My last value, is my Biblical Bias and this is what I mean by it. Since God created the universe, inspired the Bible and the Bible is His inerrant word, then wherever the Bible speaks to issues of science the Bible and science should agree.
So, when two or more scientific theories exist, which explain the same set of observable data, I am biased towards those that are reconciled to the Bible using the most straightforward interpretation of God's Word.
"Biblical Bias" applies to choosing between competing scientific theories, not choosing between science and the Bible. Given the choice between a theory devised by men and the Bible, written by God, there is no competition. I will choose God's Word every time. But given a simple scientific theory reconciled to the Bible through complex theology and interpretation and a complicated theory reconciled to the Bible through historically consistent theology and straightforward interpretation, I choose the complicated scientific theory first. Does this mean I have chosen the right theory to explain the given facts? Not necessarily. In fact, both may be entirely wrong. But everyone needs a way to prioritize competing theories, if only to decide which to investigate first. Some apply a version of Ockham's Razor and choose the simpler, some choose the one that is most in line with current thinking, some the most radical. For me, I apply Biblical Bias.
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