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chillin'Now Playing: The Frozen Man - James Taylor
Here is a really cool article about scientists debating God with theologians.
Science, by definition, is systematic knowledge of the physical or material world gained through observation and experimentation: What you can see, measure and repeat.
Faith is "the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." (Hebrews 11:1)
Science is what we see and what we can prove. Faith is what we choose to believe beyond what we can see or prove. A lot of people of faith will disagree with me, but I not only believe you can't prove that God exists, but that you shouldn't even try. I think God wants us to choose our faith, and that He purposely doesn't reveal Himself for just that reason. If God was a thing or an object or a person, something we could physically demonstrate, then there wouldn't be any debate. There wouldn't be any choice.
On My Name Is Earl, Earl has a very simple system of belief, and it follows that if you do good things, then good things happen, and if you do bad things then they come back to haunt you. You reap what you sow. And it's not that he just believes it intellectually, or does things to earn points, it's how he chooses to live, to be a better person. Because of his faith, Earl sees causes and effects that others don't recognize; he doesn't need to prove anything to anyone, nor is he swayed by the skepticism of others. Faith is something he chooses, it's the meaning behind what he experiences.
I don't think science and faith are at odds with each other. I think they're two different things.
