Do Science and the Bible conflict?

Psalm 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.

In our faith, God reveals himself in both the written book of the Bible AND though his creation. Because of the consistent character of God, these two cannot conflict.

“Truth is nothing to fear, so there is no reason for a Christian to fear good science. Learning more about the way God constructed our universe helps all of mankind appreciate the wonder of creation. Expanding our knowledge helps us to combat disease, ignorance, and misunderstanding.

However, there is danger when scientists hold their faith in human logic above faith in our Creator. These persons are no different from anyone devoted to a religion; they have chosen faith in man and will find facts to defend that faith"-Got Questions

So many times when we ask the question of "Do Science and the Bible Conflict?" we are not really dealing with the questions of the facts science and faith, but we are most often fighting over the interpretation of those facts.

The truth is Christianity and most of Scientists start at very different starting points, for Christians our starting point is our faith in God and his word and for science their starting point is human facts and human logic. And those two starting points will never agree with one another.

If you look at Isaiah 55:8-9 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. God’s wisdom is far higher then the wisdom than the wisdom of man and until the women and men of science recognize that God is above their understanding and interpretation. So when it seems that the Bible and science conflict, we as people have misunderstood or misinterpreted the facts.

Genesis 1:1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

Colossians 1:15-20 [15] He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. [16] For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. [17] And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. [18] And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. [19] For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, [20] and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.

In other words God and science will always agree, because God created all things and all those created things (outside of man and some angels who rebelled) will always be in agreement with their creator.

- Don Stubbs