Friday, April 22, 2005
Science fuddles Creation
After at least five thousand years, the quest to discover the origins of humankind has made headway but remains a scientific and religious mystery. The Christian scientist, Charles Hummel, makes his attempt to explain away the misconceptions between the traditional Christian belief and the conventional scientific belief of how the Earth, how the human, and how the universe first formed. Hummel discusses in his book, The Galileo Connection, the interpretation of the creation story in Genesis. Many of the problems in Genesis and modern science, Hummel believes, originate out of how the Bible or the Torah is interpreted. Additionally, Hummel assesses the use of the author’s writing style and its purpose for us today. Personally however, it raises the question that if this part of the Bible is only figurative what other areas are only artistic features. In order to come to an open conclusion; information, logic, and discernment must come together as in Hummel’s theories of interpretation, of purpose, and of Christian belief.