Scientists and religionist too both should search for truth.
Scientists 'discover' truth, but Scripture 'reveals' truth ( Jesus believed he taught ' religious truth ' - John 17:17 )
An Expert said at John 8:32 that we can know the truth and the truth would set us free.
Free from what is false.
So, there is a measure of faith in science, even 'known science' which can be updated.
Scientists that are put on a pedestal are expected to transform the world.
Pres. Reagan said (man's) government is Not the solution but the problem.
So, neither the political nor the scientific nor the religious can enforce morality.
Scientists will never completely grasp absolute truth nor morality because that only comes from God.
All of this is irrelevant.
But to start with, scientists are not set on any pedestal, THEY ARE NOT gods, prophets, heroes, etc.
Yes, they may become famous, but it is not who they are that are important, it is their works.
Do their works (theories, discoveries) provide the information needed to be of use, today?
Sciences are not just about explaining things about the physical nature of the phenomena.
Sciences have many applications, because the theories provide the fundamentals of WHAT the physical or natural phenomena are, and more importantly HOW these work.
By understanding the sciences behind the phenomena, there may be some ways to apply that knowledge that are of use.
To give you some examples. Isaac Newton’s theory on motions, on forces and on gravity, still have many relevant applications today, and understanding these Newtonian mechanics are one of the many steps for other people to their works.
Newtonian mechanics still have applications in the following areas:
- Civil engineering, eg designs of large buildings, bridges, roads, dams, pipes for hydrology systems or sewer systems, etc;
- Mechanical engineering, that include knowledge about engines, eg designs of automobile vehicles, of boats and ships, of planes, of spacecrafts.
- Space flights still understanding on gravity and the forces needed for rocket to take off, as well as providing them with knowledge about how to keep satellites in orbits.
When NASA needed to send unmanned crafts beyond the moon, like the Voyagers, they tried to save as much powers, so they use their knowledges on speed, forces (eg inertial force, centrifuged force) and the planets’ gravitation & orbit, to propel the craft in the direction of their next destination, known as the slingshot.
While Albert Einstein provide more accurate insights and knowledge to motion, forces and gravity, with his theory of Relativity, Newtonian physics still have many applications.
Both theories (eg Newtonian Mechanics, Relativity) still have applications, here today.
My points, that yes, Newton and Einstein are famous physicists, but you would be focusing on the wrong things. It is not their fame that are relevant, it is their works that have contributed that we can use.
Likewise, Charles Darwin is a famous pioneer, but biologists are not interested in his fame, but in his evolutionary mechanism - Natural Selection - that still have some applications today.
Modern evolutionary biology have update and expanded Natural Selection and other mechanisms (eg Genetic Drift, Mutations, etc) with other fields of biology: eg modern genetics, the genome project, biophysics, biochemistry, molecular biology, etc, as well as studies on zoology, botany, microorganisms, etc.
Only fools think they can ignore sciences, like Evolution, just because of their religious biases.
You do understand that the Bible isn’t a book on biology, physics or astronomy, don’t you?
Since Bible narrated on certain people, as individuals (eg Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, Jesus, etc) or in groups (eg Hebrews, Israelites, Jews, one of the 12 tribes, etc), then nothing in the entire Bible explain human anatomy and physiology, doesn’t explain how the brain, heart and other organs function, doesn’t explain how reproduction systems works, or how genetics work, there are no explanatory descriptions of the cells, etc.
The applications of Evolution isn't just in paleontology (study of fossils). Modern genetics and molecular biology work with modern Evolution (not just with Natural Selection), but Evolution also contribute to understanding in these areas too. Together, it provide biologists with it largest mission - the Genome Project. Evolution also help with understanding with medicine, especially for courses of treatments for bacterial diseases and viral diseases.
Are you comprehending what I am saying here?
When it come to understanding biology, even human biology, the Bible is utterly useless.
So it is really astonishing for today's creationists to continue trying discredit MODERN Evolution when the Bible offer absolutely NO ALTERNATIVE EXPLANATION to Evolution or other fields of biology.
"God did it" isn't an explanation; it is a foolish primitive superstition.
And btw, biology, physics, chemistry and astronomy are studies of natural phenomena, not the studies of morals or laws.
If you want to study law, then go study law and legal procedures at universities or law schools, or join the police force.
If you want to study morals, then there are number of different subjects on ethics.
Can the Bible be taught in science classrooms (like biology)? The answer is "no".
Can you get the any job on any any field of science relying only on the Bible? It is still a "No".
