God, Science, and Selective Faith: The Convenient Religion

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God, Science, and Selective Faith: The Convenient Religion

I’ve always found it strange how people pick and choose what to credit to God and what to demonize. Like, if it benefits them or aligns with their comfort zone, it’s a “blessing.” But if it challenges their worldview or makes them uncomfortable, it’s suddenly the devil’s work.

Take vaccines, for example. Let’s say you believe in a God who created everything and made humanity in His image. Cool. So wouldn’t that include intelligence? Curiosity? The ability to study disease, develop treatments, and save lives?

We pray for healing. Then when healing shows up wearing a lab coat instead of angel wings, people panic. “That’s not divine intervention—that’s Big Pharma!”

Okay, sure. But so is insulin. So is chemotherapy. So is Tylenol when you have a headache. Where’s the line exactly? At what point does the science become too inconvenient to still be seen as a gift from the same God you claim to trust?

Meanwhile, some of the same people preaching that vaccines are unnatural are out here getting BBLs, Botox, and boner pills. Let’s be real—it’s not about purity. It’s about control. And fear. Wrapped up in religion so you don’t have to question it too hard.

It’s like spiritual selective service. People only enlist when it suits them.

Divine or Design?

If we were truly made in God’s image, wouldn’t that include the brainpower He supposedly gave us? If He created everything, then He also created the building blocks for medicine, technology, and yes—even mRNA. Maybe that is divine. Maybe science isn’t the opposite of God—it’s just the part of the plan that requires a little more effort to understand.

Or maybe—and hear me out—it’s just easier to cherry-pick scripture than to admit you don’t want your worldview challenged by actual evidence.

Final Thought

If you made it this far, congrats—you survived a post that probably pissed off your aunt, your pastor, and that one guy from high school who thinks “research” means watching YouTube videos at 2AM.

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I’m Brandon. No gimmicks. Just questions people are too scared to ask in church.

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