19) On Faith and Science

Ever since the scientific revolution of the 1700s, faith and science have been at odds. The latter has claimed truth based on empirical reasoning, the church claiming truth on grounds of divine revelation. I propose that, although science will never wholeheartedly come to the church's aid, the church use scientific method to grant credibility to the Christian faith. Soren Kierkegaard did make an interesting point though, “One must choose to believe in God passionately and personally, not as a mere intellectual exercise.” Perhaps, in light of this, the church ought to slow rationalistic proofs of a divine creator, but instead should turn to the aspects of love in God, presupposing that he he is true. Whatever the church does choose to do, it must be kept releventally fundamental.