Human truth, as we have said, is agreement between the mind and reality. For example, for ages mankind saw the sun moving from east to west over a seemingly flat earth. Now through scientific exploration we know that the earth is round and that its rotation from East to West is responsible for our vision of the moving sun. Is the first vision of reality false and the second true? Both are true as seen from different positions in space.

Scientific exploration can give us further insights into reality but never absolute truth. Why is this the case? This is due to the method used by science dictated by our inherent limitations. The scientific method is reductionistic meaning that reality is studied in small segments. For example, scientists have been studying matter by looking at ever smaller components (atoms and sub-atomic particles). Sub-atomic particles are seen as forming atoms, atoms molecules, etc. So for a time it was presumed that matter was nothing else but the interaction of atoms and sub-atomic particles.

In the history of scientific exploration we have been presented different models of reality; the mechanistic model of Newton, the quantum model, and the relativity model of Einstein. Today we know that that Newtonian model is valid only for large grouping of atoms and the speed far below the speed of light. "This does not mean that the Newtonian model is 'wrong', or that the quantum and relativity theories are 'right'. All of these models are approximations which are valid for a certain range of phenomena. (Fritjof Capra, The Tao of Physics, Shambhala Pub., Boulder, Colorado, 1975, p. 42)

In conclusion, scientific truth is an ever ending search to understand the working of nature. Our understanding will always be limited regardless of the unifying laws of the universe we may discover. In my view, science increases our sense of wonder by revealing how remarkable nature is thus also revealing the infinite intelligence and wisdom of God, the Creator. Even a scientist who does not believe in God has to begin with the assumption that there is an ordered universe, if he or she does not, he or she cannot do science.

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