Interesting article Andrew. There's always a lot of tricky ideas that are difficult to adequately articulate via the non-verbal word, somehow.

I'm a Christian. I had a very powerful encounter with the Spirit of God when I was 18, and have had several powerful & interesting encounters since, sometimes on a daily basis.

I fully acknowledge that these experiences don't prove anything to the outsider, as they're very subjective and also very unique for different people.

I've been interested in Cosmology & theoretical particle Physics since I was 14, and believe that science provides us with an incredibly powerful set of tools to create & articulate ideas, things, innovations and much more.

I also believe that modern evolution is our best idea about how biological life fits together and operates.

I recently met a research biologist who is discovering new insights on Alzheimer's as part of his post-doctoral work. Interestingly, he became a Christian whilst studying evolution at a deeper level.

Here's my take on science and faith: Science provides us with our best language to describe, study and create ideas and things. That's It's domain of authority - it's amazing at giving us the power to figure out how. It's empirical nature makes it (mostly!) testable, and gives us the power to change the physical realm.

I see Science as the ultimate fulfillment of the command to have dominion over the Earth, with all the weight of responsibility that that carries.

Faith, for me, isn't so much an idea; it's more of a direct connection, a relationship with Love personified. I know there's many, many questions associated with this - the biggest of which for me remains the issue of human suffering (& why does a loving God allow this). It's easy to come up with trite answers which sound logical - but the pain of human suffering is still a paradox.

I could go on, but this is already turning into too long a comment. Yes, I am a disciple of Christ, but I've also studied Physics up to graduate level, and enjoy the amazing simplicity & yet complexity of this incredible and precious universe we live in.

None of this is meant to try and convince anyone - I hope it's more just a mind-opener for (hopefully friendly!) on-going discussion between people who have very different ideas from one another.