Faith Well Grounded

Yes... I'm back into the writings of Richard Morris. If you've followed my blog posts, you'll know that I love his writings. To say that I respect the late Mr. Morris would be a huge understatement.

This week, it's "The Evolutionists: The Struggle for Darwin's Soul" (Freeman, 2001). This posts isn't necessarily about evolution, though I added it as a category since this is an associated subject and the blog is fueled by reading on such. This post, as usual, is about the Naturalistic philosophy being paraded as science.

Continued from A defense of science

I think it important to take science back to the invariable root question of cosmology, especially since this root question is at the heart of what makes science possible. Science is the process of finding out “what is the cause of the effect I am studying?” The Laws of Causation are the very foundation of our scientific methodology. If we throw away the ideal that every cause needs a sufficient effect, then we have thrown away the ability to apply the scientific discipline.

I've been musing on my blog posts of late, and it's fairly obvious through interaction and comments (thanks to e-dogg for his interaction) that I've been on a tangent that misrepresents my original intent in many of my posts. My posts on scientific matters pretty much began here. It was a comparison of the faith inherent in both science and apologetics/Christianity. Those that followed were interested in pointing out the faith involved with science.

I've been blogging on the faith inherent in science. This is the equivalent to intellectual suicide in the eyes of some. It's called an error of equivocation. But I must strongly disagree. There are literal parallels between the faith of the theologian and the faith of many in the scientific community. A look at some of their statements reveals the fact.

I’m linking to an article by Philip Johnson that highlights this fact. Of immediate interest to my subject matter, Johnson comments/quotes:

This is the next installment dealing with the double-standards between science and theism-- specifically the faith allowed in the former as opposed to the latter.

OK, I know I said that part three of the discussion on the double-standard between science and theology was next-- and I promise the blog concerning the Big Bang Theory is forthcoming. But I'm knee-deep in a very interesting read on all of these related subjects and I just wanted to jot down a stray point or two.

Quantum Electrodynamics.

This is part two of Higgs Boson and its Relevance to Christian Apologetics. A very brief summary of the standard scientific model is as follows:

There are many potential Christian Apologists out there who just choose to keep their mouths shut. In some cases, I think this is a good thing. No argument is actually better than a poor argument. But I think there are many out there who are more than capable of making great cases for God, but they choose not to. They feel that they are not equipped to. They don’t have all of the answers, and have been convinced that they therefore have nothing of value to add to meaningful discussion.

Boy, am I hestitant to put this entry in the "Science" category. It just proves that I need to create some more categories. But, since it loosely falls under Biblical Archaeology, I'll let this one slide.

I'm truly amazed at some of the brilliant people this world produces. Seriously. Pick up any science mag out there and just think about some of the stuff you'll read. It's enough to make me thankful that I'm not quite that smart, because I prefer to actually use my brain with a bit of reason in the mix.