Most scientists would agree that there are numerous mysteries about the natural world yet to be discovered.  Most would agree that the way to discover those mysteries is with rigorous scientific research.  And most would also agree that God has nothing to do with uncovering the mysteries of the natural world.  On this last point they are wrong.

The best scientist is someone who carries out rigorous research AND honors the Creator.  All too often God’s role is given short shrift in our increasingly secular society.  I am certain that humanity would have advanced far beyond its current level of understanding if science had more fully reverenced the Creator and petitioned His help.  

What diseases might have been cured or what laws of nature might have been uncovered?  If the scientific community had moved toward God rather than away from Him, we might have cured ravenous diseases like Cancer, HIV, and multiple sclerosis.  We might have solved our energy problems with the discovery of Cold Fusion.  And we might have unlocked the hidden secrets of the subatomic world and been on our way to uniting the forces of nature (e.g., electromagnetism, gravity, and strong & weak atomic forces) into one Grand Unified Theory (GUT), a discovery that would bring endless possibilities.

Instead we wander around in darkness with only frequent, small bursts of light to show the way.  We could turn on the flood lamps of discovery if the scientific community reverenced the Creator and sought His guidance, but this will not happen because science has made a conscious decision to preclude God.  Yes, science has rejected the greatest source of truth and light.

Here is what the prophet Joseph Smith promised to those who turn to God in righteousness:

“He will endow you with power, wisdom, might, and intelligence, and every qualification necessary, while your minds will expand wider and wider, until you can circumscribes the earth and the heavens, reach forth into eternity, and contemplate the mighty acts of Jehovah in all their variety and glory.”

Here is what Joseph Fielding Smith said about scientific truth and righteousness:

“The Lord has held in reserve for those who obey Him this great blessing of the fullness of truth, and through obedience it is received and in no other way. So with all their searching, with all their delving into the earth and examining of the heavens, man cannot discover the fullness of truth without submission to the principles of the gospel and placing their lives in harmony with the Holy Spirit and walking in obedience to the commandments of the Lord. There is no other way in which all truth may be obtained.”

Rather than embracing these principles, science has rejected them, and by so doing has forfeited blessings of knowledge and truth. But wait. There's more. By purging all recognition of the Creator from its theories and discoveries, what has secular science invoked?  A Creator who is displeased with science.

Joseph F. Smith wrote:

“In all the great modern discoveries in science, in the art, in mechanics, and in all material advancement of any age, the world says, “We have done it.”  The individual says, “I have done it,’ and he gives no honor or credit to God. Now I read in the revelations through Joseph Smith, the prophet, that because of this, God is not pleased with the inhabitants of the earth, but is angry with them because they will not acknowledge his hand in all things.”

Indeed, to be skilled in scientific and scholarly endeavors is good, if one hearkens unto the counsels of the Lord.  Those of us who are learned but do not hearken unto the counsels of the Lord, are ever learning without coming to a knowledge of the truth.