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There have been numerous questions brought up ever since Darwin visited the Galapagos, the largest of which is still toiled in debate even today. Can creationism and the theory of evolution co-exist? Can a story that tells of an all powerful god creating humanity in a day stand side by side with an idea in which Apes and Humans share a common ancestor? “Yes, they can” says Kenneth Miller, Professor of Biology at Brown University. Kenneth, in his article Finding Darwin’s God, argues that creationists, “seek God in what science has not yet explained. His assumption was that God is best found in territory unknown, in the corners of darkness that have not yet seen the light of understanding. These, as it turns out, are exactly the wrong places to look.” I agree with the Professor on this point although I believe religion is outdated, at least these common religions, I agree with the fact that if one was to look for God somewhere it would not be in something that we haven’t looked to deep into. God is something where no matter how hard and how long we look into something the data is inconclusive. The God we should be looking for is like Quabillonth decimal place in pi he is an idea in which we place our faith and just accept the fact it works because no matter how hard we apply our knowledge we can never seem to figure out just exactly what he is. Then, of course, the question arises that “what if we solve pi? Have we found god?” the answer is simply no. God is an idea, real or not and thus like every idea he is subject to change. Karina stated in her “What is Science?” post that, “science is a means to understanding the universe.” Oddly enough Professor Miller used a very similar sentence in his article, “We can find God, therefore, in the things around us that lack material, scientific explanations. In nature, elusive and unexplored, we will find the Creator at work.” Wait, what did I just say? Did I confuse God in Science again? Or did I purposely equate them, is it that instead of saying “Science is the art of finding out about our universe” and “God created everything in the universe” can we just simply say “Science is the art of finding god?” Yes, it may be bold. It may even make no sense to some, I could be completely wrong and God could smite me right here on my key board, but if that would so happen than thankfully in the eyes of a scientist I would have practiced good science. This is because I know neither of the two ideas of thinking are perfect but like we know Science is the art of taking two ideas mixing them around and figuring out what best explains a situation, so “can evolution and science co-exist” Yes, they are both two imperfect means to a greater ends.