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ScienceandChristianity
Doyouhavetochoose?
Inmyopinion… no
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Physical‘Laws’
Spiritual‘Laws’
PhysicalEvents
SpiritualEvents
Science
Theo
logy
But…thisisnotanoptionforChristians…..
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interpretation ofGod’sWordintheBible
AND
interpretation oftheworldthroughscientificinvestigation
SHOULD/MUSTtallywitheachotherintheend
AbsolutetruthforaChristiandictates:
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PhysicalLaws
Spiritual‘Laws’
PhysicalEvents
SpiritualEvents
Science
Theo
logy
NaturalTheolog
y
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PhysicalLaws
“SpiritualLaws”
PhysicalEvents
“SpiritualEvents”
Science
Human
Philosoph
y/Theo
logy
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Timescales
Spatialscales
nsec billionsofyears
nmLight-y
ears
Searchforunifying theories-Physics(GUT)-Biology(Evolution)
SCIENCE:HowtheworldworksphysicallyIterativeuncoveringofmechanismsEmpiricaldatadriven
CHRISTIANITY:RelationshipbetweenGodandhumans-History,literatureandspirituality
bible
humaninterpretationofthebible
Christianliterature
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SCIENCE:HowtheworldworksphysicallyIterativeuncoveringofmechanisms(experimentaldesign,datameasurement&analysis)
CHRISTIANITY:RelationshipbetweenGodandhumans(History, literatureandspirituality)
Primaryliterature–-hierarchyofjournals-citationsandinfluenceofanarticle-authorsandtheirpastwork
Secondaryliterature– Reviews-hierarchyofjournals-citationsandinfluenceofanarticle-authorsandtheirpastwork
Tertiaryliterature-textbooks
GeneralPublicMediaDocumentaries
Primaryliterature–-bible– fixedreference
Exegesisby:Literaryscholars,HistoriansTheologians
WritersChristianleadersReferenceliterature(commentariesetc)
GeneralPublicChristians
Media
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1.ScienceandChristianitydon’twork thesameway
2.ScienceandChristianitydon’tsolveinternaldisputesanddisagreementsthesameway
3.ScienceandChristianityarenotfocusedonthesameoutcomes
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CanyoubeaChristianandaScientist?- yes
•Scientistsareexplorers,theyseekwisdom,theyarenotsatisfiedwithstatusquoanswers,theysearchformeaning,seekorderinuncertainty.
•Historicallymanyoftheworld’smajorscientificorganisationsanduniversitieswereestablishedbyChristian’sunderChristianprinciples.
•ThereisalegacyofChristianswhohavebeenscientistsinsuchrolesoverhundredsofyears.
•TheworldtodayhasmanyChristian’swhoareactive,wellrespectedandaward-winningscientistsacrossalltypesofuniversitiesandresearchinstitutions.
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Anyhighprofilecurrentexamples?- yes
FranciscoJ.Ayala,Evolutionary geneticistandmolecularbiologist
University ofCalifornia
MartinJReesAstrophysicist
University ofCambridge
FrancisCollinsGeneticist
DirectoroftheNIH
MartinNowakMathematicianandtheoreticalbiologist
HarvardUniversity
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MyJourney
GrewupinCanberra
BScandPhDattheAustralianNationalUniversity(BiochemistandMolecularBiologist)
HFSPPostDocFellowUniversityofOxford
ARCResearchFellowshipsatUWA
DirectorofanARCNationalResearchCentre– 120people
GrewupinaBaptistchurchcommunityinCanberra
BecameaChristianat~12– committingtofollowChristasLordandSaviour
ActiveCUmemberatUniversityatANU
ActivememberofevangelicalchurchessinceinCanberra,OxfordandPerth
Seeking toliveasa‘forgivenperson’andexplaintootherswhatthatlifeislike
Publishonproteinbiochemistry,mitochondrial function,evolutionofproteinsandproteomes,epigenetics, cellularfunction
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WhyisbeingaChristianandascientistperceivedtobe‘hard’?-historyofantagonismbetweenscienceandtheology,churchandthestate,church‘interference’withtheoperationsofuniversities.
-mediaperceptionthatthetwoare‘opposites’.
-Christianmis-understandingofscience
-creationsciencedebateinUSschools,andtheriseoftheNewAtheistmovementopposingit
-linksproposedbetweenevolutionarythought,the‘meaninglessness’oflife,andsocialproblemsinwesternsocieties.
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Scientificevidence
Polarisedviewsinthemediacreationism/evolutionism debate
ethicaluseofbiotechnology debateOriginofuniverseetc
PolarisedViewsInScienceandChristianity
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Evolution– data,theoriesandthefoundationofinterconnectionsinmodernnaturalsciencesvs
‘Evolutionism’(e.g.theNewAtheists)- proofofmeaninglessness,denialofcreationorGod’sexistence,criticism/counteringofreligionandsuperstition.
Creation-biblicalaccounts,Christiantheology,foundationalprinciplesofGod’srelationshipwithhumans.vs‘Creationism’(e.g.CreationScienceMovement/InstituteforCreationResearch)- Literalscientificinterpretationofspecificscriptures,focusoneducation,litigationandresearchonevidenceagainstevolution.
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Soisthereasolution?
• ExegesisofancientscripturesiscomplexanddebatedforlinguisticandexegeticreasonsamongstChristians:
e.g whatkindofliteratureisGenesis1andGenesis2?-history,poetryorpolemic(anargument)
howdoweinterpreteothersectionsofthebiblethatquoteorrefertoGenesis?
ShouldanyoftheBiblebereadasascientificdocument?
WhoweretheaudienceandwhatwasthecentralmessageofpassageX?
Whowastheauthorandhowwastheinformationprovidedtohim?dream,vision,narration
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Soisthereasolution?• Youdon’talwaysneedthemiraculous(physicallyunexplainableevents)fortheirtobemeaningandpurposeinevents.(Considersymbolismincommunion)
• Manythingswepreviouslydidnotunderstandhowtheyhappened,nowsciencecanexplaininprocess- thisisagoodthing.
• Stillmanythingssciencecannotexplaininprocessorconsidershighlyimprobableevents(mechanismunknownoroutcomeunusual)
• Explained,improbableorunexplainable≠true,unlikelyandfalseevidence
Myopinion:AChristianwhoignoresscientificevidenceandanswersismissingoutonwhat100sofyearsofhumanendeavourhastaughtusabouttheworld
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Soisthereasolution?Boundariesofsciencearecomplexanddebated
Whensciencefindsnomeaning(eg inevolutionaryprocesses)itdoesnotmeanthereisnomeaning,justthatsciencecan’tfindit
Whensciencefindsnopracticalreasontoapplyethicalconstraintsitdoesnotmeanweshouldhavenoboundariesinourethics
- Art,Literature,Language,Law,Philosophyallhavetheirownmethodsdistinctfromscience.
-ChristianityarguesthatGod’sviewoverrideshumanviewsandwediscovertheseboundariesthroughrelationshipwithGod.
Myopinion:Ascientistwhothinksscienceanswerseveryaspectofourlivesismissingoutonwhat1000sofyearsofhumanexperiencehastaughtus
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SowhataboutEvolution..
Apottedhistoryofevidenceandthetheoriestoexplainit
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Progressionofevidenceasabasisforevolution
Evidenceoftimeelapsing inthebiologicalworld
Evidenceofprogressivecomplexityoforganisms
Genetic/DNAevidenceofrelationshipsbetweenorganisms
Evidenceofextinction,divergenceofpopulationsalongbiogeographiclines,evidencefromisolationanddifferentialselection
Evidenceofageoftheearth Astrometry, rockformationprocesses,rocklayers,oceanmud, icelayers,radioisotopedecayetc etc
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• extremeclimatechangeovermillennia
• physicalenvironmentchangesacrosscontinents
• predatorandcompetitorchanges
• extinctions
• physicalisolationbylandmovementandislandboundaries
• adaptionthrough selectionovermanygenerations
‘Perfectcreations’inan‘unchangingworld’isnotwhatisobservedbyscientificinvestigation
Biologicalorganismsadaptandmodify, theyevolvedinthepastandcontinue toevolvetoday,
Thesameisseeninthebirds, thebees,theflowers,andinhumans
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Lamarkianexplanation(~1790s)- passingoncharacteristicstooffspring thatareacquiredduring alifetimeofstruggle- asameansofevolution
Darwinianexplanation(~1860s)-survivalofthefittestbyselectionof traitsovergenerationsasameansofevolution (naturalselection)
-survivaloftheselected(sexualselection)
Neo-Darwinismexplanations-Mendelian Darwinism(~1930s)-synthesisofDarwinianevolution throughnaturalselectionwithMendelian geneticsgivesthemechanismofinheritanceandthemolecularbasisofvariance
-KinSelectionTheory(~1960s)– anexplanationofevolution insocialspecies– helpingofrelatedindividuals tomaximiseinheritanceofgenes‘like’youown
Progression ofPrinciples andPhilosophyofEvolution
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SowhataboutCreation..
HowdoEvangelicalChristiansunderstandGenesis1anditsimpactonChristianTheology
- exegesis- explanationorinterpretationofatext
hayahandexist
befollow
boqermorningdawnclearingending
breaking forthorder
erebevening
dusk/darknessblurringbeginningmixingchaos
yowmdaytime
othertimesage
tobehot
echadonefirst
hayahandexist
befollow
AncientHebrewwordshavemanymeaningsandaretranslatedthroughcontext
“Andtherewasevening,andtherewasmorning--the firstday.”Gen1:5
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1.Godmadeallthatconstitutesthisuniverseinwhichwelive2.Godwaspleasedwithhiscreation3.HumanitywastheclimaxofGod’screation4.HumanshaveaGodgivenresponsibilityovertherestofthecreatedorder.5.Godsustainsthecreatedordertothisday
CentralassertionsofGenesis1sharedbyallexegeticalpositionsof
mainstreamChristianity
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Position1InterpretingGenesis1“Literalscientificreadingexegesis”
-6days(yowm=24h)creationsequence-creationexnihilo bytheWordofGod-instantaneousspeciesandlivingkingdom establishment-oftenbutnotalways-youngearthanduniverse
Position2“literalscientificreadingwitholdearthandperiodoftimeexegesis”
-6periodsoftimepresentedascreationsequence(yowm=age)-creationinitiatedbytheWordofGod-slowerestablishmentof speciesandlivingkingdoms inlinewithscientificevidence-oldearthandolderuniverse
Position3“Non-scientificreadingofthetextandexegesis”
-focusonwhatthepassagetellsaboutGodascreator-focusonpoeticnatureandstructureofthenarrativeanditsmeaning-’polemic‘theory fortheoriginofitsmeaning-’7daysofrevelation’ totheauthortheoryofitsorigin-parablepresentationofanunknowableworkofGod(seealsoJob38)
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Soisthereasolution?ConstructiveconversationsbetweenscienceandChristianity
– notinthemedia….
-respecteachother’shistories
-understandeachothersapproachesandmethodologyofsolvinguncertainty….patienceisrequired
-recognisetheyfocusondifferentaspectsofthesamereality
-recognisethatscienceandChristianityarebothbasedonabsolutetruth– so….
-forChristiansthismeansseekingGod’swisdomtofindit-forscientiststhismeansbuildingdataandtestinghypotheses-forChristianswhoarescientists,thismeansdoingboth.