9th Grade: Lesson 6: Scripture & Science
Lesson
Blaise Pascal, a known Catholic scientist
One of the most popular pastimes of that the modern culture is to bash the Catholic Church. You’ll likely hear snide remarks made often about how Catholics don’t know Scripture and that Catholics ignore science and reason. You’ll find that many people will accuse you of being part of the Church that hated Galileo (we’ll talk more about that later). This subject, that the Church opposes science and research, is a gross misconception that the contemporary media loves to exploit. The historical record of the Church with regard to science is not at all what the modern media would have you believe. There is hardly any subject about which there is more widespread ignorance and misinformation than the relationship between the Catholic faith and science.
<> Faith and science are not mutually exclusive. One myth of the modern age is that scientific analysis and religious faith are inherently opposed to each other. Faith and science are not identical, they are not always mutually supportive, but they coexist rather well, the contours of each leaving room for the other. In many ways, the contours of each strongly point to a high prob...