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Is science wrong?

"I publicly praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intellectual ones and have revealed them to babes."
(Matthew 11:25)

        Just how accurate is science in describing reality?   Can science be wrong?   And what about scientists?   Do they all reject the Bible?

From time to time science undergoes a revolution of sorts, in which old ideas which die hard finally collapse under the weight of contrary evidence and a whole new way of viewing things takes its place.   Einstein's theory of relativity replaced Newton's way of thinking in this way, as a prime example.   But wait!---   The implication here is that science can be wrong, is it not?   But how can that be?   Even though Newton's theory is still adequate for many everyday purposes, it does not adequately describe everything that Einstein's theory does.   Thus, it's more a question of science never being accurate enough.   "If anyone thinks he has acquired knowledge of something, he does not yet know {it} just as he ought to know {it}," says 1Corinthians 8:2 according to the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures.   So, unequivocally, science is wrong.

Isaac Newton himself defended the Bible's authenticity and noted that the command to abstain from blood was given by God to all posterity (Genesis 9:1-4).   So merely the fact that one is a scientist does not mean that he must reject the Bible.   "More sure marks of authenticity than any profane history whatsoever" was a remark made by Newton regarding the Bible.   Einstein himself was noted as saying he tried "humbly to comprehend an infinitesmal part of the intelligence manifest in nature." (See Ge 1:1)   In a work on Einstein's life, it was mentioned that he once made a reference to God's raining down fire and sulphur, again from the Bible (Ge 19:24).   But Einstein would not have been without appreciation for Newtonian mechanics, since he has also been quoted as saying, in typical Einsteinian style, "keep everything as simple as possible-- and no simpler."

It would have to be said, then, that not all scientists reject the Bible, even though they may not be best known for its study.   In fact, the Bible is considered by many a literary masterpiece, and is studied by scholars who do make this study their life's work.   In addition, the Bible can be said to be the most studied book in the world.




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