Infinitism...

I read today that there really isn't any conflict between faith and science because in reality they ask different questions. I'm assuming that the writer was giving the old apples to oranges comparison, and concluding that we aren't comparing same things. I have a little problem with that. I think that science, in the long term, actually validates faith. Faith is the belief in things unseen, the act of believing whether or not proof is readily available. Science looks for proof, and as there is only one ultimate Truth, which is God, if science does it's homework correctly it will ultimately lead right to Him.

Our problem with science is, we think we know more than we do. We postulate, and correlate, and extrapolate, and even sometimes hesitate, as we seek for Truth. The problem is, when we don't know, we forget about all the knowledge that is in the universe that we have not yet tapped into, the vast galaxies of information waiting to be discovered, and we don't allow ourselves the luxury of saying, "It is possible; it just hasn't been discovered yet."

I had a friend some years back, who was a self-professed agnostic, who tried to trip me up with one of those dichotomy questions, you know, where the answer contridicts itself... He asked, "If God can do anything then can He make a rock so heavy he can't lift it?" I promptly answered, "Yes." "
"So", he argued, "if He can make the rock then He can't lift it. If He can't lift it He can't do anything. If He can lift it then He can't make the rock."

"No", I said, "You're wrong. You see, the premise is that God can do anything. Therefore He can make the rock and He can lift it. Your problem is you have a finite mind trying to understand an infinite God, to whom all things are possible, and you can't wrap your mind around the concept that he can do anything. ANYTHING. So while I don't profess to know how, I do know it's within His realm of possibilty, because it is within His infinite ability."

While my friend was unconvinced he was also at a loss for argument... So I asked him to close his eyes and try to picture nothingness, the way it was before creation. Don't picture empty space, for space is something- picture nothingness. He couldn't, because nothingness is an infinite quality and we cannot grasp it with our finite minds. Just like trying to grasp the capabilities of an infinite God with our finite minds is utterly futile. And yet God revealls Himself to us, daily, in nature, in science, in everyday life,because He wants us to get to know Him, personally, intimately, as He knows us. Why does He care so much about us, a broken and sinful people? Now there's a mystery...

Food for thought...