Why have so few Christians ever read a science book outside of school?

Question

I was forced to read the Bible as a textbook when I was growing up, but I have also read plenty of science books.

Is it that the Bible challenges no thinking person, but that Christians would have their whole worldview demolished by the first three chapters of "The Selfish Gene"?

Answer 1

Don't you think that is kind of a gross generalization? What about C.W. Lewis or J.R. Tolkien. There are a great many free thinkers in history that are Christian and they arrived at there personal conclusion by reading many books including Darwin. Have you ever read the case for Christianity? Also there are a lot of scientists who believe in evolution and creation by a higher being and that there are way to many coincidences and order to our universe for there not to be a higher power. Again though that it just my belief and you asked the question and are free to have your own belief because that is what God gave you FREE WILL>
Have a nice Day

Answer 2

That's a broad generalization. I'm sure there are so called ignorant folks from all walks of life. I've met smart Christians who believe in science as well as the ones who dismiss it. The same can be said for some Atheist I've met. Christianity doesn't corner the market on ignorance or lack of education. As much as you'd like to think that's true, it's just not. I can safely say I've seen examples of both from both sides of the fence.

Who reads a textbook outside of class anyway? There are other outlets nowadays to get information if you want it bad enough. You're making it sound like all Atheists do all day is sit around in a think tank reading books by Stephen Hawking or something. Ignorance or the inability to accept facts isn't a religious thing, it's a people thing. Your way of thinking isn't superior to anyone else's. It's all relative. If you can't stand the fact that people don't accept what you do, move to an island by yourself. That's the only way you'll get away from it. Insulting or degrading someone isn't the way to get them to see your point of view. It just makes you look bitter and intolerant.

Answer 3

Friend, it sounds like you have just discovered science and are all excited about your newfound knowledge. Good for you! Keep studying and learning, but for the love of God, young man, keep an open mind and try being less cynical. You are all over this Forum asking baited questions with drippy sarcasm. In the end, you only do yourself a disservice.


Cheers,

A Challenged "Thinking Person" & Christian
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering
Former Professor Electrical Engineering
Current Director Academy of Religious Studies

Answer 4

How many people sit around reading science textbooks for the heck of it anyway??? Most people don't read any kind of textbook outside of a classroom. That's about the dumbest slam an atheist an atheist has come up with yet. In college I had Botany and Earth Science, and I didn't hide under my desk. I hate to break it to you, but it was a state run school, too.

You people are so bitter, it's not even funny. I will never become an atheist, if for no other reason than I don't want to end up a miserable sad sack like one of you people.

And Lökásennä you're an Odinist, so atheists think you're just as superstitious as I am for believing in a god of any kind.

LOL! Your profile says you're "an Ásatrúar". If you want worship gods you don't actually believe in that's up to you. You seem to believe in "magick" spells, and I don't think many people find that scientific! Furthermore Christianity is not incompatible witch science. I watch the Discovery Channel. I read book about science, I read Voodoo Science by Robert L. Park not long ago. If your view of Christianity was that narrow, I can see why you left then.

Answer 5

Laugh Out Loud, that is so ridiculous, thank you for stereotyping me. I have a biology major with some pre med courses and never once have I heard any preacher say "science was an enemy!" Quite the opposite, the preachers I have listened to preach about accepting everyone around them, but also using discernment that other people are anti-Christian.

Christians have never declared war on anyone, unless you stereotype us to think that we are the same as Catholics who formed the Holy Crusades in the middle ages. This attack on Christians now is by humanists who want to promote evolution and get the government to pass laws prohibiting Christians from practicing their free rights in America.

There is a Christian Creationist program, you could probably google it to learn more about it, but they are actually pro science, like I am. Science is a study, unlike darwinism which is more like a cult that shuns any non linear thinking away from itself. If we were linear constituants from a linear line, shouldn't there be a missing link found by now, with all of our scientific discoveries?

I am just amazed that you would stereotype Christians by your question, there are so many scientific, Christian groups that love understanding and questioning that make your view seem very biased and having an agenda against me.

Answer 6

i'm a Christian and experience examining philosophy and theology frequently, I evaluate those works of technology or no less than non-fiction, some would argue this factor. I truthfully have study Darwin's foundation of species to greater valuable verify with those that by some potential evaluate it to be an useful condemnation of the Bible (yet discovered it quite uninteresting stuff) I rarely study fiction as i'm this manner of individual that constantly thinks "what nonsense, what finished nonsense...." mutually as examining it.

Answer 7

I disagree with you on so many levels...
Have you personally asked every single Christian in the world about their reading habits?
You assume that you must be a mindless zombie to read the Bible....
You think that Richard Dawkins is inerrant,and that whoever disagrees with him must be stubborn,'ignoring the facts',or complete mindless idiots.
And Lökásennä,I'm sorry,but that's not true.Not everyone is the same as you.They think out the problems,and find answers.Others just throw the book down and give up.

Answer 8

Brenden: Highly unlikely ! My brother in-law is a Dr. of Nuclear Physics and a Christian, who proved there IS a God to me. Yes; he has read numerous science books and the Bible did challenge him to disprove it - but he could only prove its validity. Yes; he is a very thinking person, as he taught in a university, as a professor. No - he is not presumptuous !

Answer 9

I am a scientist who has realized what Christ has actually attempted.I recognize his apprehension to include any mortal notion as non competitive.Everything I have studied has reinforced my apprehension to disbelieve proof of his many miracles.His presence is responsible for human existence.We need him as much as he needs us.Please forgive Christ .I forgive Christ for all he has done for me and the rest of humankind.The aggression we humans precipitate is just a small display of what would happen without him.

Answer 10

Well, the answer to this is simple. Maybe they don't want to. I mean, I could be wrong. Not everybody enjoys science.