Christians (or any religious believers) require solid evidence for things like evolution, the Big Bang theory or other scientific explanations for natural phenomena, like any other rational human being. But when it comes to matters of the Bible, Quran, etc. they accept its answers without evidence.
Now, I know there will be people that say faith is the reason for this, but how can anyone arbitrarily apply faith to some circumstances but not others? How is religion exempt from proof?
More importanty, why don't more Christians have faith that science is correct? They should not require evidence in one arena and refuse to acknowledge the need for it in any other.
2006-09-13 05:23:52 · 6 answers · asked by Timmy G 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
bill, this is exactly what I'm talking about. There is no proof in your statement. You say, "The proof that the Bible is true lies in the fact that it says it's true." This is circular logic and makes no rational sense.
2006-09-13 05:31:41 · update #1
bullsfan, to further avoid embarassing yourself, please stick to answering the question asked, instead of applying your soapboxing to the forum
2006-09-13 05:33:03 · update #2
What happens is that some parts of society have not evolved as others. The turning point in which science began parting ways with religion began with Galileo Galilei, who discovered the earth revolved around the sun. Religious folks in those times refused to believe him despite of the evidence. As science has progressed and discovered new phenomenon since then, religion has done no progress at all. Religion is not dynamic in any way. It cannot incorporate the changes that go in society and much less in science, although they do benefit from it. That's why we have Christian folks who talk about Jesus all day but then watch TV on their new plasma tvs which science has created. They pick by hand which part of science they accept. They can't accept we evolved from monkeys, but hey can accept that science offers them flying in airplanes and being all day on the Internet criticizing people who don't believe in god. They are hypocrites, and are a stone in the road for the overall progress of society.
2006-09-13 05:37:04 · answer #1 · answered by Ale 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
All religion relies on faith - belief without evidence - and forbids rational thinking. Religion is a psychological phenomenon with no basis in reality
2006-09-13 05:28:08 · answer #2 · answered by bonzo the tap dancing chimp 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This is an easy one to answer, the reason faith gets applied only to religion is because Christians are hypocrites.
2006-09-13 05:30:32 · answer #3 · answered by coonrapper 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
you have in no way heard of apologetics have you ever? Its the study of using good judgment to faith and faith. you could quite get a Ph.D in apologetics. Secondly, you have fake information. only because of the fact the bible is previous does not make it unreliable. a good number of our information of heritage comes from historical manuscripts. The bible DOES comprise first hand debts of many miracles. there is likewise evidence of lots of the activities in the bible having occurred. All you could desire to is look up biblical archaeology.
2016-12-15 07:23:07 · answer #4 · answered by lindley 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not true. The Lord states that He wrote the scripture first so that people would believe.
How is that possible? Because when scripture is fulfilled or explained then they know it was God.
2006-09-13 05:27:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The just shall live by faith that applies to everything that pertains to life!!!!! Yes, your right their is no evidence for evolution, or any other theories please look up theories in the dictionary please. So you won't embarrass yourself further!!!!!
2006-09-13 05:28:52 · answer #6 · answered by bullsfan_1971 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋