WASHINGTON DC — A sweeping new exhibition on “Scripture and Science” opened last week in the nation’s capital at the Museum of the Bible. Tracing the development of science over two millennia, the exhibition challenges the popular misconception that the relationship between the Bible and science has been dominated by conflict rather than cooperation. “And we show how Biblical faith in doing so left an imprint on the development of science itself.”Far from being an impediment to science, the Bible encouraged and nourished science, according to the exhibition. A theme running throughout the exhibition is how often the teachings of the Bible and the findings of science have converged in interesting ways. As the exhibition points out, humans are rational beings, whose use of symbolic language outstrips anything seen in other animals.
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