We should not compromise on the science..agree? Even if it means excluding altogether the ancient fairy tales?

Question

Bryan: I really think you are beginning to get the idea here!... well done you.

Gary B: I said no such thing here.

Answer 1

Agreed

Answer 2

Agreed, but that means abandoning the most ancient fairy tale of all, naturalism. It's amazing after all these years that people still fall for the feel-good escapism of naturalism - a wish fulfillment if ever there is one: what better than to not be held responsible for the bad things that you and I KNOW we do - but they do.

Worse, many people use these cherished presuppositions to exclude anything that might challenge them - e.g. intelligent design. So I definitely agree, banish these ancient fairy tales.

The existence of God, on the other hand, is something entirely different. You say there is no God, or at least not one like in the Bible. How do you know this? Have you performed experiments to verify? Were you told this by some authority figure like Dan Barker or (gack) Brian Flemming?

Answer 3

No serous scientist is going to limit his study based on religious beliefs and no person who truly knows the presence of God is offended by scientific inquiry.

The people who take the Garden of Eden story literally have in their literal nonsense turned it into little more than a fairy tale, so I fully understand why people describe it as such.

Those of Faith and those of science need to move past this silliness to matters where perhaps we can work together, such as finding ways to take better care of this planet and the people who are suffering.

Answer 4

Agreed.

What's great about science is that the conclusion is surmised but not finite. The findings can either confirm the hypothesis or alter it to be further studied. But the findings cannot be compromised or another scientist will come along and destroy your theory and findings. Science is built upon by other scientists so the results have to be reproducible, i.e. confirmed.

Answer 5

Lets assume that religion works. (there really is a God)

That would mean that God allows science to work.

That would mean that science would be unable to disprove God's existence.

Guess what... Science has not disproven God's existence.

Science HAS disproven a lot of misinterpretations of the Bible. but it hasn't disproven anything in the book...

We misinterpret a lot of things. We make assumptions.

For those that truly believe in God... there's no reason to fear science.

So.. go ahead and do your experiments and investigate how things work. In the end, the only proof of if God exists or not will come when He wants it to, or when you die. (assuming he exists, for those who doubt)

Logic:

There may or may not be an afterlife

If there is an afterlife... there may or may not be a God

If there is a God, there may or may not be a Heaven

If there is a Heaven, there may or may not be a Hell

If there is a Hell.... you better hope you don't go there.

Answer 6

Agreed.

Answer 7

Nope, sorry I'm going to stick to my "ancient fairy tales" Science can't explain everything. like the big bang theory...How can nothing turn into something without the help of a higher being?

Answer 8

Does your question take into account wookies? No? Is that cause there is no empirical evidence of wookies? Yet, every day hundreds watch and believe in wookies. They have faith.

Wheres your science now Mister wizard?

Answer 9

OK ... but I will look the other way when Christian children suspend gravity and propulsion principles for that guy from the North Pole.

Answer 10

Until it can be framed and studied scientifically, it does not belong in a science classroom.