The Fear of Science

"I love science, and it pains me to think that so many are terrified of the subject or feel that choosing science means you cannot also choose compassion, or the arts, or be awed by nature. Science is not meant to sure us of mystery, but to reinvent and reinvigorate it."
-Robert Sapolsky

Although this quote refers to people's resistance to science in fear of not enjoying arts and nature, I think it's also very fitting to Christian believers and their fear of science.
The word science has grown in the Christian circle to almost have a negative connotation as though you have to choose one or the other. Jesus who loves the little children, or evil, evil science.
The problem with this thinking though, is that truth is truth, and science seeks for truth in the world around us. Plus, God created science, so I'm pretty sure He's a big fan.

I've chosen both, and although I don't feel like I have much of a choice (I doubt that I could serve a God who is against science, education, and discovery,) there are days when I wish that I could just choose God and ignore science. To simply decide to be ignorant of any theories of the start of the world and everything in physical world since would be much easier than digging deeper into this whole Creation thing and trying to find some real answers.
See, there are a lot of different theories, even among bible believing Christians. Old Earth or New Earth? 6 literal days or something much longer? Is Genesis a literal account or rather a poem with some sort of deeper meaning? Are parts of Evolution true or has it always been this way? And while we're asking questions, where'd all of the dinosaurs go?

And I don't know.
And not knowing is hard.
It seems that the more I dig, the more questions I have, but I can't seem to just leave it be.

Someone very wise (A little shout out to my youth pastor, Dianne) once gave me some advice to keep in mind when I'm searching for answers, and I can't find them. Ask yourself, is this a deal breaker?
If I don't know the answer, does that mean that I can't believe in God? If it looks like my first thoughts were wrong, does that mean that God can't be real? Is this a deal breaker?

And luckily, I've learned to keep my faith even when I don't have answers. Through my search, I'm still a Christian. It's not like I believe in God until I have a question, and then I don't until I get a good answer.
The thing that God and I have together is bigger than that.
My God is bigger than that.