Attached to the post, which was from one of those Catholic tumblrs, was 'let's see if this is true', followed by a long, long list of Catholic priest scientists.
Mmm, that had me thinking, I don't think it's possible to be a practising and faithful Catholic and accept not understanding the world. No, no, it's quite impossible really. The Baltimore Catechism states that the meaning of life is to 'know, love and serve God in this world, and be happy with Him in the next.' How does one get to know God? By opening one's heart to Him, by assisting at Mass, by reading His Word, by talking to Him, by getting to know His Saints and His creations. Essentially, one will know God better if one strives to understand His creation, for He created the world with love, and imbued Himself into it. That is not to be misread as pantheism; what I mean is that in every progression and discovery that we make in science, there is His signature of beauty and elegance and intelligence signed so clearly.
Consider that Dr Francis Collins, the director of the Human Genome Project, converted to Christianity after pondering the formation of a frozen waterfall while on a hike. The Big Bang Theory was created by the priest, Msgr Georges Lemaître.
After all, God created the world intelligently on purpose, he created in such a fashion that we may understand and through it find Him and know Him. I think Christians are the least satisfied with the understanding of the world too, for they realise, in light of God, that they truly know and understand very little.
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