Romans and Blood Sacrifice

Romans 5:14 Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who is a pattern of the one to come. So, because of one man's sin, Adam, we are all born into sin and death and because of one man's sacrifice, Christ, all who believe are reborn and saved.

This lead to a discussion on science vs. religion. Some of our group thought science often seems to try to disprove religion. Others thought science inadvertently actually proves some biblical accounts. My own view  is shown in this quote from "The Christian Executive," ©1998 Ronald Rainson, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED:

Scientists and Religion

In 1914, James H. Leuba of the Bryn Mawr College Psychology Department conducted a survey of American biologists and physical scientists concerning two beliefs he felt were central to the Christian Religion.

1. A God influenced by worship and
2. An afterlife.

Leuba felt Christianity couldn't survive without those two concepts. In 1996 and 1998, Edward J. Larson and Larry Witham asked a group of scientists:

1. Do you believe in a God in intellectual and affective communication with man... to whom one may pray in expectation of receiving an answer and
2. Do you believe in personal immortality.

These are essentially the same questions. Four out of ten scientists believed in God in Leuba's study in 1914. In 1996 and 1998, it was still 40%. In Leuba's study 50% thought there was life after death; now it is down to 40%.

I would like to suggest, and I admit this conclusion is from limited evidence, that the declining numbers and indeed the low numbers to begin with, are the result of including scientists in the survey who, while they might have been on the rolls of the National Academy of Science, are not as brilliant and insightful as they would have us believe. Consider Copernicus, Kepler, and Newton. They were all profoundly religious.

Given that a "scientist" should appear objective, I suspect they have convinced themselves that a belief in a supreme being would cloud their judgement let alone steal their thunder. Remember, after all, the best scientists can do is understand cause and effect and name things. There is nothing new under the sun.

1 Cor 3:18-19

18 Do not deceive yourselves. If any one of you thinks he is wise by the standards of this age, he should become a "fool" so that he may become wise.
19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God's sight. As it is written: "He catches the wise in their craftiness"; (NIV)