The same facts can lead to different stories. You see this daily in your news feed — major events produce dozens of headlines, and each article has its own interpretation of the facts. This is how we make sense of the world: when we get information, and we want to interpret it. But with so many choices, is there a right interpretation?
In today’s episode, we ask this question. How can you interpret the facts of your life and make sense of your meaning and purpose? Our speaker is chemistry professor, Dr. Troy Van Voorhis (MIT). He discusses how different interpretations may not always conflict with each other, and how his Christian faith informs his approach to certainty.
After applying the scalpel of scientific inquiry to something like religious faith, is there anything left? Does religion still play a role in human thought or does science explain it all? Is science by itself enough?
In Christianity, you don't do good as a way of sucking up to God and proving how much better you are ... [T]he whole narrative of Christianity isn't about people ascending to draw close to God. The narrative of Christianity is about God drawing near to us.
In Christianity, the same God who set the universe in motion, the same God who works in and through the natural laws, the same God who set up the principles of ethics — that same God provides the means, the bridge in the person of Jesus, who can get us from who we are to who we were meant to be.
Faith is how we know that something is going to turn out a certain way, even when the evidence is incomplete.
