Do Conservatives Believe That "Human Reason Is The Enemy And God’s Word Is The Hero"?

Question

Early on in a visit to the $27 million dollar institute of non-learning, the "Answers in Genesis Creation museum museum", each visitor is given advice on the proper mind frame to have for the visit:

“Don’t think, just listen and believe”. [..] Human Reason is the enemy and God’s Word is the hero. Descartes represents Human Reason, saying “I think, therefore I am”. But God tells us there no need to waste your beautiful mind, for God says “I am that I am”.

So logic, reason and science are Bad; blind faith is Good right?

Is this the conservative mindset?

http://crazytalk.typepad.com/bluegrassroots/2007/06/fun_at_the_crea.html

It amazes me how many idiots don't respond to the question I ACTUALLY ASK.

Answer 1

i am not conservative but that is the most assnine definition of the Bible ive heard in awhile....try reading it first.

Answer 2

yes, They believe that HUMAN reason has no place in any god fearing country. They spend a lot of money to keep people confused with mindless rhetoric about science and what is real and what is not. I do think that some conservative do learn the art of lying to push the agenda for backward learning. The emperors new clothes needs to be require learning so people will quit listening to the likes of people that created the Answers in Genesis creation Museum. If God is all powerful and his word the trruth how could any reason be it enemy anyway?

Answer 3

The conservative mindset? Mercy. It's important for everyone to understand that participation in any religious structure provides the avenue for that religion to exert social control on them. That is what conservatism is all about. Control. The conservative element simply uses the necessity of members of a congregation to be recognized as being devout and faithful. The herd of sheep who follow the religious association without question. They just can't admit they are being controlled.

Answer 4

Logic, reason, and science are not bad things if applied properly. Problem is they're for sale to the highest bidder these days. Scientists are getting paid big bucks to say global warming is happening (just like other scientists are getting paid big bucks to say global warming is NOT happening), and other scientists are raking it in by twisting science to justify any type of behavior that is considered unacceptable or "wrong" by societal standards. So in the context of the pursuit of truth, the use of logic, reason or science to further one's own agenda is DEFINITELY bad.

On the flipside of that, faith in God the Father Almighty is a good thing if applied properly (sound familiar?) Whether you believe in God or not, the precepts laid out in The Bible are good -- don't kill, don't steal, honor your father and your mother, don't mess with someone else's spouse, love your neighbor as you love yourself, etc. Nothing wrong and a lot right about these attitudes, right? The problem here is many people don't read The Bible and therefore don't truly know what God has to say about how things are supposed to work on His Earth. They listen to ministers and preachers and don't examine the scriptures themselves. What's worse, many people who call themselves followers of Christ take an editorial approach to The Bible -- you know, they believe this and practice that but ignore the other, even though it's in God's word. What you end up with is the same result -- a blind faith in God without truly knowing what The Bible says is DEFINITELY bad.

P.S.: Be careful about implying that conservatives believe logic, reason and science to be bad things -- the vast majority of liberals I have come across cannot defend their beliefs with logic and reason. They believe what they believe and when their beliefs are challenged through constructive criticism they resort to name-calling and bashing. Hey, that sounds like blind faith, doesn't it?

Answer 5

Actually, many Republicans, like myself, are Republicans because we ARE more reasonable than most liberal Democrats, who make decisions based on emotion rather than logic and reason. That doesn't mean I'm not a believer but I also don't think that science and God are mutually exclusive. Nor do I have blind faith. Just to set the record totally straight since you seem to have been misinformed: I don't live in the south or in a trailer, I have all my teeth, I have a Master's degree, which I received with honors, and I am not rich by any stretch of the imagination. I think that disproves every one of your generalizations.

Answer 6

Some, maybe most Evangelical & Fundamentalist Christian conservatives do. But that demographic does not make up the majority of people who call themselves conservatives.

The irony of the Creation Museum is that the very science that made building it, outfitting it, and promoting it possible, is the very science they want you to believe is false. And Irony of Ironies a paragraph on their website that talks about a "journey of billions of light years" in promoting their "Special Effects Theater". Of course they also want you to believe there have only been 6000 years in creation.

Answer 7

Sure looks that way from where I'm looking but it's supported by tradition.
"Whoever wants to be a Christian should tear the eyes out of his reason."
— Martin Luther
"Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has; it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but more frequently than not struggles against the divine Word, treating with contempt all that emanates from God."
— Martin Luther
"Reason should be destroyed in all Christians."
— Martin Luther
"Reason must be deluded, blinded, and destroyed. Faith must trample underfoot all reason, sense, and understanding, and whatever it sees must be put out of sight and ... know nothing but the word of God."
— Martin Luther
"What harm would it do, if a man told a good strong lie for the sake of the good and for the Christian church? [...] a lie out of necessity, a useful lie, a helpful lie, such lies would not be against God, he would accept them."
— Martin Luther

That museum is a religious institution,has nothing to do with real science.
Embarrassingly, in the 21st century, in the most scientifically advanced nation the world has ever known, creationists can still persuade politicians, judges and ordinary citizens that evolution is a flawed, poorly supported fantasy. They lobby for creationist ideas such as "intelligent design" to be taught as alternatives to evolution in science classrooms. As this article goes to press, the Ohio Board of Education is debating whether to mandate such a change. Some anti evolutionists, such as Philip E. Johnson, a law professor at the University of California at Berkeley and author of Darwin on Trial, admit that they intend for intelligent-design theory to serve as a "wedge" for reopening science classrooms to discussions of God.
Besieged teachers and others may increasingly find themselves on the spot to defend evolution and refute creationism. The arguments that creationists use are typically specious and based on misunderstandings of (or outright lies about) evolution, but the number and diversity of the objections can put even well-informed people at a disadvantage.

Answer 8

Is it your mindset to use 1/2 truths and inuendos to get you point across? If not than fill in the following blanks so I can make an educated response. What is the real name of the museum and what is the rest of the quote following the word believe?

Answer 9

No, it isn't. Not all conservatives are religious (I'm not) and those that are have varying levels of faith. Faith is opposed to scientific reasoning, and that can create difficult decisions as to what you believe, but not all conservatives or religious people subscribe to an auto-pilot mentality when it comes to believing what is presented to them.

Answer 10

You have it backwords and confused, so you must be a Liberal. Conseratives are the law and order party. Law is reason free of passion. Liberals are the compassion free of logic party. Not all Conservatives are christian but to be a real christian you must be Conservative. Faith is not a replacement for reason. The bible says 'test everything'

Answer 11

Did you know that there are many atheists who are conservatives? Likely not. :)

Read anything ever written by Ayn Rand, a true capitalist and conservative and also an atheist!