By Lori Morris, CNM, certified nurse-midwife and women's health coach

Asking questions about your health, your birth, or your medical care doesn't make you anti-science. It makes you discerning. Real science starts with a question and keeps testing, and Scripture tells us to seek wisdom and test what we hear. God never asked us to follow blindly. He asked us to seek knowledge.

If you've ever hesitated to ask a question about health, birth, or medicine because you didn't want to sound "anti-science," this is for you. I want to give you permission to pause, to think, and to ask. Wisdom and science aren't at odds when both are rooted in truth.

Think back to late 2019 and 2020. What started as headlines about a strange illness in China turned into lockdowns. Schools closed. Churches livestreamed. Family gatherings, birthdays, and worship moved to screens. Words like "essential" and "flatten the curve" became part of our vocabulary overnight.

The country split into camps. Some people were terrified, some were defiant, and most were exhausted. Science got political, and trust became its own kind of pandemic.

If you hesitated, you were labeled. If you asked questions, you were silenced. If you wondered, "Is this really best for my body, my family, my faith?" you were told to stop asking and "trust the science."

But real science invites questions, and real faith requires them.

In June 2021, Dr. Anthony Fauci said in an interview that attacks on him were attacks on science. But asking questions is science.

Think back to your first science class. Every experiment started with a question. What happens if I mix this with that? What will grow in this Petri dish? You made a guess, tested it, watched what happened, and learned. That's the scientific method: ask, test, observe, refine.

Science is a process of learning. It's never "settled." Look at how mothers and babies were cared for in the 1960s. What was considered best then is unthinkable now. Science changes as we learn more. God's truth never changes.

Scientism is something else. It treats science like a religion, like unquestionable dogma. That's what we saw in 2020. As Christians, we're supposed to filter new information through God's Word and test what we hear against what we know is true.

Job asked God hard questions in his suffering and never abandoned his faith. Mary asked the angel a question with humility before she believed. God doesn't forbid questions. He invites them when they're asked humbly and grounded in His Word.

I'm human, and I can be wrong. God can't. So test everything, even what I say, against Scripture. Here are three simple steps:

Remember how people were treated in 2020 for asking questions? Many of those same questions have since been validated. In 2025, the CDC moved to individual-based decision-making for COVID-19 vaccination, which is exactly what so many of us wanted all along: the freedom to choose.

The Word of God will always line up with true science. As a Christian midwife, I don't look to science for validation first. I look to God's Word and the evidence of His creation. If science supports it, that strengthens my faith. If it doesn't, I know which one is wrong, because God never is.

In 2020, fear clouded a lot of people's judgment. But those who stayed grounded in their faith and kept asking questions came out stronger. There will be more tests like that. We need to be ready, and willing, to ask questions again.

When you stop following the crowd in your health, your motherhood, or your faith, it can feel lonely. But we were never meant to do life alone, and community protects your health. I talk about that in the next post: Loneliness Hurts Your Body: Why Healing Requires Community (and Faith).

Does asking questions about medical advice make me anti-science?
No. Asking questions is the scientific method. Science starts with a question, tests it, and keeps learning. Asking questions makes you discerning.

What is scientism?
Scientism treats science like a religion, as unquestionable dogma that can't be challenged. True science is a process that changes as we learn more.

What does the Bible say about asking questions?
Scripture encourages seeking wisdom. Proverbs 18:15 says the wise seek knowledge, James 1:5 tells us to ask God for wisdom, and Acts 17:11 praises the Bereans for searching the Scriptures to check what they were taught.

How do I make health decisions as a Christian?
Pause before reacting out of fear, pray for wisdom, and pursue truth from trustworthy sources, starting with God's Word.

If you want someone to walk through your health questions with you, see my Menu of Services or email me at lori@morriswellnessservices.com. You'll find books and resources I trust on my Discounts and Resources page.

You can listen to the full episode of If Mama Ain't Healthy (Ain't Nobody Healthy) at the top of this page.