Scientific perspective

My sister wrote and commented the following on "Darwin's God," the article I mentioned a few weeks ago. Nicole is brilliant. She has a degree in biology and worked for a time at a forensics lab in DC. These days, she runs her own home science experiment: she has two young boys. One is learning to walk and one is learning how to burn down the house.

Here are her thoughts on the relationship between science and faith.

Interesting article. I really enjoyed Justin Barret's thoughts and unique perspective. As a scientist I am routinely frustrated by both sides (religion and science) separating the issue and I agree with Justin that you need to consider both science and religion together.

Personal example - two weeks ago my 2 1/2 yr old stuck a pair of tweezers in a light socket. Zachary received a little shock but nothing like the cartoons depict, with his hair standing straight up and black all over his face. Right after this happened someone commented that he must have angels watching over him. Well, yes, but we are told not to worry about our life because God cares for those He has created (Matthew 6:25-34) so technically everyone has guardian angels watching over them and as much as I think my munchkin is special, God loves all of us and protects us how He sees fit.

Onto the science portion - most homes these days have GFCI outlets, or ground-fault circuit interrupter, that detects any imbalance in the flow of electrical current and trips the circuit. These are installed to protect us from faulty appliances or from situations as listed above. As a scientist I would say that the GFCI is why Zachary was not electrocuted. However, I would also say that the GFCI is possible because our loving God created us with incredible minds capable of designing and inventing such a device and creating electricians capable of wiring our house correctly for the device to work properly. I simply cannot divorce scientific logic and reason from my knowledge of God. As mentioned - to nonbelievers this is foolishness, but to a believing scientist it makes all the sense in the world.

Thanks, sis :)