There is a lot of controversy and
contradiction in matters relating to religion and science when it comes to
discoveries made by science. The majority of faith adherents believe that
science is probing into forbidden territories and the discussion on advances
made by the discipline in the realm of the spirit are almost taboo. This has not been helped by the hijacking of
scientific findings by atheists, who have distorted the facts from these
discoveries to disproof the existence of God.
So, when one ask the crucial
question on whether science has found God in the realm of the unseen in the
study of quantum mechanics, also referred to as the spiritual science, or the
science of the unseen- the infinitely small, one is gripped with the fear of
being labeled a rebel.
This fear has its origin as far
back in time as 340 BC , when the Greek philosophers started asking themselves
the hard questions on reality and started observing nature in a bid to
understand and unravel the mystery of the nature of creation.
This saw the first major
discovery and a great leap into the understanding of the universe following
observations by Aristotle on the eclipse of the moon.
He found out that the shadow of
the earth on the moon was always round, which would imply that the earth was
elliptical and not a flat disc as previously thought.
Aristotle also thought that the
sun, the moon and all the planets rotated around the earth which was
stationary.
This fitted very well with what
the Christian church then, interpreted from the scriptures and the idea was
elaborated by yet another philosopher, Ptolemy.
It is not until around 1514, when
a Polish priest, Nicholas Copernicus, anonymously, for possible fear of
retribution, came up with the idea that the sun was stationary and centre and
that the earth which held not special position, was rotating, together with the
other planets, around the sun.
Then two astronomers, a German,
Johannes Kepler and an Italian, Galileo Galilei started to publicly support the
Copernicus theory, but their support suffered a deathly blow shortly thereafter.
These two astronomers support
changed when Galileo observed with the newly invented telescope, that the moons
of Jupiter orbited the planet. This brought about the conception that
everything did not have to orbit around the earth.
This new observational discovery
brought such a major rift between science and religion and saw the separation
of the two branches of learning to this date.
But it is interesting to note from
the only book that gives us guidance on the existence of a creator for the
universe and all matter, that God want us to seek Him.
In the Book of Jeremiah chapter 29
verse 13 and 14, God says, “Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me,
and I will listen to you. You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your
heart. 'I will be found by
you,' declares the LORD.”
The definition of the word seek is
to “attempt to find (something).” So if what science is doing, in the process
of its discoveries, is finding God’s existence, as is so profoundly appearing
to be the case, then it would appear to be in line with what God want of us.
This supposition appears to be reinforced by the command by the Christ as found
in Mathew chapter 6: 33 which says, “But seek first his (God) kingdom and his
righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.”
This calling to seek the kingdom
of God is also supported rigorously by Paul’s Doctrine in all his 14 books in
the New Testament. BY JOE MWAI
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