Karl Barth (1886-1968)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
We act unbelievingly and disobediently when we despise or mistrust reasonable scientific inquiry or when we absolutize its methods and results, thus evading God\u2019s truth and our responsibility to him.<\/p>\n
We act unbelievingly and disobediently when, for whatever motive, we distort, falsify, or suppress the facts about our life in nature and history.<\/p>\n
Karl Barth<\/p>\n
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