"I Believe in Science"

You probably heard Hillary Clinton say, "I believe in science", during her acceptance speech. Make no mistake, that was a jab in the eye of Christians.

I’ve had people say that to me too.   By saying that, I understand them to say, "I don't believe in God, because science disproves God".

Well, I believe in science too, but I have a justification for believing in science. I believe the scientific method is a valid way to gain knowledge. And I can justify that statement.   In other words, I can account for the REASON WHY science works.

I would ask you, "Why do you believe in science?", in other words, "How do you know, that the scientific method is valid?".   Here are the steps of the scientific method:

1. ask a question
2. research the context - in other words, has the question already been sufficiently answered
3. form a hypothesis
4. test the hypothesis
5. refine the hypothesis
6. retest and repeat
7. draw a conclusion (your results will either prove or disprove your hypothesis)

In short, the scientific method uses a concept called "induction", to gain knowledge.   By way of explanation, "Induction" is looking backward, to make a prediction about the future.   But I would ask you, how do you know that the past has anything to do with the future?   I can account for "induction", because I know the One who "holds all things together by the word of His power".   That is God Himself.   But without God, you can make no such claim.

When you say, “I can predict the future, because it's always been that way in the past”, you’ve just committed a logical mistake.   That’s a logical fallacy called, “begging the question.”   You’re saying, “the future is like the past, because it’s always been that way in the past.”

God bless...