You walk into a house.
You find tea simmering on the gas. You find a note beside it saying ‘I’m the owner – I’ve just popped out for a bit, please help yourselves to the tea and make yourselves at home, I’ll be back soon.’
You write in your diary, ‘The house owner is so mindful and welcoming, he must be a wonderful guy.’
A (theoretical) scientist walks into the same house. Looking at the scene before him he proceeds to pick up the note, reads it, laughs mockingly, tears and throws it away.
He then proceeds to write in his diary.
‘I saw….an apparatus in which thermal energy supplied via combustion released heat in an exothermic chemical reaction. This agitated the water molecules raising kinetic energy. The convection currents within the water helped distribute thermal energy, while bubble formation and steam release indicated vigorous nucleate boiling. I tasted this potion and it was lovely actually. Nature/Mother Earth/Science is so wonderful.’
The scientist is not wrong but because his worldview prohibits an external mind/being/power aka God, he would only focus on the actual process and attempt to decipher it.
The Christian opens the Bible and the 1st line reads, “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth”
The scientist because of his worldview states, “In the beginning, atoms and molecules travelling at high speed hit….and behold a Big Bang” But what exactly went bang? Where did that come from?
The worldview dictates one’s belief.
Yes, theoretical science is also a belief. It believes everything must come naturally, it cannot permit an external source or power.
Acknowledge the tea maker.
Acknowledge the Creator.