Science and the belief in God and Christianity do not contradict each other; rather they complement each other. Stephen Gaukroger makes a valid point: ‘Perhaps the greatest conflict between science and faith in the popular mind is seen in the media. Most of us do not read scientific journals and wouldn’t understand them if we did! We watch television programmes or read our newspapers, and this is where most people get their scientific information. Sadly, this information is sometimes inaccurate and often misleading. A scientific paper of any weight is hedged around with qualifications – ‘given these conditions’, ‘other experiments pending’, ‘on the data available’ – and is fairly tentative about reaching conclusions until much more evidence is examined. But this makes for boring TV and dull articles in the press, so what we are presented with are certainties. ‘Major breakthrough’ and ‘new discovery’ sound much more exciting than the ‘may be’, ‘possibly’, and ‘perhaps’ of true science. This leaves the average person with the impression that definite statements of provable fact are being made.’

Stephen Gaukroger, ‘It Makes Sense: The Handbook to Believing’, 2003, Milton Keynes: Scripture Union, p.78