Is it fear of the unknown? is it concern that evolution might prove too difficult to understand?...I don't know but why not have a marvellous day of discovery at a good Natural History Museum and find out a little more about evolution ...
2006-09-13 21:54:20 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
reply to Ray:
I do sometimes visit church and attend the odd service with theist friends...I think church's are sometimes spectacles in themselves and designed to inspire awe in anyone who enters...it is the very height of theatricality in those instances..then there are the humble church halls designed to play down the visual pomp, fascinating.
2006-09-13 22:04:56 · update #1
Reply to rocky road:
I don't feel the urge to mock people I observe worshipping god when i have visited church's..it breaks my heart to see them worshipping an entity that does not exist.
2006-09-13 22:35:58 · update #2
It's dangerous to leave the embrace of faith and go and learn for yourself, mostly you find you have "grown" and can not return back to that little dark hole.
2006-09-13 21:58:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
I attend church every Sunday and prayer service on Monday. I don't go out of duty. I go because I enjoy being around people that believe like I do. I can worship God in my own way and won't be looked at as a spectacle. Of course is there is someone in the congregation laughing and mocking my joy, I fear God will take away their joy.
I've been to Natural History Museums. I love history. American history, world history, biblical history, the civil war between the states, mid-east conflict, etc. The joy is not there like being in church receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit.
2006-09-13 22:30:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Pft, I've been to more natural history museums than I can remember. And, ironically, in the long run, it's part of the reason why I became a Creationist.
There are too many holes in the theory of evolution for my tastes, tyvm.
When I was in the 8th grade, my science report for the year dealt with "Which is truth, evolution or creationism"... and as much as I absolutely hated Christianity, I could not help but feel compelled that there was far more truth and evidence for creationism, than there was for evolution... yet, I ignored a lot of facts creationism had, for the sake of coming to an pro-evolutionary conclusion (and for that sake, I wound up getting a B-, because I did not include as many facts as I could have about creationism... apparently my science teacher was a Creationist, and knew far more about it than what was available for research at my school).
...and mind you, this was long before I studied the Bible, or for that matter, had read it even once (outside of the chapter of Genesis).
2006-09-13 22:28:03 · answer #3 · answered by seraphim_pwns_u 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Good idea, but do it on Saturday then you don't have to miss church. There is no conflict between pure science and pure religion. There are many important truths to be learned by studying the theory of evolution. However, evolution for some has become a religion in and of itself. An some evolutionists are just as narrow minded in their thinking as some christians.
2006-09-13 22:00:45 · answer #4 · answered by uselessadvice 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Why would we have to miss church? Why don't you come to church with me first? Is it fear of the unknown? Is it concern that God might prove too difficult to understand?...I don't know but whyu not have a marvellous day of discovery at a good Church and find out a little more about Jesus? May God Bless you.
2006-09-13 21:59:22 · answer #5 · answered by Ray 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I just looked back at your profile page. Almost every question you have is against God. To me this means He is on your mind alot. Is there a reason for this? Why are you so fixated on God? I'm a Christian, I rarely think of atheists. Why are you obsessed with God and why people believe in Him?
On the other hand, evolution has never shown one single bit of evidence. THAT is why it will always be a theory that only the naive will believe.
2006-09-13 22:22:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
I visit plenty of natural history museums.. and I fully understand the theory of evolution in every way... which is exactly why I don't believe in it. I didn't come to this conclusion because a preacher told me what to believe.. I came to this conclusion on my own..I still enjoy the museums.. I enjoy the history.. even the parts I disagree with.
2006-09-13 22:10:44 · answer #7 · answered by The anti-emo 3 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Why miss church? Go after church.
I Corinthians 13;8a, Love never fails!!!!!
9-14-6
2006-09-13 21:57:58 · answer #8 · answered by ? 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Actually, I dream of a world where Christian churches would actually _take_ parishioners to Natural History Museums... I mean, I'm not Christian, but the religion isn't going away any time soon so it'd be nice to see them wake up and accept reality.
Could you imagine a priest taking his 'flock' there in order to say, "all of this information is true, beautiful, and a testament to God's creation."
The preist would be 67% correct - and that's enough to be going on for now, I think.
2006-09-13 22:08:52 · answer #9 · answered by XYZ 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
FYI, I have gone to my city's Natural History museum plenty of times but not when I should be at church. Anyway, there's no convincing me that evolution is a fact, I have read and contemplated it far more than the average homo sapien.
2006-09-13 22:01:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
I think it would be a fair shake if naturalistically inclined scientists would be willing to get some training in Philosophy of Religion; perhaps then there would be greater understanding that pursuing knowledge of the external world with a teleological view in mind does not in any way "destroy science".
2006-09-13 22:02:20 · answer #11 · answered by Daniel 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋