Modern Physics, the Beginning, and Creation
Some religious people look upon the discovery of the Big Bang as a scientific proof that the universe was created by God.
Some religious people look upon the discovery of the Big Bang as a scientific proof that the universe was created by God.
Many people believe that faith and reason, or religion and science, are locked in an irreconcilable war of attrition against one another.
The September 5th edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) reports on the prospect of "pre-exposure prophylaxis" as a means of preventing HIV transmission.
The Galileo affair is the one stock argument used to show that science and Catholic dogma are antagonistic. While Galileo's eventual condemnation was certainly unjust a close look at the facts puts to rout almost every aspect of the reigning Galileo legend.
Following Pope John Paul II's 1996 statement that the theory of evolution is more than just a hypothesis, newspapers around the world published articles wrongly asserting that the Church had finally come around and withdrawn its opposition to the theory.
Just last week, I had the joy of speaking at Youth Day at the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress.
By the time he was thirty, Nicolas Steno had made a whole lifetime of discovery in several fields of science.
"Little War-god," said the servant, resting after the long march, "why are you scrubbing my boots?"
The unique combination of metaphysical speculation and the wisdom of Christian revelation made possible the blessings of science and technology we enjoy today.