My fundie sister says all scientists are "anti religion" and involved in a global conspiracy against it?

Question

Is she right?

Quailman...I'm dead serious. Thumbs down for you, jackass!

Oregon Flower...thanks for perpetuating that judgemental, condescending fundie stereotype. Well done!!

Answer 1

No.

Fundamentalists have to say this in order to make their very shaky, illogical and essentially exclusive message of hate look like what they call "righteousness."

They have to diss scientists because the truths the scientists tell threatens their tyrannical philosophies. The only global conspiracy scientists have is to get the truth out to as many people as possible.

Never mind what fundamentalists tell you. Most of them are very frightened and insecure and need your prayers.

Answer 2

Not at all.

Sure, *some* scientists are anti-religion (Richard Dawkins, for example), in the same way that *some* religious people are anti-science (like teaching Intelligent Design as "science").

On the whole, however, the thing to remember is that science cannot prove or disprove the existence of God, or any other supernatural being. "Supernatural" means "above nature", and science is *all about* nature!
What science can (and does) do is disprove some of the claims about the universe that religious persons and institutions make. For example, science demonstrated that the sun, and not the earth, was at the centre of the solar system (as religious institutions claimed). And this upsets some religious people because of dogmatic beliefs about the absolute, unchanging truth of (for example) the bible.

Science is never dogmatic; it always has to be open to the possibility of a different (and better) explanation for any observed phenomena. Today the theory of gravity ... tomorrow, who knows?
Religion is almost always dogmatic; if the bible said that the earth was created in 7 days, and people believed that a thousand years ago, then how can it be wrong now?
The answer, of course, is that it was wrong then too, we just didn't know yet.

Answer 3

Not true. First of all I have a BS in molecular biology, and I work in a biomedical research lab. I'm a Christian, and a scientist.

Better example. Francis S. Collins. He is the head of the human genome project. He is a former atheist, and he is now a devout Christian.

So, to say all scientists are "anti religion" is simply just crazy talk. There is no conspiracy. Just paranoia, I guess.

Answer 4

Humans, being emotional creatures. Love to make exaggerated statements like, "you "always" do this, and "always" do that." I doubt ALL scientists are anit-religion
The Bible talks about "science, falsely so-called" though. And I agree with that statement. Because science is a process of experimentation and observation, in order to come to "logical"
conclusions. But many scientists don't accept their own test results if they don't go along with their own preconcieved opinions.
Some say the Illumnati where originaly people who attacked the church over the church's stand against religion. But being true scientists, learned the reality of spiritual powers. And I'm sure there are many like me who combine science and spiritual concepts. As they actually compliment each other.

Answer 5

I guess she has never heard of Francis Collins, John Houghton, Kenneth Miller or Michael Heller. The Dalai Lama wrote a book recently titled The Universe in a Single Atom where he examines the relationship between science and Buddhism.

Answer 6

Not all scientists, and it's hardly a conspiracy, but most scientists do think rationally and reject religion. Most, however, ignore religion; it's those few who don't (Dawkins, Stenger, etc.) that form the basis of conspiracy claims.

Answer 7

Scientists may be as deeply religious as anybody else. The perception may be different however because neither God nor Heaven have been spotted form space stations or most powerful Hubble telescope

Answer 8

Just because science has not proven the existence of God does not mean science is "anti-God" or "pro-God". Science is, by definition, neutral.
If a scientist were to "bump" into God one day, and we all can duplicate what that scientist did to "bump" into God, then it would be another story. Alas, that probably will not happen.

Answer 9

Yes. and she has put herself at risk by openly stating so.
She should hide in the remotest place she can find. Like the Utah desert or an Arkansas trailer park where no one will find her.

Answer 10

No. I think she needs to stop listening to whoever is standing up there telling her a whole lot of lies. Without science there would be no cars, planes, electricity, the list goes on and on. She is a good example of what atheists on this site talk about all day.

Answer 11

Nope.

Two thumbs down? Two people actually think there's a global conspiracy of anti-religion scientists?