This talk by Jose Philips was so intriguing! So often modern culture has seen Christianity and Science as being almost mutually exclusive. The science on evolution and human-induced climate change are often discarded by Christians because when seen from the surface, they doesn’t seem to fit with the Bible. However, if we dig deeper into God’s Word and heart, and find out more about God’s created order, we will see that these do not clash with each other.
Darwin’s theory on Natural Selection may not have intended to disprove a creator but combined with the discovery of Mendelian genetics, the theory of evolution was synthesised. We can observe micro-evolution in natural selection, but not macro-evolution. Through artificial selection, we see how dogs have “evolved” from the Grey wolf, but we also see that mules (a cross between a male donkey and a female horse) are sterile. Mules therefore are not a species in their own right. Artificial selection is of course by design – in this case it’s by humans. Natural selection has not been shown to lead to macro evolution. Hypothetically, even if in the future this is proven, does it mean that God doesn’t exist? Does it mean that God is not involved in evolution? The Psalms and Book of Job tell us of God as the sovereign Creator, Provider and Sustainer (Ps 19:1, Rom 1:20, Job 38-39).
The theory of evolution also contradicts the law of entropy, where "entropy changes lead to a progressive disorganization of the physical world...while evolutionary changes [produce] progressively higher organization...". Even though these two theories are said to be incommensurable, it shows us that believing in only science itself as the be all and end all requires a considerable amount of faith as well.
Hoi Wen
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