The Nexus between Faith, Science and Technology

Abstract

The technological advancement in our world today has a big impact on the human person. While technological development has contributed immensely to the development of human life, its danger is tethered on the freedom with which people use their reason in their encounter with faith. To protect human freedom against the dangers posed to it by technology, a proper relationship between faith and reason should be developed. The limits of human freedom can be measured in the dialogue between faith and reason. The danger of technology is attributed to the separation of faith from reason. By separating itself from faith, Pope Benedict XVI argues, reason cannot fully grasp fun-damental questions, such as “the question of God” and, subsequently, “the questions and the end of being itself.” He reiterates: “entrance by an exclusive reliance on technology, reason without faith is doomed to flounder in an illusion of its own omnipotence. Faith without reason risks being cut off from everyday life.