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Bio 100 Intro Essay

I never would have anticipated to have such a profound spiritual experience on the second day of Biology 100, yet I did. There were two points made in class that day that redefined science and biology in my mind and have caused me to approach the subject with more enthusiasm. The first was that “science is a means of discovering truth, just like art, music, philosophy, ethics, literature, and religion,” and the second is the idea that truth is truth, “independent of a person’s beliefs.
Convictions don’t/can’t change facts.” 

   The first thought, about science as a means of discovering truth, meant something to me because it was different than the way I have always viewed life. I have only ever associated “discovering the truth” from a religious perspective, as something that must be pondered and prayed about. But as the quote implies, all musicians, artists, philosophers, and scientists are simply trying to discover truth through their own means. Therefore, my testimony of this world and of the existence of God can be supported and strengthened by the study of biology, aka, the study of truth. 

   The second point accompanies the first. Truth is absolute and unchanging, regardless of how much someone does or doesn’t believe it. This brings me a great amount of peace. I cannot control what others choose to believe, and my influence may never alter another person’s beliefs. However, the truth is still the truth at the end of the day. In biology, which we outlined above as the search for and study of truth, I will find further evidence of the things that are facts and cannot be changed. For example: God lives. That is a fact, regardless of a person’s belief. Further evidence in science of this fact are the movement and structure of the solar system, our life-providing sunshine, the growth and development of cells, the necessary resources such as water that exist for our benefit, and the list goes on eternally. 

   In closing, biology is defined as the study of life. Life is a constant search for truth and happiness. As we discover those truths that cannot be changed, we are filled with happiness. As Alma stated so beautifully,  “all things denote there is a God; yea, even the earth, and all things that are upon the face of it, yea, and its motion, yea, and also all the planets which move in their regular form do witness that there is a Supreme Creator.” (Alma 30:44) Science is not a means of denying truth, but rather of supporting it.