Dr. Henson Religion

One of the first questions that we asked Dr. Henson was whether she believed in the presence of a conflict between science and religion. Her response was in accordance to some of the things that Timothy Larson mentioned in his article. According to Henson, she did not believe that there was any conflict between science and faith. Instead, Dr. Henson said that she believed in apparent paradoxes/contradictions which are things that appear to look conflicting but are not really in conflict with each other. The next question that we asked Dr. Henson about was related to the state of the earth in the antediluvian world (before the fall). Dr. Henson responded with the statement that it’s quite impossible to know the state of the world prior to “the fall”. She also mentioned that she did not believe that the bible could be …show more content…
Dr. Henson than went on to depict a diagram similar to the one mentioned in class about the scopes that math, science and religion have. The next series of questions that we asked was targeted specifically to her field of research which is seabird ecology. One of the questions was if she had come across anything in her research that had seemed a to be a contradiction to her faith. Dr. Henson responded that her research was primarily focused on recording the amount of cannibalism that was observed in seabirds as a result of climate change. She mentioned that she admired the fact that God had created seabirds with the ability to adapt to stressful conditions, however, it was at times hard to reconcile cannibalism in seabirds to her belief in God’s kind and loving nature.
Reflection:
I really found Dr. Henson’s concept of apparent paradoxes very refreshing. My personal exposure to science has brought me in contact with a lot of information that may appear to contradict what the bible says. Thus, Dr. Henson’s description of apparent paradoxes served as a reinforcing element to my belief in certain things that may