Science and Scientists

 

 

We oft confuse the two

And the two conflate

And we set store by the latter

Especially if he is great.

 

Like a Nobel Prize winner

He has to be right!

Thus, in his name

Science we must rewrite.

 

It’s about scholarship

And tested in a test tube,

What better way I ask you

Can we origins prove?

 

 

It must be testable

And observed over time

And it must be so achieved

By a great scientific mind.

 

Like a Darwin for example

Or an Einstein,

Throw a Newton in there

Or another great find.

 

A Richard Dawkins, for sure

In his “The God Delusion”

Of illusions and disillusions

And utter confusion.

 

Scientists study science

And come up with a view,

They are really no different

From me and you.

 

But carried on a name

And associated with a view

It’s us who should know better

That conflate the two.

 

 

Similarly with the Bible

And Bible commentators,

We treat to some of these

Like John the Revelator.

 

Take Jacobus Arminius

Or the great John Calvin,

Their know-how of salvation

Is the be-all of doctrine.

 

Diametrically opposed

Their adherents fiercely contend:

Armenians and Calvinists

One another stem.

 

With the Bible as their basis

For two opposing views,

Both views are argued as correct

And therefore, also true.

 

The Bible and Commentators

Science and scientists,

When we conflate these twosomes

So much we miss.

 

 

It’s like using blinders

To limit the race horse’s view

Such that focusing on the finish

Is all that it can do.

 

Thus, our focus on science

Is a scientist’s view,

Now you see how easy it is

To conflate the two.

 

Science and scientists

Are not one and the same,

It’s time we separate the science

From a scientist’s name.

 

No Nobel Prize winner

Can ever be that great,

Only God, the Almighty Creator

Can such glory take.

 

 

Drink your primordial soup

And chase with Campbell’s

But know it is the supreme God

That made science possible.

 

Stewart Russell © April 19, 2024