2007-05-04 09:26:34 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
well, you better be concerned, because evangelicals make up about 40% of the country and they are getting into politics.
2007-05-04 09:33:02 · update #1
Yes. Here's an example of why:
Daniel Chiras is suing the Texas State Board of Education for rejecting a book it had previously accepted. They rejected the book following pressure from Christian groups that the book was "anti-Christian". One of the things they rejected to was a discussion of climate history into the hundreds of thousands of years in the past. They wanted this changed to "in the past" to avoid acknowlegement of an old earth.
How can you discuss issues (regardless of what you feel about them such as global warming, when you are limited to a scientific view of the world that says the earth is only 6,000 years old.
In other words, this isn't just about evolution, but a general attack on the methodology of science. Important issues are prevented from discussion if they do not conform to a narrow-minded *literalist* interpretation of the Bible.
2007-05-04 15:27:14 · answer #1 · answered by secretsauce 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm not as concerned about the attacks as I am by the responses from the government and schools.
PS--when responding to another question, I did some research and found that 20% of Christians self-identified as evangelicals. So it's not as large a number...yet.
2007-05-04 09:34:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I am. I am also very concerned about the relativism and post-modern attacks on the validity of scientific findings. These distortions have invaded the social sciences and humanities to a greater or lesser degree. The implications of evolutionary theory and by extension, most science, are denied when these peoples ideology is challenged. Try answering questions sometime in social science section and you will see what I mean.
2007-05-04 11:55:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't notice much in the way of "constant" attacks. Some do go overboard but just a few. I guess they're entitled to their totally unscientific opinion. They don't seem to understand that trusting science and still being a spiritual person can go together. It's all black and white to them and they have my sympathy.
2007-05-04 09:32:16 · answer #4 · answered by Gene 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
specific. i bypass to introduction seminars and ask pointed questions while they are allowed. If the subsequent technology does not study some thing so basic as macro-evolution then the place are all the docs going to return from? some religions have constantly fought against technological awareness. technological awareness has constantly gained. human beings choose the advancements that technological awareness brings over the branch that faith creates.
2017-01-09 12:06:02 · answer #5 · answered by petrovich 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I've been concerned about it my whole life. Now I'm a science teacher. Ignorance is a scary thing.
2007-05-04 09:33:07 · answer #6 · answered by Skepticat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not particularly.
The idea of having a President capable of ignoring some incredibly strong evidence in order to continue believing in something he just wishes were true bothers me, though.
It leaves me asking what other situations he might apply that sort of thought process to.
2007-05-04 09:34:24 · answer #7 · answered by Bob G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I am more concerned about evangelicals becoming politician's.
2007-05-04 09:31:29 · answer #8 · answered by alwayintosomething 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Other way around.
2007-05-04 09:51:53 · answer #9 · answered by Be Still and know He's God 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋