The theme for our October series is Deciphering Faith for these times. David McKirdy will speak on the topic Deciphering Science/Religion.

Albert Einstein said, “Religion without science is blind”, whereas Max Planck, the founder of quantum physics, points out “Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because … we ourselves are part of nature and therefore part of the mystery that we are trying to solve.”

Are science and religion necessarily at odds?

David, a life-long church goer, is a graduate of Adelaide Teachers’ College, the University of Adelaide, and the ANU.

It was not until he joined SCM in 1964 that the geology and organic chemistry majors of his B.Sc. degree started to pose serious questions for the somewhat conservative theology then underpinning his faith. A fundamental change in his thinking occurred when confronted with the vastness of geological time, and the fact that homo sapiens did not appear on the scene until 5 seconds before midnight. His faith journey has very much been a matter of reconciling science and religion.

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