When someone quotes the Bible...?

Question

...in response to a scientific question, do you actually read, or do you skip over it?

I tend to skip them because they have no explanatory power, since both the explanation and justification are by fiat.

If I am terribly wrong, and there is a convincing methodology to "Christian science" or what have you, do tell.

Answer 1

I just skipped over this question

Answer 2

Considering Science doesn't offer much either.

Why do you think science offers much?

Is Pluto a Planet, a Pluton (doesn't that sound like something you put on a salad) or a Dwarf?

What's the difference between a Dwarf planet and a Midget planet?

Where did the MASS of the universe come from.

Is homosexuality learned, genetic or shocked into a person

How do you NOT get cancer

Science has no answers for these things.

Maybe religion doesn't either, but science offers no clues.

For every action there is an equal and oppostite reactions UNLESS you are travelling close to the speed of light, in which case the rules change, except nothing but energy can travel at the speed of light.

Do you honestly believe the weather report for tommorow will be accurate and if you go out in short sleeves an it's cold and windy and rainy all day, how will you feel!

Wet and cold, right.

All you'll get at 6 pm is an apology from the Certified Meteorologist and member of the AMS who gives you the actual weather AFTER it happens!

Answer 3

Many times people do give answers that seem ridiculous in response to a scientific question. However, sometimes they are merely giving an explanation for the compatibility of scripture and science, true, even many answers in that category are ignorant. Having said all of that though, I do find a compatibility between scripture and science, one so true to form that I do not doubt it at all. I personally find as many or more unanswered questions from the atheistic or evolutionary standpoint as any found on the basis of Christianity or creationism.

I believe though that Christians are doing a great disservice to themselves and the scientific community when they believe the Bible and do not also study science. Not to say that Christianity is wrong; I am a fully sold out believer, but if they want to answer science they should do so with science.

Answer 4

I skip over it. Religious beliefs are, until we die and discover the ultimate truth, a matter of opinion. Science, however, deals in observable facts and duplicable experiments. If it can't be observed or duplicated, it's not science. Science is also the same all around the world--the same laws of nature apply in Mecca, Jerusalem, Washington D.C., and Rome. Obviously as I listen to the news in the background and hear the latest from the Middle East, the same cannot be said for religion.

Religion is not, nor will it ever be science. It has no place in a scientific discussion. This is not to diminish religion's role in culture. It is only to note the primary difference between these two disciplines, and give them their due place and respect.

Here's a related question for you to consider...which do you trust more: history as it is told in The Bible, or history as it has been uncovered by historians and archaeologists?

Answer 5

I agree with you. The bible is not a scientific document and should not be used to answer scientific questions.
The other thing that bothers me about bible qoutes is the self-serving selective and subjective nature of the qoute. As far as i'm concerned people often manipulate a qoute to mean what they want it to mean and distort the meaning by qouting snippets from the bible out of context.
The foundation of religion is faith, a concept devoid of scientific properties.

Answer 6

It is not only in case of Bible. There are people who quotes always Quran or other religious books as well.

The problem with them is they know life through their holy books only, not by living. They don't have the ability to think. Spirituality is developed within, not taught through verses. Those who think deep only have the power to explain.

You are not terribly wrong, but little wrong. You could see only Christians and not others. All religious people are alike in this matter.

Answer 7

Quotes from the Talmud, Quran or Holy Bible can help confirm events or scientific fact based on the natural order of things bec of its ancient tradition and existence. IF imperative data or evidence is needed, the scientific laboratory methods help.

Answer 8

There are just some things that have no explanation. Sometimes people hear voices in their heads that they claim are from God (which I believe) and sometimes, when you just can't find a logical explanation you have to admit that it's His power at work. I highly recommend that you subscribe to Angels, a magazine, that tells miraculous stories about people who just appear and help out of the blue, then disappear-their identity never recorded. Very amazing.

Answer 9

People that try to use anything other than the scientific method to discuss science are going to have a hard time making their point.

People that use any thing other than the Bible to discus religion, at least Christianity, are going to have a hard time making their point as well.

Answer 10

Skip it. Science and religion are two entirely different things. Science is about providing proof for any theory or idea it presents. You need to be able to quantify your theories with something other than faith or quotes from the Bible.

Answer 11

skip! only facts can be used in scientific questions, the bible does not enter into it, any more than any other 2000year old book writen by people who didn't know the first thing about science