lord Kelvin)You will understand that my atheism was inevitably based on what I believed to be the findings of the sciences and those findings, not being a scientist, I had to take on trust, in fact, on authority.
C. S. LewisIn the distance tower still higher [scientific] peaks which will yield to those who ascend them still wider prospects and deepen the feeling whose truth is emphasized by every advance in science, that great are the works of the Lord.
J. J. ThomsonThere were some ten of us and together we sought for God and together we found Him. I learned for the first time in my life that God was my friend. God became real to me, utterly real. I knew Him and could talk with Him as I never imagined it before and these prayers were the most glorious moment of the day. Life had a purpose and that purpose coloured everything.
Charles CoulsonIf we need an atheist for a debate, I'd go to the philosophy departmentthe physics department isn't much use.
Otto SternSome nonscientist Christians, when they meet a Christian, will call on to debate evolution. That is definitely the wrong thing to do. If you know what problems scientists have in their livespride, selfish ambition, jealousythat's exactly the kind of thing Jesus Christ said that He came to resolve by His death on the cross. Science is full of people with very strong egos who get into conflict with each other. The gospel is the same for scientists as it is for anyone. Evolution is basically a red herring; if scientists are looking for meaning in their lives, it won't be found in evolution. I have never met a nonChristian who brought up evolution with me.
John SuppeYou may well ask, "Where does God come into this," to me, that's almost a pointless question. If you believe in God at all, there is no particular "where"He is always there, everywhere .To me, God is personal yet omnipresent. A great source of strength, He has made an enormous difference to me.
Charles H. TownesWe are fortunate to have the Bible, and especially the New Testament, which tells so much about God in widely accessible, human terms.
Arthur SchawlowThe world is too complicated in all its parts and interconnections to be due to chance I am convinced that the existence of life with all its order and each of its organisms is simply too well put together.
Allan SandageGod has given us an incredibly fascinating world to live in and explore.
William PhillipsThe present arrangement of matter indicates a very special choice of initial conditions.
Paul DaviesA common sense interpretation of the facts suggests that a superintellect has monkeyed with physics, as well as with chemistry and biology, and that there are no blind forces worth speaking about in nature.
Fred HoyleSince the creation of the world, God's invisible qualitiesHis eternal power and divine naturehave been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made.
Apostle PaulThe nature of God is not to be found within any part of the findings of science. For that, one must turn to the Scriptures.
Allan SandageThere is a tremendous tradition of distinguished scientists who were and are Christians. I hope that my work is considered sufficiently outstanding to fall into the distinguished among that category. I also hope I have given you enough evidence that you will never again believe that it is impossible to be a scientist and a Christian.
Dr. Henry F. Schaefer, III
I think I need to do some godless mathematics on my godless calculator to perform some godless experiments, then type up the godless data on my godless computer. ;)
Dr. Schroeder is a physicist and a devout Jew. Rather than use science to "prove" the bible, he instead draws parallels between a variety of biblical teachings and the findings of biochemists, paleontologists, astrophysicists, and quantum physicists.
Heb 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen
Heb 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
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Gerald Schroeder bump.
Science and the Old Testament work very well together for me.
a good way to conclude.
a dignified reply
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