Man of Science; Man of God

So, I haven't learned very much in my physics class.  Totally my fault.  I don't put in the time and effort and the structure of the class lets me get away with it.  Whatever.

I'm supposed to be studying for a test as I type this blog post...  BUT, I got distracted by a picture caption in the textbook and couldn't resist sharing this with you all.  

The caption was on this old school portrait. It said 'man of science; man of God'.

Who knows who Michael Faraday is?  He is arguably the most influential experimental scientist of all time.  He is considered the father of electromagnetism.  He was a boss with electrochemistry.  Because of him we have batreries that run our lives and the phone on which I'm typing this post.  The dude was a brain.

What's cool about Faraday though was that - not only was he all about science and experiments and learning and physics and electricity and chemistry - he was all about God.  

After reading this cool caption I googled him really quick and read a bit about him... Here's a snippet that I thought was awesome:

"Yet even in earthly matters I believe that the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, and I have never seen anything incompatible between those things of man which can be known by the spirit of man which is within him, and those higher things concerning his future, which he cannot know by that spirit."

I thought this was awesome! There is nothing incomparable between science and the way God works. We are learning those 'invisible things' and unveiling truth. 

Truth is truth - no matter what way we go about obtaining it. There is no such thing as 'religious truth' and 'scientific truth'... There's just truth.  We can get truth through spiritual confirmation through prayer, fasting, and real time revelation from Heavenly Father... And we can get it through experimentation, observation, and logical thought processes.  But no matter what, truth is truth.

Faraday's life and passion for science, while aknowledging a creator and the need for religion, can best be summed up in his own words: "... I cannot doubt that a glorious discovery in natural knowledge, and the wisdom and power of God in the creation, is awaiting our age, and that we may not only hope to see it, but even be honoured to help in obtaining the victory over present ignorance and future knowledge."

Lets do our job in unveiling or fair share of natural knowledge and the wisdom and power of God.