Regarding Your Faith

A wise man once told me, or maybe it was a country song, "You've got to stand for something or you will fall for anything." And it is absolutely important that you do form some sort of faith and belief system. It is then even more important that you hold tight to this faith and belief system through any type of adversity that may arise. The Jewish people were historically a people that would have great faith in God the creator during good times, but then would become quickly swept away in idolatry during the rough patches in life. This lead them to wander aimlessly in the desert for fourty years in the desert before finally approaching the promised land.
There is a common misconception that science and faith are at odds with one another. I can tell you that I have found this to be simply untrue, and would even go as far as to say if you look at the scientific findings correctly you will see that science actually proves faith. There are four basic models that can be looked at: Faith vs. Reason, Faith leads to Reason, Reason leads to Faith, and Faith and Reason coexist together. The term epistomology is a term to describe how do you know what you know. When it comes to faith there are four basic channels that we receive our information from. Texts such as written authoritative texts such as the Holy Bible, Traditions which are the things passed down from our parents which were passed down from their parents, Reason these are things that we are able to deduce and when we deduce what we know from the nature around us this is called natural theology, and finally experience, this is when you know what you know because you have personally experienced it.
I consider myself a scientist, an educated person whom does not easily believe in something just because TMZ or the National Enquirer says it is so. I like being able to reproduce an experiment to know that something can be shown to be true through testing. I also believe in God, that the Earth was formed in six days, that God literally came to Earth to spend a lifetime with mankind in the form of his son Jesus Christ, That Jesus was crucified on the cross, and in three days arose from his tomb defeating death for all of those who believe in him.
Some people may find all of this mind boggling that someone can have a scientific presence and yet believe in God. I do not find this hard at all, and when asked well what proof do you have? I respond in short, without taking the time to explain every little detail of proof I have for all things, "In Israel there is a tomb where Jesus was laid to rest after his death, It is empty!" Yes, when science is applied correctly and tests are not tampered with to reveal results we desire to see, then it is that science proves the existence of an intelligent divine creator.

On this subject, there is a film which was done very well answering a few of these questions as well. It is called "The Genesis Code", if you have the time you should really sit down and absorb the points this movie makes.