I'm a 14 year old boy...I'm confused, my science teacher or the priest?

Question

My science teacher said that we evolve from some sort of a Ape , and the adaptation , survival , facing natures severity learning skills and love to the children has bring us to this stage. My friend who was a born again christian told me that we are made from clay balls, and a priest told me that we are from Adam and eve, the world is made in six days..god made us from dust... I feel like its better to study the easy way. So I can just simply write the bible content to my science exam. The god is poerfull and he made the world in 6days . end of story!!! But . .

I want to be a science person to help the cancer researches or AIDS. what should I follow? Or can i cure them using a good prayer?

trust me ,, I'm a 15 year old cute boy ...

Answer 1

Religion sucks, science rules.

Answer 2

I am the Archbishop of Canterbury (really) and I'm also 14 years old but can pass for much older or I'd never have scored this gig. Anyhow, what was the question? Oh yeah, did you evolve from an ape? No way, it was a three-toed sloth -- great survivors, sloths.

As for God making the world in six days...it's true and just look at the results. It shows that when you do things in a hurry you make mistakes.

And sure you can be a science person if you'd like. I'd rather be a rock star myself but I've no talent for it so I became an archbishop instead. You don't get as many chicks being an archbishop but you get to wear cool hats.

Yes, of course you can cure AIDS with a prayer but it has to be just the right prayer. I'd tell you what it is but it we have a non-disclosure agreement with the major drug companies. Sorry.

Answer 3

This is a case where you may have to write on the test exam what the science book says. just to prove you know what it says. If it is evolution you can probably write in to the side, but I believe what Genesis (give quote and etc.) says. This should work as long as you show you know the material in the science book. If you want to be a doctor you don't want be get a low test score. You'll have to prove you can heal with touch before you'll get much credibility there. I have seen God do a lot of wonderful things like making the sick well, but it is usually through medicine and prayer. Ahaa! that's just the way He chooses to work. If you don't want to work don't go into medicine

Answer 4

Your science teacher is wrong in teaching evolution. And your priest is also wrong in teaching things that are not in the Bible.
I take it the priest is Catholic.
Try visiting a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses on a Sunday to hear the public talk.
Take a Bible with you.
Keep an open mind and at least check out just what is taught there.
No bowing or scraping or yelling but simple scriptures.
You have nothing to lose.

Answer 5

This is a tricky situation, one that schools and religious organizations all over the world are addressing. One way I know some people to approach it is to imagine that perhaps a "day" to God could be any number of millions of years, and that the representation in the bible of creation, though not false, is a romanticized way of iterating God's creation of the earth to the then-ignorant masses. This approach opens up many cans of worms for fundamental religious people and fundamental scientists alike, but it's something to think about. You might also do some research on "Intelligent Design" if you want to explore another option.

Personally, I feel it's best not to worry about how it all came about, and just worry about how to make it better. If you want to become a scientist and help cure AIDS, then the creation story has nothing to do with it, and it is noble work in God's eyes.

Answer 6

Well, the Priest's theory is easiest and requires little processing. God is powerful and PRESTO, We have a world and people. Science teachers are a little different, they deal in theories that are supported by evidence. At your age, I don't think the Science teacher cares so much about what you believe as much as he or she cares that you can explain a process such as evolution and the arguments that support it. Later on, when you get into High School and College, you will be able to argue such theories but when you do this, you will have to be able to support your arguments. Avoid spending too much time with the Priest. Next time you might find your pants down around your ankles.

Answer 7

Religion preaches so much faith, without evidence - just believe! If you believe many of the things many so called revealed religion have to say, then you'll belive anything. If you allow reason to be your infallible guide, then science is what to go by. But if you don't mind living a double life like most people, then mouth Bible stories in your cathechism classes, and scientific findings in your Science class! As for cure, how many cancer or AIDS cases has prayer cured? Resort to those only if you want to go back to the stone-age; era of superstition and utter ignorance!

Answer 8

First of all... the "creationists" take the first part of the creation story too literally.

Those "7 days" could be a condensation of the big bang theory if not looked at as literal days.

Before there was an earth and a Sun... how was time measured? "A day" had no meaning.

Its a waste of energy to use a big miracle when a little bit of a nudge in the right direction at the right time can direct natural processes to get the same result.

So... "evolution" does not necessarily have to be said to contradict the creation story. It just contradicts the strict 7 literal day interpretation.

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Now that I have made BOTH creationists and evolutionists upset...

If you want to have a career in medicine, you need to be able to look at objective evidence and make educated guesses.

They call it "practicing medicine" because they haven't got it right yet. There's lots more to learn.

Answer 9

The credibility of your age aside. Mate Science can be and is complementarity to and by the creation story. There is no contradiction in creation, but science is chasing its tail. it is (so science says, self enlightening and self correcting. Creation has never changed.

My son is a christian science student. He wants to do medicine. You will need to hit the books real hard and study and give up a lot of recreation.

If you are willing you can serve man and God, in medicine.

Work hard and prove all your nockers wrong.

Answer 10

I cannot deny neranderthal in my understanding of evolution. Pinnacle of creation though, a human being, stands upright, has a brain, and has hands. Reality demands we exist, if we all went extinct, I think even earth and water would morph into the next upright being at another time. I would say, don't rest it on anything. Take what you want from both. Toxic poisons and the blood of animals don't belong in or on people. How to purge these people of their torment? Prayer will bring you to your own peace. If you can master some kind of blood vibration power prayer maybe you are the one who can heal on touch.

Answer 11

Look at it like this. The science teacher is teaching you a theory and your exams are how well you understand that theory and not necessarily how well you understand the truth. Don't put down the info about God becuase God's story isn't about the theory you're learning about and you won't pass that exam.