Wesley Huff

I could say, you know, Stephen, what is this?

And you could go into all of this explanation about how paper is made and the pulp and how we extrapolate it and eventually put it together in the binding.

And I could say, okay, yeah, but this is a Bible.

This is meant to communicate something to you.

What is the explanation for this?

One explanation could be the chemical and scientific components that make up the Bible.

Another explanation could be this is a religious text that's actually trying to communicate something to you.

And so I think in the scientific data, all of that is obviously important, right?

Like there's this great quote by C.S.

Lewis where he says that men were scientific because they expected laws in nature.

And so they looked for the legislator.

And you look, you read individuals like Francis Bacon who came up with the scientific method, and they're inherently religious, right?

They almost articulate what they're doing in their scientific endeavor as an act of worship.

Because if the exploration of the creative world points to a creator, then that can be an act of understanding who and why we're here.

In terms of the scientific questions, I'm very interested in them, especially as a non-scientist.

They fascinate me.

But in terms of the meaning questions...

I think I would err on the side of caution of attempting to be Betty the botanist.

And sometimes I read individuals like Dawkins, and I'm hearing Betty the botanist extrapolate and define the botanical specimen.

Right.