Edwin Hubble wrote a paper in 1929 which became the basis for the Big Bang theory (which is controversial in some circles). This month's Discover magazine commented that there has been an incredible increase of data in astronomy since Hubble's day, and yet Hubble's accomplishment was not just collecting data, but finding the pattern in it. Listen to the scientist speak:
"Eventually we reach the dim boundary-the utmost limits of our telescopes. There we measure shadows, and we search among ghostly errors of measurement for landmarks that are scarcely more substantial. The search will continue. Not until the empirical resources are exhausted need we pass on to the dreamy realms of speculation."
So many Christians are afraid of science, and so many scientists are afraid of faith. In an ideal world, both would search for truth and let it show them the patterns of reality.
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