Science can tell us about the structure of planets, plants and animals, and about the physical laws that direct their behavior. But it's silent about why they exist.
We human beings look for the meaning of things. We want to understand and know the truth. We're looking for the reason behind the facts. All of us routinely ask "why?" Scientist Albert Einstein himself asked why the universe is the way it is and couldn't answer that question.
Dr. John Lennox likes to use his example of a tea pot. Science can tell us the facts about H2O molecules, the temperature at which water boils, how long it will take, and more. But only he can tell us why he's heating water. The answer is: he wants a cup of tea.
Some materialists would like us to agree with them that there's no purpose or meaning to reality, just the brute scientific facts: "[T]here is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.
But people are not wired that way. We all know there is more.
(cont'd tomorrow)
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