As discussed in the previous blog entry, scientific theories of how the world came to be and the creation story can co-exist. In "The Well-Crafted Arguement" there is an essay by Gregg Easterbrook called, "The New Convergence." It talks about how the debate between religion and science was declared closed in the 1980s, but this essay, published in 2002, states that it has been re-opened. As we have seen in recent years, this is a true statement. One of the reasons being that nobody can agree how the world came to be. The big bang theory is one option given by scientists, but it has also been said to be "only understood as a 'miracle'"(The New Convergence). Another statement in this essay is that "discoveries of physics 'seem to reflect intelligence at work in natural law'." Both these and many other statements and observations bring up the point that scientists have started to turn to religious leaders to fill in the blanks.
The really big questions in life, such as why we are here and how the universe began, are still not completely answered. And the more scientists find out, the more mystery there is to all these questions. Which is probably the main reason they are turning to religion to find out. They are reaching towards "spiritual thinkers to help them comprehend what they're learning"(The New Convergence). Religion can be really helpful in this aspect. The big bang somewhat explains how the Earth could have been created, and the theory of evolution explains how we got to where we are now. But religion fills in the missing pieces. We don't have to know exactly why something is the way it is and the science behind it. Sometimes just knowing that there is intelligence behind the design can keep us at ease and know that even though we may not have exact answers, somebody knows what they are doing and we can relax about it.