Science and Religion

 

Are these two opposed?

Many seem to think so,

I think they complement one another

And that’s what I will show.

 

Science is not anti-God

As even some Christians suppose

But we can do science because of God

And that’s what I propose.

 

For sure we all know

Laws are pivotal to science,

And it is Almighty God the Creator

Upon whom science is reliant.

 

God is all knowing, all wise,

And one with eternity,

He with the Son and the Holy Spirit

Forms the blessed Trinity.

 

Three persons in the Godhead

The first of many Triads,

Like time and space and matter:

In each what do we have?

 

 

Time is definitely a triad

With present, past and future,

It is Almighty God that created time-

I trust you get the picture.

 

 

In time he created space;

Space is length, width and height,

In space he stretched out the heavens

We see on a starry night.

 

 

In time He created the earth;

Matter is solid, liquid and gas,

In the beginning God created everything

Thousands of years in the past.

 

God established all science

And without Him there would be none,

By His Son all things consist

And Jesus is His Son. 

 

John 1:1-4

 

In the beginning was the Word,

And the Word was with God,

And the Word was God.

The same was in the beginning with God.

 

All things were made by him;

And without him

Was not anything made that was made.

In him was life;

And the life was the light of men.

 

Science dissects things

To see how they are made,

I tried the same thing as a youngster

But I consistently failed.

 

 

For having dissected things

I could not put them together again,

Somewhat like Humpty Dumpty-

You could well imagine my pain.

 

Religion puts them back together

To see what they mean,

The two complement one another

As facilitated by the Supreme.

 

God is not anti-science

There is absolutely no way He could be,

Creation is too full of science

That anyone can see.

 

Psalm 19:1-2

 

The heavens declare God’s glory

And the firmament shows his handiwork.

Day unto day utters speech,

And night unto night shows knowledge.

 

 

The Bible is full of science

And makes a great science text,

When science and religion are combined

Things become less complex.

 

Stewart Russell © September 19, 2023

If There Were No God

 

 

If there were no God

How would you live?

Would you still be a servant?

Would you still give?

 

If there were no God

Would you help a brother?

Would you still do good?

Would you help a sister?

 

If there were no God

How would you spend a day?

Would you live differently?

Would selfishness be the way?

 

If there were no God

Would you still do right?

Would you still follow the Bible?

Would you walk in its light?

 

If there were no God

Hints that there must be one,

He must be just as real

As every passing dawn.

 

For we have the evidence

When a new day is come,

We are assuredly convinced

When we see the rising sun.

 

I am particularly awestruck

At the evidence for God,

It is though all nature stands

And this very fact applauds.

 

Order and design, how intricate!

How similar yet different!

A mere peep at all of this

Evidences a mental intent.

If there were no God

Would humans have a mind

To deliberate on all this

Across the expanse of time?

 

If there is no God

From whom came the mind?

Though it cannot be touched or seen

We use it all the time.

 

Evolutionists have an answer

For every tangible fact,

Give them billions of years

And they will find its track.

 

But concerning the intangible

They do not have a clue,

Their science is loudly silent

Their minds appear so too.

 

The intangible explains God

And the mind perceives that fact.

Science is the observable

The mind is on a different track.

 

If there were no God

There could never be the mind

Neither would there be matter

Nor even space or time.

 

 

If there were no God

There could never be you

And continuing that same thought

There would be no me too.

 

If there were no God

Nothing would have existed,

No Big Bang or what caused it

To have some minds so twisted.

 

If there were no God

This poem could never be

So with that I rest my case

And leave the rest to the Almighty.

 

Many have passed to eternity

With their no-God notion,

 I entreat you before you do

To give Him your devotion.

 

Stewart Russell © October 2018