Many today view science as the only way to arrive at objective truth. Some have termed this ideology “Scientism.“ According to Merriam Webster, Scientism describes, “an exaggerated trust in the efficacy of the methods of natural science applied to all areas of investigation.”

Skeptics today see science filling the “gaps“ in our understanding that ancient man once filled with “God.“ Even though science furnishes us with objective truth, it’s not the only means by which we can obtain truth. In the following, we will examine a few commonly held views about science and how it interacts with faith.