Matthew Maurys Thoughts on Truth

"The Bible is true and science is true, and therefore each, if truly read, but proves the truth of the other." -Matthew Maury

About Matthew Maury

Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806-1873) was an American astronomer, cartographer, geologist, oceanographer, meteorologist, and a member of the United States Navy. He was also a historian, author, and an educator. He has published books on oceanography and geography, among others. He was noted for helping chart ocean winds and currents, and setting the pathways for ships at seas. For his works and contributions, he was nicknamed the “Pathfinder of the Seas” and the “Scientist of the Seas” by various institutions.

Explanation

Both religion and science, all throughout the history of humankind, had been two of the most powerful and most influential social enforcers to mankind. Science had for so long attempted, at varying degrees of efficiency and accuracy, everything that happens in this world and beyond. The different religions, on the other hand, on their teachings through the holy books like the Bible, have also interpreted the nature and its wonders. More often than not, humans are divided, at varying degrees, between the beliefs on the interpretation of the Bible and the explanation of Science. Sometimes, one will not give in for the other. However, the Bible, as the written word of God, is true. Similarly, science, with proven experiments, theories, and laws, is true. The two, should actually complement each other—Science saying “how” things are and the Bible, saying “why” things came to be. For example, Science may explain point by point how the universe came to be, but the Bible may be the only one to interpret “why” it came to be.