Why do religious folk steal the technology but reject the science?

Answer 1

Good point. their computers work but quantum mechanics is "just a theory" they go to the pharmacy and take the medicines which work but the biological science (evolution based science) upon which it is based is "just a theory" I could go on & on.

Answer 2

I don't think it's stealing actually. But fundies will trust science to perform life saving surgery on them or a loved one, but totally reject science when it makes them uncomfortable.

I believe there is a dire lack of education in this country, and not just in the Science arena. What ever happened to rational thought, logical deduction and critical analysis, government and civics? Don't schools teach this anymore?

Answer 3

They don't steal the technology, nor do they reject the science when the science is sound. Here's an example of what I mean.

Dr. Francis S. Collins is Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. He currently leads the Human Genome Project, directed at mapping and sequencing all of human DNA, and determining aspects of its function. His previous research has identified the genes responsible for cystic fibrosis, neurofibromatosis, Huntington's disease and Hutchison-Gilford progeria syndrome. He is a member of the Institute of Medicine and the National Academy of Sciences. For the rest of his credentials, click on the link here: http://www.genome.gov/10000980. Collins spoke with Bob Abernethy of PBS, posted online at http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/transcripts/collins.html, in which he summaries the compatability of fact and faith thusly:

"I think there's a common assumption that you cannot both be a rigorous, show-me-the-data scientist and a person who believes in a personal God. I would like to say that from my perspective that assumption is incorrect; that, in fact, these two areas are entirely compatible and not only can exist within the same person, but can exist in a very synthetic way, and not in a compartmentalized way. I have no reason to see a discordance between what I know as a scientist who spends all day studying the genome of humans and what I believe as somebody who pays a lot of attention to what the Bible has taught me about God and about Jesus Christ. Those are entirely compatible views.

"Science is the way -- a powerful way, indeed -- to study the natural world. Science is not particularly effective -- in fact, it's rather ineffective -- in making commentary about the supernatural world. Both worlds, for me, are quite real and quite important. They are investigated in different ways. They coexist. They illuminate each other. And it is a great joy to be in a position of being able to bring both of those points of view to bear in any given day of the week. The notion that you have to sort of choose one or the other is a terrible myth that has been put forward, and which many people have bought into without really having a chance to examine the evidence. I came to my faith not, actually, in a circumstance where it was drummed into me as a child, which people tend to assume of any scientist who still has a personal faith in God; but actually by a series of compelling, logical arguments, many of them put forward by C. S. Lewis, that got me to the precipice of saying, 'Faith is actually plausible.' You still have to make that step. You will still have to decide for yourself whether to believe. But you can get very close to that by intellect alone."

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Evolution is NOT science.Why do folks ASSUME we reject science simply because we reject the evolution religion/belief that is mixed in with it.
Science is what we can SEE and OBSERVE!!!
WHO has observed: an animal changing into another animal?Millions of years--were YOU there?Big Bang?
That is NOT science,we reject evolution NOT science--there is a difference!!!!

Answer 6

I do not reject science, just science that has not been proven and is passed off as fact.

Answer 7

Funny, isn't it? I'm going to go on my computer, a product of science and complain about evolution when I don't know anything about it.

Answer 8

Why do non-religious people make such sweeping generalities, as well as accusations?

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Answer 9

How can we "steal" what God has given to men?
All inspiration comes from God, including scientific ones.