Why are (some not all) Christians so proud of their scientific illiteracy?

Question

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I'm not asking this question as an attack on Christians or Christianity, but an attack on our side, the side that is supposed to educate America on science,

this woman replaces basic high school astronomy for a verse out of the holy bible.

What progress is being lost because of people like this voting for people who hinder the advances of science?

Answer 1

I don't think they are. Look at the vast amount of revisionist history on the part of Christians. For the most part, they've swept their shameful claims of how the universe works under the carpet, and they get that sheepish look on their faces when you bring up classics like "the geocentric solar system" (at least those who understand the phrase, do.)

Most Christians would feel silly and embarrassed if they had to conform to the scientific thinking that was predominant a few hundred years ago. Imagine if Christianity REQUIRED modern day followers to proclaim the world was flat, and the earth was the center of the universe.

Christians have smartened up. They've learned to walk the tightrope that allows them to take advantage of the best of the worlds of faith and science/technology. This is how Christians can despise and admire three of the four most famous atheists in history... Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and Andrew Carnegie... because these men have donated more to charity than all Christians combined.

What Christians have become adept at is what Orwell called Doublethink. They will admit that what was true before is no longer true today, but that they were still correct in believing it at the time because that was the predominant belief in the world at the time. (Kinda like Bush with the WMDs.) Once enough people adopt a "crazy" scientific theory, it's no longer a theory. It's truth! In fact, it was always truth. How could it not have been? It can be both true and false at the same time, and Christians can believe it!

Answer 2

There should not be a conflict between Christianity and science. At one time, churchmen overstepped their jurisdiction. They tried to argue with scientific evidence. This evidence did not contradict the Bible. It contradicted their understanding of the Bible. To be fair, most scientists at the time believed that the earth was at the center of the universe. From our point of view, it still is, as there is no reference point in space.

The idea of a flat earth being the accepted before Columbus is nonsense. Educated men have known for thousands of years that the earth was round. The Bible never claimed that it was flat.

I have a problem with evolution. Not only does is contradict the Bible, I fail to see anything about it that is scientific. The only reason for evolution is to explain creation without a Creator. If I were to accept the idea that life came into exhistence naturally, then I would believe in evolution, because that is the best explanation, other than Creation.

Evolution certainly does not stand on its own. There are not only tremendous holes in the theory, it rests on a continuous string of virtually impossible coincidences. The evolution of organs and faculties that would have been a hinderance until they became functional is never explained.

How could humans who were physically the same as us today, live on this earth for a million years. For about 995,000 years, they left no written record, invented nothing other than a few hand tools, and never built on previous knowledge. Then, magically, five thousand years ago, we invent writing, and not just one system of writing, but many different types simultaneously. Does that make sense? 995,000 years of no written language, then sudenly Sumerian, Egyptian heiroglyphs, Assyrian & c.

How many people have lived an died. Currently, the earths population doubles about every forty years. If we project back, how far can we go to come up with two people? A million years? No, only about 4300 years. So why did the population of human beings remain at so low a number for so many hundreds of thousands of years? Again, does this make sense.

Where is the science? This is a fairy tale. The numbers just don't add up.

Answer 3

Why isn't the Bible regarded as a religious and spiritual text, and used for that sort of education.

It certainly wasn't meant to actually be a science textbook. That is bordering on madness, I agree.

I've never had a problem with the premise of there being a Jesus Christ, the basic tenants of Christianity, or somebody having faith in their life. I just take umbrage with the fact that so many brain dead fallacies slide into our school system because these people are afraid of anything that challenges them on any level .

Bottom line, wouldn't Jesus be more concerned about the way Earth, and people on Earth, were being treated today than how it was created? Why isn't that the main focus of the Church?

Answer 4

Compared to all scriptures, the one about creation is almost irrelevantly small and is about hmmmm... like 5000 years old?

Well, if you just read it as that, you will be surprised how correct it is about the earth being there first, then water, then plants then animals and finally humans.

So the bible indeed is being correct about it, amazing if you take into consideration when it had been written.
Now all the bible is saying is, that evolutionary things didnt happen randomly but on purpose, which makes sense.
If "creation" had been randomly and just by "survival of the fittest" you could cut out all the letters and numbers in a phone book, throw them into the air and have it fall back together accordingly - thus impossible.

Answer 5

That is a good question, since in reality truth goes hand in hand. That is truth both with science and God. If someone is Christian for real, they would be open to science. If someone is a scientist for real, they would be open for religion. Why? Science makes more sense with pure religion, pure religion makes more sense with science. There is a lot which neither can explain without the other. Think of all the holes in most scientific theories which make sense with religion. And the vise versa. So the truth is, truth is truth whether it comes from religion or science. In the world, what makes the most sense is to learn that pure truth and filter out the falseness.

Answer 6

Too many people believe science has nothing to do with God. Nothing could be further from the truth. God made our universe. He gave us science, and He gave us brains to think with. He wants us to learn about all His wonders. We are only just beginning to scrape the surface.....there are whole universes out there, just awaiting our discovery. I'm totally against hindering the advance of science. Just think how magnificent it would be if everybody -- all races, all religions, all nationalities -- would learn to live and work together in peace. We could concentrate on scientific testing and come up with real solutions to real issues.

Answer 7

Here's what's happening....

The Rex Reed Christian revolution was based on local grass roots efforts. Very few people vote in these elections, so a small activist vocal minority can wield a lot of power. These people got onto the school boards....and began demanding changes in text books. Parent groups got together and lobbied the text book companies for changes. The text book companies agreed to them because they were competing in sales. The vocal minority determined what happened because they threatened boycotts. The mainstream did not. A very gradual change in what children are taught in our schools began. The demands for text book revisions being made by the radical right in the bible belt states also ended up effecting what got into text books everywhere.

If people who don't want Creationism....being called Intelligent Design now....they need to be loud...vocal...and CONSTANTLY bombarding the text book manufacturers, the school boards, the schools...EVERYONE to DEMAND they leave their religious garbage out of our text books.

We should not resent the success of the religious radicals...we should learn from their tactics and emulate them. They work. If more people voted for school boards, these lunatics wouldn't get into office.

Answer 8

Christianity is attempting to do to technological know-how what it has carried out to it for the previous 2,000 years. end it. technological know-how is discovering further and extra daily, and an outstanding sort of of those findings conflict with christian ideals. they might desire to the two settle for defeat, or disguise their ears and close their eyes and say it is an incorrect theory simply by fact an historic e book says so. fortuitously the christians have not have been given any potential over the medical community exterior of indoctrinating skill scientists, which will probable come to pass too.

Answer 9

Don't think their proud, some just honestly don't care about science. World would be pretty boring and inefficient if everyone were a scientist.

Answer 10

Hey! Not taking this as an attack.
I believe in the Creativity of Science.
I am a Christian.