In my study of networked media I’m always encouraged to question… to speculate on things. This debate around the compatibility, or rather, supposed incompatibility of science and faith has got me speculating… :

When you think of science and faith I immediately visualize a spectrum with each concept on one end in binary opposition to the other. But to perceive the compatibility of science and faith in this manner is to see the world through a black and white lens (this being the same metaphorical lens that categorizes people as either entirely good or entirely bad). In essence, science is about observation and the discovery of fact. Faith is believe with no evidence. It is science that proves faith by revealing the gaps in our understanding, which in turn, can only be understood by faith. The presence of science gives a miracle meaning. Think about it…