Reconciling Science and Religion with Dr. Jamie Jensen Rewrite Tomorrow

In the first official episode of the Rewrite Tomorrow podcast, I interviewed Dr. Jamie Jensen, a professor of Biology at Brigham Young University. We discuss the supposed conflict between science (especially as it relates to human evolution) and religion.   Dr. Jensen has a fantastic perspective that I hope will inspire Christians who may have historically had a lack of trust in science simply due to a perceived conflict with the Bible to reassess their views and find some peace in reconciliation.   



Watch on YouTube! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1XVeg-gcjE&t=6s



Timestamps: 

Genesis 1 vs. Science: 11:15

The Flood: 15:55

Internal Struggle for Students: 19:40

The Scientific Evidence: 23:30

What is a Theory?:24:25

God of the Gaps: 25:40

The Flood vs the Fossil Record: 28:27

Genetic Evidence: 33:30

Who Cares if Christians Accept Science?: 41:00

Macro vs Micro Evolution: 44:25

Science is Agnostic: 46:50   



Resources for more learning: 


BYU's "RecoEvo" - Tons of resources including curriculum for teachers:      https://biology.byu.edu/reconciling-evolution
Tim Mackie on Interpreting Genesis:     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhTqbfbEaRA
Fantastic Video on Endogenous Retroviruses and their implication in Human/Chimp Ancestry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXfDF5Ew3Gc
Biologos.org - An organization created to help reconcile science and religion. Founded by Dr. Francis Collins, a man of faith and the former head of the Human Genome Project:      https://biologos.org/





Keywords: Christianity, Evolution, Young Earth Creationism, Old Earth, Faith, Genesis 1, The Flood, Noah