Sigmund Brouwer, author of Who Made The Moon?, discusses harmony
and conflict between the truths of science and the truths of the
first chapter of the Bible, and what it means for your own faith
journey. The great scientist Galileo Galilei was also a man of
deep faith, whose political troubles began because he boldly
stated, “Since no two truths can contradict one another, the
position of Copernicus and the Bible must be perfectly
harmonious.” To Galileo, truth was not divisible. To Galileo
science and faith did not contain conflicting sets of truth.
Galileo, however, lived long before humankind could fire
satellites into the outer reaches of the solar system, long
before scientists could unravel the mysteries of genetics. Does
his position still hold? Sigmund Brouwer is the best-selling
author of 19 novels, including Flight of Shadows and The Canary
List. The research and writing of his non-fiction title Who Made
The Moon? was inspired by the same question posed to him by his
daughter as a three-year-old.