Why do some christians ignore science and world history for their bible?

Question

i hear a lot of christians say that the world is only 6000 years old and that there was a great world flood but science and history disputes all that. i answered a question about this already but i really want to know why some christians ignore history and science for their bible and dont give me the line "satan made all those lies up to people" either because that doesnt answer the question it just makes you look bad as a religion/relationship.

Answer 1

there beliefs comfort them. And some people prefer a simple explanation to things like 'evolution' which is hard to understand and doesn't offer any 'meaning' to the universe.

Tenets of Secular Humanism

Need to test beliefs; Reason, evidence and scientific method; Fulfillment, growth and creativity; Search for objective truth; Concern for this life; Building a better world.

Secular Humanism is a humanist philosophy that upholds reason, ethics and justice, and specifically rejects the supernatural as a warrant for moral reflection and decision making. The term was coined to make a clear distinction from ‘religious humanism’ and ‘Marxist humanism’. For more information go to:

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Answer 2

The bible never said that the earth was created in 6000 years. Humans might be 6,000 years old but we don't know how long the earth laid uninhabited before the creation of humans.

The Bible is not a book of science but where it touches on the subject it is accurate. Are you aware that before space travel, while humanity in general believed the earth was flat, Isaiah wrote about the "one who is dwelling above the circle of the earth" and the one who is "hanging the earth upon nothing."

In terms of history, I happen to be an avid watcher of the history channel. Assuming you really want an answer, you can look to the many times people have denied the existence of certain people in the Bible and archeology has proven them wrong. Pontius Pilate comes to mind as a recent one; there is some evidence that they've unearthed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah as well. Those are just the ones I remember right now.

The evidence is there. You just have to want to see it. Some people would rather close their eyes to the growing evidence of the Bible's historicity than face the fact that if the Bible is true THEY'VE been wrong.

Answer 3

It's really a division between two fundamentally different types of people. You can't find common ground for discussion between a "religious" and a rational person, and for exactly the reason you mentioned. The rational person bases everything on the mind, and the religious person merely remarks "The carnal mind is enmity against God." It will be seen that the position of each is unassailable by the methods of the other. Of COURSE it's absurd to take the entire bible "literally" - in fact it's impossible, because its contradictions force one to split hairs and value one text over another that obviates it. But religious people simply ride over entire pages of contradiction without noticing anything; rational criticism is to them mere blasphemy. If I cite a particular biblical passage against the one they've just cited, why, "even the devil can quote scripture." I've long since learned that it's pointless to even have the discussion.

To the guy who says "Obviously the earth isn't 6000 years old. But I still don't see personally how that invalidates God" - well, it doesn't. But it DOES invalidate the literalist, orthodox idiot view of Judeo-Christianity.

Answer 4

I love Science and History and do believe stuff, but when it comes to the creation of the Earth and how we got here, I totally believe the Bible. If you do your research in the Bible, Earth is about 6,000 years old. Evolution is the only way scientists could conclude on how the Earth and the animals and people on it are here today. The Earth and animals did not take billions of years to form. 7 days is all it took. I do not shut out science and history, but I believe the Bible when it comes to some things. The Bible is really a true history book of the world, from the day of Creation until the day Jesus comes back.

Answer 5

I am not interested in science and not good at it so I largely don't debate science or the young-earth idea... But the flood is well backed by history. Virtually every civilization has in their folklore a major flood. Both the ancient people of Brazil and the Hawaiians call the flood something like "Anoah" Also the Greek story of Atlantis supports the Biblical flood in some degree. The Greeks were very fond of the Hebrew culture and the name Atlantis is a Greek Hebraism, "lan" means people, "tis" is the Greek word of, and "At" is a Hebraism of the name "Adam". So Atlantis means "People of Adam" and is a dramatic storytelling of the global flood. Besides, don't you people fond of science consistently say, "Just because science hasn't figured it out yet, that doesn't make it false". So since science hasn't conclusively discovered a world flood supposedly, that doesn't mean it did not happen.

Answer 6

When I was a young kid, I went to Christian schools. The had their own versions of history and science text books. History for them started only 6000 years ago and the science books were heavily influenced by creationism.

I can tell you one thing, when I got older and I actually learned about evolution and that there's such a thing as ancient history, I couldn't help but bringing the secular text books with me everywhere and reading them from front to back.

The reason they ignore science and history as they do is because that's the way they were taught; they do not want to start questioning things because they know that will lead to possibly rejecting the bible as the word of God.

Answer 7

sun wasn't created 'till the 4th day.... and 911 & the apollo missions are enough to make one start questioning the 'official' story on things... not to mention archeology that is more than a little questionable ;) 'ooparts'
http://paranormal.about.com/library/weekly/aa072098.htm

why do some ppl ignore science and world history?
prophecy concerning tyre.. http://www.apologeticspress.org/articles/254

Isaiah 40:22, "It is he that sitteth upon the CIRCLE OF THE EARTH. 'science' didn't discover the earth is round until the early 1500s when Magellan sailed around the world

Job 26:7, ". . . and hangeth the earth upon NOTHING." Written over 3500 years ago

Psalm 8:8, ". . . whatsoever passeth through the PATHS OF THE SEAS. After reading Psalm 8:8, Matthew Maury, a U.S. Naval officer, set out to locate these curious "paths in the seas." He discovered the oceans have paths which flow through them. He became known as the "pathfinder of the seas". How did David (the writer of Psalms) know, over 2,000 years ago, there were "paths in the seas"? David probably never even saw an ocean! HOW DID HE KNOW?

Ecclesiastes 1:7, "All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again" This wasn't known until Galileo in 1630

Leviticus 15:13, "And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue; then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in RUNNING WATER

Job 38:19, "Where is THE WAY where light dwelleth?" How come Job didn't say where is THE PLACE where light dwelleth? Because light is always moving. How did Job know something in 1500 B.C. that science didn't find out until Einstein?

Ecclesiastes 1:6, "The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again ACCORDING TO HIS CIRCUITS." How did he know something that the aerologists and meteorologists are just now discovering?

Leviticus 17:11, "For the life of the flesh is in the blood." That's the most accurate, scientific statement ever written about the blood! . It wasn't until the early 1900's....

Answer 8

No one ignores Science and History. I believe that history is a huge part of our society today. Its too bad we dont learn from our previous mistakes.

As far as science goes - There are many many many things that science has discovered that I am thrilled about. The advances they have made on fighting diseases, the things they can see inside the body, etc are amazing.

As far as how old the earth is- Or the part about "ignorning science".... I have not seen conclusive evidence YET that God did not create the world. For me, I believe we are living on a young earth (not 6000 years old, but probably closer to 12,000). People tell me that science has "proven" a big bang/evolution/old earth, yet there really isnt any evidence of this. They are all theories because no one was there to write any of this down. No one can say "I KNOW when/how the earth was created" because there was no one there. Were you there?

So, we do not ignore these things, we simply do not see evidence of what is trying to be proven.

P.S. Find me a bird/donkey, man/ape, fish/bird, bird/lizard and I might just believe in your science.

Answer 9

I don't know any christians who say the world is only 6000 years old. The Bible simply doesn't support that assertion. The world-wide vs. regional flood seems a fairly minor issue, since it really doesn't have much impact on the doctrine of christianity.

Answer 10

I agree. I rely on both the bible and science for knowledge.

Obviously the earth isn't 6000 years old. But I still don't see personally how that invalidates God.