The WallBuilders Show - Uncovering Sacred Blueprints: How Science Reveals God's Design in the Universe
What if the divide between science and faith is artificial—a modern invention rather than a timeless truth? Dr. William West tackles this question with surprising clarity and scientific rigor in our fascinating conversation about his new book, "Sacred Science: Understanding Divine Creation."
As an oncologist trained at Harvard and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Dr. West wasn't setting out to reconcile faith and science. His journey began when he discovered that the fastest-growing religious group in America—the "nones"—were choosing science over faith. This prompted him to examine what science these individuals were embracing and whether it truly contradicted biblical understanding.
What he discovered was remarkable. The eight fundamental blueprints of our universe—mathematical equations describing space-time, quantum mechanics, and forces governing existence—all point to superintelligence rather than random chance. These equations, which scientists discover rather than invent, seem to exist in what mathematicians describe as an eternal mathematical landscape.
The Higgs field, confirmed in 2012, gives particles mass and allows for a physical universe. DNA's complexity led even Francis Crick, who helped discover its structure, to conclude it must have "come from outer space." The greatest scientific minds throughout history—Newton, Copernicus, Kepler, Boyle—approached their work not as secular endeavors but as explorations of God's creation, "reading the thoughts of God" through scientific discovery.
Dr. West reminds us that the opening of Genesis stated "In the beginning, God said 'Let there be light'"—a declaration aligning remarkably with modern physics, written thousands of years before scientific academies existed. For anyone seeking to bridge the divide between faith and science, this conversation offers a refreshing perspective that sees scientific discovery not as a threat to faith, but as another beautiful revelation of divine intelligence.
Explore more at sacred.science and discover why even secular voices now acknowledge it often requires more faith to believe in purely materialistic explanations than to recognize the possibility of divine design in our universe.