The Tree of Wisdom contains many branches; of which three are science, theology, and technology. While science tells us about our observations in nature, theology aims to provide meaning beyond the boundaries of nature. Meanwhile, technology is an important too because many disciplines use it to aid understanding. In terms of the Tree of Wisdom, it is up to each of us to examine the branches for reflection, integration, and application.
God gives His creatures room to be themselves – and for we humans, the space is enormous. This independence is one of God great gifts. With our minds, we can discover the great potentiality of His ongoing grand creation and His great purpose.
The human brain may be the most complex system in the natural world. Because our brain differentiates us from other living things, we have also determined that the grand creation of nature displays patterns, connections, unity, universality, and interrelationships of which we are a part. God gave us an ability to investigate (through science) and discover (through theology) that he is the ultimate source of our revelations.
I close with these words from Francis Collins, a scientist who led the Human Genome Project and is currently the head of the National Institute of Health.
I do not believe that God who created all the universe, and who communes with His people through prayer and spiritual insight, would expect us to deny the obvious truths of the natural world that science has revealed to us, in order to prove our love for Him. (from his book, The Language of God, 2006)
A Frank Angle 
Really good and interesting quote. God gave us a brain, He delights when we use it….and if we truly seek Him, we end up finding Him everywhere anyway…
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Journey,
Now there’s excellent insight. Many thanks for sharing!
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Beautiful, intriguing stuff, Frank. I really enjoyed this.
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Keith,
Glad you enjoyed it … and many thanks for stopping by.
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Excellent summation of our past debates! Good luck with avoiding the heat AND returns to the dentist. 😉
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John,
Ah ha …. you are seeing the light behind my madness. Thanks for the best wishes.
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Beautiful quote and quite true. It has long been my belief God didn’t give us inquisitive minds just so we could turn them off and merely repeat generational dogma.
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Beagz,
Wow … “repeat generational dogma” is a powerful statement … and I like it. Thanks for sharing.
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the brain is, indeed, a wondrous thing. what a shame that so many people refuse to use theirs.
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Nonnie,
As expected, well said on all counts. Hope all is well with you.
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Thanks for the quote and also for your prior recommendation to read “When Science Meets Religion” by Ian G. Barbour. The book really does a great job of organizing the history of how science and religion have interacted.
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Tim,
Glad you enjoyed the outstanding Barbour book. Thanks for promoting it to others and for commenting.
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I loved this post. Awesome quote. Someone should send it to the likes of Christine O’Donnell.
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Spinny,
Good news is that O’Donnell has remained out of the news. Given this topic, I wrote this about one of comments back when she was getting a lot of press. Interestingly, she processes being a loyal Catholic, but doesn’t know the Catholic stance on this topic. She needs to read writings from Pius XII, John Paul II, and Benedic XVI. Here’s my post. https://afrankangle.wordpress.com/2010/10/19/on-another-odonnell-clueless-moment/ Thanks for stopping by!
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