Revelation v Science (Two Methods of knowing)

"There is a fundamental difference between religion, which is based on authority," Hawking says, "and science, which is based on observation and reason. Science will win because it works."

Read more: http://www.newser.com/story/92121/stephen-hawking-science-will-win-against-religion.html#ixzz0xRpfntET

This division is simplistic (and wrong). Authority in religion is often established (recognised) on the back of observation an and reason.  And much of science finds is force from authority.



TIME: Dr. Collins, you believe that science is compatible with Christian faith.

COLLINS: Yes. God's existence is either true or not. But calling it a scientific question implies that the tools of science can provide the answer. From my perspective, God cannot be completely contained within nature, and therefore God's existence is outside of science's ability to really weigh in.

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1555132-3,00.html#ixzz0xRuqkm60






Albert Mohler on Michael Dowd (post-Christian, evolutionary evangelist)

In his own very effective way, Dowd clarifies the theological and biblical costs of embracing the evolutionary worldview. In describing himself as an evolutionary evangelist, he underlines the fervor of his cause and the inevitable collision between evolutionary theory and biblical Christianity. In sharing his sense that preaching the New Atheists as the prophets of God is his supreme calling, he points us to what is ultimately at stake.


We are engaged in a great battle for ideas that Christians understand to be a battle for hearts, minds, and souls. Dowd and his fellow evangelists for evolution are certain that they own the future, and that biblical Christianity will simply fade and disappear. “Ours is a time of space telescopes, electron microscopes, supercomputers, and the worldwide web,” he asserts. His conclusion: “This is not a time for parsing the lessons given to a few goatherds, tentmakers, and camel drivers.”

Well, give Michael Dowd credit for reminding us where the rejection of biblical Christianity inevitably leads.   http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/08/10/thank-god-for-the-new-atheists/