{"id":1587,"date":"2017-11-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-13T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.namb.net\/apologetics\/resource\/christianity-is-antiscientific-2\/"},"modified":"2022-06-22T14:30:18","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T18:30:18","slug":"christianity-is-antiscientific","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/www.namb.net\/apologetics\/resource\/christianity-is-antiscientific\/","title":{"rendered":"Christianity Is Antiscientific"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a widely held belief, but if it were true there wouldn\u2019t be so many scientists who are Christians. Science and religion are not at odds. The issue is not between science and religion but between two metaphysical worldviews. View \u201ca\u201d is that there is no such thing as the supernatural\u2014nothing beyond the reach of scientific investigation. View \u201cnot-a\u201d is that there is a spiritual reality beyond or above nature. These are two irreconcilably opposite worldviews.<\/p>\n

The falsehood comes when materialists assert that a is a statement of science. In plain fact, \u201ca\u201d is not a scientific statement at all but a simple assertion of faith and commitment to the materialist worldview.<\/p>\n

One of these two positions\u2014\u201ca\u201d or \u201cnot-a\u201d\u2014must be true and the other false. The worldview of some contemporary deconstructionists that \u201ca\u201d and \u201cnot-a\u201d can both be true (or both false) is a mind-dissolving fantasy arising from the current revulsion against reason and evidence in our postmodern society. Our belief as to which is true depends on our worldview, and the best worldview is one that is most open to the evidence. What we believe does not affect exterior reality. At present, the evidence points strongly to the view that there is directionality and purpose in the universe and that they derive from outside the physical universe.<\/p>\n

This post is an excerpt from the book<\/em>\u00a0Exposing Myths About Christianity\u00a0by Jeffrey Burton Russell (IVP Books, 2012). It is used with permission. You can purchase this resource in its entirety<\/em>\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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