Evidence for Faith

Often times people of faith are made to believe that scientific knowledge is more believable than the knowledge faith provides. Sometimes, even those who are believers can make the mistake of thinking that faith means accepting things that are irrational or that seem impossible. Today’s second reading from the Letter to the Hebrews assures us that opposite is true.

“Faith is the realization of what is hoped for, evidence of things invisible.” Science can only tell us about this physical world. By definition, science will never be able to create an experiment that proves or disproves the existence of God. Since God exists outside of the system of our physical world, it takes a different kind of knowing to gain knowledge about God. This way of knowing we call faith, and it is every bit as certain as the knowledge we gain from science. We should never be scared of science. The more we experiment, the more we will see that this visible world points to an invisible reality, even providing evidence for faith.