Opus 2026-026: God Is in the Gaps

One of the criticisms that the anti God crowd likes to throw at scientist who believe in God is what is called the God of the gaps.  They accuse these believers of saying that God must’ve done something when they are confronted by areas of knowledge that cannot be discovered.  It’s a not so subtle way put down of believers by claiming that they are unwilling to look in the gaps.

If their criticism is accurate, then it is justified, but in reality, their criticism is not that of skepticism, but it is the criticism of the cynic.  It’s a denial of what the believer actually believes.  First of all, the believer would say that God created the universe.  That’s pretty simple.  When he says that He’s not saying that we can’t investigate, that there are not areas that we have not figured out yet, or putting specific questions in the area that we will never figure out.  He is simply starting from the premise that God created the universe.

Is God in the gaps?  Of course.  He’s also in that established area between the gaps.  One of the problems we are finding today is that much of what scientist claim to know is fraudulent.  Does that mean that all science is fake?  Does that mean that science is bogus?  No, of course not.  It just means that some scientists are fakers.  God is in the parts that have been figured out.  What scientist don’t like to admit is that even in the parts they have figured out, there are questions that still need to be answered.

Real scientist are skeptics.  They question everything.  They even question the existence of God.  As a believer, I occasionally have questions like that myself, but since there’s some things you have to take on faith, such as gravity, I will continue forward, allowing God to fill the gaps until I get enough information to explain those gaps.  God doesn’t abandon the gap when I explain it.

I embrace the God of the gaps not because there is no explanation for the gaps, but because God is infinite, and I am still just beginning my journey towards eternity.

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