Nonoverlapping Magisteria

In Gonald’s essay “Nonoverlapping Magisteria”, he presents the idea of two separate spheres for science and theology (1997). However, there is a false assumption that one sphere is based more on factual reason than the other. Dr. Leach noted that the science spheres has the same assumptions about the world that is found in scripture (K. Leach, personal communication, March 31, 2016). For example, both naturalism and theism have a common understanding that the world is made of matter and there is knowledge that is beyond our understanding, i.e. the human mind. Both spheres has an expectation that there is more to explore in the world that meets the common eye. In the Weight of Glory, Lewis attributes the unknown areas of knowledge to a higher