Saturday, March 15, 2008

Human/Divine Endeavors

So in my science and religion class we're having a few lectures from a professor from the Bible department. He mentioned that he thought of science as a human endeavor, while theology was a divine endeavor. I must say, I couldn't disagree more.

The Bible is possibly and possibly not directly from God. Nature most surely is directly from God. The "Word of God" was written down by men. Nature was created by the WORDS of God.

So is the study of the Bible the divine endeavor or is science (the study and attempt to understand nature) the divine endeavor? You could say that in one sense they are both human enterprises, because both are man's efforts, and man's methods of study. On the other hand, it could be said that they are both divine enterprises because they both have the goals of understanding God.

Of course, as is sadly most often the case, science is undertaken without thought to the fact that by understanding how nature works we are understanding how God works. But similarly, the Bible can be studied for cultural and historical relevance, without any intent to discover divine truth from it.

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