Today's question is: When did you first notice the tension between faith and science? How have you resolved that tension?
This kid named Chris was in my 7th grade science class. One day, he raised his hand and asked, "What if God put dinosaur skeletons in the ground to give us something to do?" Obviously, this kid took the Creation story literally. He was implying that during the Creation week, when God was forming the earth, God thought, "Hmm....I bet they'll get bored. Why don't I take some huge bones and bury them. These humans will dig them up and concoct stories about amazing beasts that used to roam the earth...yup, that'll be fun!"
I remember thinking about the implications of his question and getting a big headache. It sort of made my brain twist around in funny ways. By the time middle school rolled around, I'm fairly certain that I didn't take the Creation stories literally. I knew what I didn't believe. But, I wasn't sure what I did believe about those stories.
The tension got resolved through a lot of conversation, wrestling, paying attention and prayer.
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