…but science won’t state anything as a fact until it has been proved. Christians spend their lives stating the most ludicrous unproven facts as truth. How can they do this with impunity?
2007-01-06 18:57:57 · 12 answers · asked by Desiree J 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Some Christians can spout out unproven facts as truth with impunity because, let's face it, there are so many of them! Christianity is the majority religion in the world and Christians have a lot of clout.
Of course, the majority is not always right. Might does not always make right!
I believe that God "created the heavens and the earth", but that does not give me the right to proselytize public school students into believing what I do by introducing into the science curriculum the Trojan horse of Intelligent Design (ID). The State should not be used to indoctrinate students with views which are INHERENTLY religious. By and large, ID proponents are predominately Christians. And what is their motive for trying to introduce ID into public school science curriculums? The INTENT is to make students doubt Darwinism and believe that Creationism (of which ID is the most sophisticated version) is a viable altenative, with the goal of having pupils believe that God must have "done it."
Atheists and theists alike who value the separation of Church and State should denounce the agenda of Christian creationists who want to use schools funded by PUBLIC money to spread the "gospel of Theism."
2007-01-07 14:45:34 · answer #1 · answered by Kidd! 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
You're right -- science won't state anything as a fact until it's been proven.
Which is why I don't understand for the life of me why so many "science champions" revere the theory of evolution almost to the point of worship. Because evolution has never been proven either.
Personally, I believe that there very well could have been some evolutionary process within the framework of God's creative work.
It probably didn't happen the way Darwin said, but an evolutionary process and a creationist action by God are not necessarily contradictory.
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2007-01-06 19:02:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
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2016-10-30 05:32:53 · answer #3 · answered by arrocha 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both creation and evolution are unprovable theories. Both have evidence that they believe supports their theory. I have heard both and think intelligent design makes more sense and has more credible evidence to back it up. The problem is that most ordinary people who take shots at I.D. haven't bothered to really explore the evidence. If your really interested, watch these seminars and then tell me what you think. It's not silly, stupid fairy tales like many say. In fact when evolution is put under the microscope it appears very fairy tale like. http://drdino.com/downloads.php
2007-01-06 19:12:09 · answer #4 · answered by Infidel 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If they were accountable to peer review, like scientists are, they would expose their own Ted Haggards, Jimmy Swagerts and Jim Bakers and they wouldn't have covered up decades, if not centuries, of sex abuse in the Catholic church.
Religion is one of the few truly global institutions that has no earthly accountability whatsoever.
2007-01-06 19:25:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm not aware of any christians that want it taught as a science, but we do want it taught because it is truth. I think you are a little off on your statement that science doens't state anything as fact until it is proven. Evolution is one big evidence of that. Can you prove evolution by science? Try and do it.
2007-01-06 19:07:05 · answer #6 · answered by oldguy63 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Because they think they're special. The same rules don't apply to them. Haven't you realized the yet.
2007-01-06 19:00:48 · answer #7 · answered by bobbert 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It is not unproven, you just have not looked at the evidence. So just because you are unaware of something does not mean it does not excist!
2007-01-06 19:00:08 · answer #8 · answered by bungyow 5 · 1⤊ 4⤋
because they use their faith in the unproven God as basis for their belief in other unproven things.
2007-01-06 19:05:04 · answer #9 · answered by super_shlee 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
actually theres more sceintific evedince that supporst creationsim not evolution. but you will never hear this cuz the world dosent want creationsm and rather have evolution where there are no laws set by a higher beging that you have to obay
2007-01-06 19:01:16 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 7⤋