Why don’t Christians just let the world worry about science and focus on more spiritual things?
Christians are called to be “salt and light” to a world that has become dark and tasteless. This means getting involved in every aspect of our civilization – including the natural sciences. In fact, throughout history, science has flourished in monotheistic cultures that recognize God as the sovereign governor of the material universe. There was a time in Western civilization when the greatest scientific minds were believers. Men such as Newton, Galileo, and Kepler all glorified God through their study of nature. Over the past few hundred years, this trend has reversed itself. We now find that many Christians have abandoned the natural sciences as “worldly” pursuits. Some of us may even stereotype scientists as pin-headed atheists with the emotional capacity of concrete, or we accuse them of fabricating godless theories that discredit anything supernatural, yet we all benefit from their amazing discoveries. I believe that this unfortunate reaction is fueled by a general misunderstandin
