Christianity offers a coherent and accurate understanding of how the world works. It's a set of beliefs that has led to the development of western culture, including its science. For an understanding of western worldviews, their development and their importance, obtain the book Why You Think the Way You Do—The Story of Western Wordviews from Rome to Home, by Glenn S. Sunshine, a professor of history and a member of First Church, who also teaches a popular adult Bible study at the church.