During my time in high school, I was a very luke-warm Christian. I would say that I
believed in Jesus but did not act like it. This led to me not being able to see the
connection between science and sacred knowledge. I had the idea and belief that
it would always be God versus Science. However, Entwistle (2015) explains best
on how I grew past that thinking, he states “If we understand that all of what God
created was good, then we must avoid creating an artificial separation between
that which is sacred and that which is secular” (p. 11). I do still believe that
science can be wrong at times, because of human error and we do not know all
that God does, but I am not against science as a whole anymore.
a a a a a a a a a a Growing up in the family I did, I definitely see that our views lined up
more on the side of Fundamentalism. My mom and dad were very suspicious of
most things that involve science, especially medically. (During this time, one must
imagine how it is going with them). a I do er more on the side of being suspicious
of science when it is being viewed as ‘bigger than God’. I am not totally against it;
God created the scientist and put them in those positions, however, when society
takes the scientist’s word over the Father’s that is when I can get skeptical.
a a a a a a a a a a In terms of my intellectual virtues, I was raised by two army vets, one
who fought in Vietnam. I was raised that I do not start the fight, but I am to finish
it; Jesus says to turn the other cheek. I was also raised to respect my elders, until
they do not deserve it and then I am to put them in their place. I lacked what
Entwistle (2015) described as intellectual humility, I did not receive instruction or
criticism well or seek to learn more (p. 101). I knew all that I needed, and you
could not convince me otherwise. I had to learn about God’s grace to get over my
superiority complex. Lambert (2016) wrote, “God does not want people to trust in
their own wisdom, so he destroys it through his own wisdom, the wisdom of the
cross” (p. 69).
References
Entwistle, D. N. (2015). Integrative approaches to psychology and christianity: An
introduction to worldview issues, philosophical foundations, and models of
integration. Cascade Books.
Lambert, Heath. A Theology of Biblical Counseling: The Doctrinal Foundations of
Counseling Ministry. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2016. Print.
