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A Catholic guide to understanding and embracing the intersection of faith and science. Explore the Church's teachings, learn the science, and uncover the harmony between God's creation and scientific knowledge.

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  1. Conclusion We Don't Need to Choose Between Faith and Science

  2. Creation is a Gift from God A Catholic guide to navigating science: • Know what the Church teaches. • Begin to learn the science. • Sort out the system of wills. Conclusion: We Don't Need to Choose Between Faith and Science?

  3. Creation is a Gift from God System of Wills • Nature is the medium in which we act. • God created prescriptive laws. • We formulate descriptive models. • Free agents with free will move matter. • We are part of the greater system of wills. • When God moves matter (miracles), he does not break the laws of nature. Conclusion: We Don't Need to Choose Between Faith and Science?

  4. Reviewing Questions Posed to Faith by Physical Science Does the Big Bang prove God? It does, but only in the same way a sunset does. Physical science can provide inductive evidence to corroborate and complement a deductive claim that God created the universe. As Christians, we view everything as created by God, ubiquitously, just as early Christians and ancient Hebrews did, many of whom were martyrs. Conclusion: We Don't Need to Choose Between Faith and Science?

  5. Reviewing Questions Posed to Faith by Physical Science Is the atomic world the real world? The atomic world is real but invisible, and dazzling information about it continues to unfold in our time. Conclusion: We Don't Need to Choose Between Faith and Science?

  6. Reviewing Questions Posed to Faith by Physical Science Does quantum mechanics explain free will? In the sense that the behavior of matter follows prescriptive laws of nature, we can call it deterministic. In the sense that our models are descriptive and cannot fully describe all motion of particles moving in systems, matter is indeterminate and probabilistic. Quantum mechanics cannot explain free will, because free will is not a subject of particle physics. Conclusion: We Don't Need to Choose Between Faith and Science?

  7. Reviewing Questions Posed to Faith by Biological Science Did we evolve from atoms? Yes, not only did we evolve from atoms, but we evolved from the beginning since our bodies are made up of matter. However, we are not only bodies. We are also human souls, so evolution can never fully account for the diversity of life and our existence as humans. Conclusion: We Don't Need to Choose Between Faith and Science?

  8. Reviewing Questions Posed to Faith by Biological Science Are creationism and intelligent design correct? Creationists seem to reject science because they fear it can prove faith wrong. Intelligent design theorists take too narrow a view of what is and what is not intelligently designed; they rely on science to tell us what faith already does. Conclusion: We Don't Need to Choose Between Faith and Science?

  9. Reviewing Questions Posed to Faith by Biological Science Can a Christian accept the theory of evolution? Yes, a Christian can accept and follow the scientific developments, and a Christian can still believe that God miraculously created Adam and Eve, which science can never find. Conclusion: We Don't Need to Choose Between Faith and Science?

  10. Reviewing Questions Posed to Faith by Biological Science When does a human life begin? We are not sure, but we know that a healthy human zygote is a healthy, living, growing human being. Biology does not declare or define life. Biology observes life after it has begun. When we say life begins at conception, we uphold the simplest unity of faith and science. Conclusion: We Don't Need to Choose Between Faith and Science?

  11. Beyond Science Our Catholic faith begins and ends with miracles. The Church herself is both at home in this world but also a precursor of the world to come. Likewise, we human persons stand out beyond nature. Science may point us to heaven, but science is not our destiny. Conclusion: We Don't Need to Choose Between Faith and Science?

  12. Christianity is not a theory. It is the Truth. Conclusion: We Don't Need to Choose Between Faith and Science?

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