Science Has Disproved Christianity... Really?

Scientific mistrust of the Bible began with the Enlightenment belief that miracles cannot be reconciled to a modern, rational view of the world. The premise behind such a claim is 'Science has disproved that there is no such thing as miracles'. But embedded in such a statement is a leap of faith.

It is one thing to say that science is only equipped to test for natural causes and cannot speak to any others. It is quite another to insist that science proves that no other causes could possibly exist. However, when studying a phenomenon a scientist must always assume there is a natural cause. That is because natural causes are the only kind its methodology can address. It is another thing to insist that science has proven there can't be any other kind. There would be no experimental model for testing the statement 'No supernatural cause for any natural phenomenon is possible'. It is therefore a philosophical presupposition and not a scientific finding.

The next hidden premise is 'There can't be a God who does miracles'. It fails to acknowledge that if there is a Creator God, there is nothing illogical at all about the possibility of miracles. After all this God created everything. To be sure that miracles cannot occur you would have to be sure beyond a doubt that God didn't exist, and that is an article of faith. The existence of God can neither be demonstrably proven nor disproven.

Moreover, it is vital to consider a large number of scientists that see no incompatibility between faith in God and their work. However, modern media emphasises a conflict between Evolutionist and Creationists but fails to paint a more realistic and diversified picture of what is actually being discussed. Very interesting is also that many atheist do not believe in evolution.

The relation between evolutionary theory and the book of Genesis also depends on how the way scripture is interpreted. As one commentator puts it: "If evolution is elevated to the status of a world-view of the way things are, then there is direct conflict with biblical faith. But if evolution remains at the level of scientific biological hypothesis, it would seem that there is little reason for conflict between the implications of Christian belief in the Creator and the scientific explorations of the way which - at the level of biology - God has gone about his creating processes."

Based on: Keller, T. (2008). The Reason For God. p.84-96