Do some Christians avoid learning about science because they might be persuaded out of their beliefs?

Question

I'm assuming that the Christians in question would have to approach science with an open mind to be convinced.


I mean, that's what persuaded me to believe the Bible was a bunch of bologna!

Esther, honey! It is exactly for that reason that science is more sound. It doesn't state absolutes like in religion. It's not 100% correct like the people claim the Bible to be. It's always changing theories because better ones come along. It refutes some claims because a better explanation is more satisfying.

Science isn't dogmatic like religion most certainly is.

Answer 1

It is self-delusion, gullibility and willful ignorance, that has been inculcated in them via a process of sophisticated mental conditioning, the methods of which have been worked out, improved, refined and perfected over the past 1,700 years.

"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

Religious 'shepherds' KNOW that their 'flock' (sheeple) are scientifically ignorant and incapable of critical thinking. They KNOW that they find 'scientific' sources' to be intimidating and incomprehensible. These puppet-masters KNOW that their flock (victims) will seek their 'knowledge' from 'trusted' sources... these very-same puppet-masters. When the sheeple hear things like 'scientists claim that humans and apes shared a common ancestor, in the distant past', they experience 'cognitive dissonance'... this information is in conflict with the 'truth' that they have believed for their whole lives. So... where do they go to resolve this cognitive dissonance?... Scientists?... NO! They go to their 'trusted' sources... the sources who KNOW that they have been taught WHAT to think... they have not been taught HOW to think. Sources who KNOW that they can lie, obfuscate, misrepresent with impunity... with absolutely NO RISK that their minions will seek out independent, peer-reviewed corroborating information.

Where this nonsense comes from is an INDUSTRY (Christianity) whose BUSINESS it is to create whole generations of adults who are, at once, gullibile, irrational, willfully ignorant, self-deluded, intellectually dishonest, droolingly stupid and hypocritical... and willing to tithe 10% for having their cognitive dissonance held in check through regular doses of holy bullshit.

They do their jobs very well indeed.

Here's the key thing to understand... a 'truism'...

1) religious 'belief'... the internalized certainty that specified myths, superstitions and fairy-tales are congruent with 'reality' CANNOT WITHSTAND the glaring light of 'critical thinking'.

2) over 85% of adult Americans profess religious 'belief'

3) THEREFORE, at least 85% of adult Americans have not applied critical thinking to their religious 'beliefs'.

There are some obvious outliers, of course... scientists those work obviously requires critical thinking... yet they seem be able to check their brains at the church door. I cannot explain this, other than to say that it is a good example of 'compartmentalization'... and it plainly shows that even brilliant people are not immune to self-deception and self-delusion. Fortunately, such people are so few in number that they can be regarded as an anomoly, rather than a cause for grave concern.

Finally... the upshoot of this is very serious, when you think about it. Around 85% of adult Americans are delusional... MADE that way INTENTIONALLY. Something that account for 85% of ANYTHING can be said to define what is considered 'normal'. So, on that basis... in the USA... INSANITY is 'normal'... and thus, the inmates are running the asylum... and the inmate gang leaders have control over the most sophisticated nuclear arsenal in the world. THIS is a cause for grave concern.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xKDKq_PPbk&mode=related&search=
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Answer 2

I think that science rejects outside explanations of what can be explained, which a person of faith has often witnessed but cannot explain in their own lives. Even science needs to be taken with a grain of salt (which very few scientists seem willing to do) because we once thought the world was flat and that the sun revolved around the earth.

I'm all for Christians learning about science. It's learning about how the world works. But I think that science must be careful to not teach theories as gospel truth. There needs to a little give on each side.

Scientists also tend to ridicule faith and spiritual happenings, which can be distasteful and make for a hostile environment. Some room needs to be left for things that cannot be explained with a hypothosis and double blind tests.

Answer 3

As a Christian, when I see various wonders of science (and I'm a very scientific person) I realise that these wonders of science exist to glorify God. Think of the wonder of sight--how astounding that most all creatures can see in some fashion or other, and what a complex process sight is!! Doesn't that bring glory to God, who created sight??? Think of the vastness of the universe, and all the many things we don't even begin to understand about outer space!! Doesn't that bring glory to God, who created it??? You need to see science through the eyes of faith, not the other way around.

Answer 4

The Bible is not a scientific book.

I think some Christians feel that science may contradict their beliefs. It is impossible for a person to hold two opposing beliefs at the same time. So, one belief has to be incorporated into another, or one has to be denied.

Answer 5

God's word the Bible is NOT anti-science.
After all, it was God who created everything, including what we know as the scientific world.
Scientists are still discovering things in space that God created.
In the few scriptures that mention science, it is accurate.
(Job 26:7) He is stretching out the north over the empty place, Hanging the earth upon nothing;

A very good description of the earth from space. Written in days when man was confined to the earth.

(Job 26:10) He has described a circle upon the face of the waters, To where light ends in darkness.

how a transition of the moon across the sun shows as a shadow on the earth.

(Ecclesiastes 1:7) All the winter torrents are going forth to the sea, yet the sea itself is not full. To the place where the winter torrents are going forth, there they are returning so as to go forth.

The water cycle of the earth...rivers/sea/evaporation/clouds/rain/and into the rivers again.

Answer 6

Hello 11235813.. :)

Some might..

Though still others may have been Atheists such as I was..

I was an A student in Science..it used to be my favorite subject.. :) I had planned on being an archaeologist..as I was fascinated with fossils and dinosaurs.. :)

It was my goal to find the missing link.. :)

I found the Lord instead and in doing so, found the missing link that I was searching for (the Beginning and the End of Time)..Love, Peace, Joy, Kindness, Gentleness and a humble heart..Is what we all want is it not.. :)


In Jesus Most Precious Name..
With ~Love~ In Christ.. :)

Answer 7

Actually science proves itself wrong in many more ways than people THINK the Bible does. I used to think evolution was very probably until I further studied science and found out that it contradicts itself in many ways. Evolution is so improbably it's not even funny.

http://emporium.turnpike.net/C/cs/top.htm

also visit there its not very indepth but it gives the basic gist of why evolution isnt the way the world was created. I mean you're going to take this from people who used to think the earth was flat? ROFL ROFL ROFL.

Answer 8

Honey, if you want to believe what science has to say over the bible, that's fine. Do keep in mind though, that from time to time "science" keeps revising its claims, based on new information that is discovered. Like, Pluto is no longer considered a planet? God's word is the same yesterday, today and forever.

Answer 9

In my experience, they may be very educated, but they color all of their science with the light of god. My mother, who graduated Summa *** Laude, believes the earth was created by god. She believes he set evolution in motion once the world was created.

At least she DOES believe in evolution. But she studied astronomy and physics... why does her mythological god take precidence over what can be proven? I'll never know.

Answer 10

Christianity may seem like water, and science may seem like a lipid, but let me tell you this: I am a Christian, strong in faith, who wants to become a scientist. I can spread the Word of God AND discover the species that God created.

God bless.