Science - Its problem and value

What is not to like about modern science? It has given us everything from medical technology to the X-box. There is no doubt that our world could not support the sheer number of people on the planet without the considerable aid of science. So what could be a problem with science? Just this - by refusing to consider "purpose," what Aristotelian and Thomist philosophy refers to as "final causes," it has truncated our view of reality. The modern project, of which science as currently understood is the pinnacle, not only refuses to ask questions of purpose or final cause, but insists that such questions are invalid. By defining "success" as the increase of human happiness in this world and life, it has done an admirable job of increasing happiness in this life. But by denying the possibility of God and eternal life, it has rule out of bounds the discussion of either subject. But what if there is a God? And what if science, by its exclusive attention to this life only, is unable to tell us anything about God or eternity? And what if we refuse to consider other sources of knowledge than science? Will we find out only too late that God was there all along trying to get our attention so we could know and fulfill the qualifications of eternal life in His presence? Just a question.

Pastor Ken