You're not sure about what science says though its based on all our best theories from the brightest minds on the planet using all our skills and technology to find the truth but you choose to reject it because it contradicts what ignorant, bronze-age desert dwelling tribes thought thousands of years ago, when their knowledge of science led them to believe that heaven was in the sky and the earth was flat?
2007-11-03 01:33:44 · 14 answers · asked by Leviathan 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Bingo.
Although that first part - the "you're not sure" bit - should be amended to say "You're sure about what science says - but you're dead wrong".
2007-11-03 01:46:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 9⤊ 4⤋
Actually, no.
Creationism is an idea that explains the wonder of all that is about us by attributing it to a being that is greater than us.
In the bronze age, there were gear-driven clocks that predicted the motion of the moon, planets and stars. I don't consider that ignorant. In the bronze age, hunters could track wile animals and provide food for them and their families. Could you do that today? In the bronze age, agriculture was quite sustainable. How are we doing with that today?
Much of what we have today is a result of things we had thousands of years ago. To call people then categorically ignorant is shows a limited sense of history. I think they did a remarkable job given what they had.
Not all thought the world "flat". Not all thought the Earth wsa the center of the universe; else the models of planetary motion would have failed. Give them credit where it is due.
2007-11-03 12:40:06 · answer #2 · answered by Deirdre H 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Sadly, yes. Most creationists probably don't even realise that these bright minds include Christians. For instance, Dr Francis Collins, the director of the Human Genome Project is a Christian who sees the evidence of evolution in his work. He wrote a book about how science is not incompatible with Christian faith, "The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief".
2007-11-05 07:54:23 · answer #3 · answered by lilagrubb 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. It sums up the creationists who take the Bible literally, but it doesn't sum up "old Earth" creationists like myself.
By the way, those "bronze age desert-dwelling tribes" wrote stuff that's still quoted today...and not just by religious people. The Proverbs are still quoted now.
Also, the Bible never says that Heaven is in the sky, nor does it say the Earth is flat. However, many scientists DID once believe the Earth was flat.
2007-11-03 09:05:23 · answer #4 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
From what my mother tells me, yeah.
And poor Diedre is another sad (as well as horrifying)example of how brainwashed the fundies are. Notice how she failed to mention that the vast amount of bronze-age technology was destroyed and forced underground by "God-fearing Christians" as heresy and satanic?
2007-11-03 14:13:33 · answer #5 · answered by Quaoar Rocks! 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I am lost for words, this religion & spirituality section, I don't feel free to express myself, I fear my words would fall on deaf ears. EGO is why one would wish to believe in life after death.
It's a safe belief however, if the lights go out, you will never know & die correct.
2007-11-03 09:11:44 · answer #6 · answered by Regwah 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Anything that makes them question what their ancient text says can be easily written off by "conspiracy," "satan's hand," or "it's god's will and we can't claim to understand it."
If the most fundie of fundie's were in charge of all things we would be further back in progress than even the dark ages.
2007-11-03 09:46:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
Add the part where you think that a nutcase Christian with a phony PhD in jail for tax evasion knows more about scince than actual scientists, and you're bang on.
2007-11-03 09:04:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 3⤋
Yes, that about sums it up.
2007-11-04 15:50:55 · answer #9 · answered by adigney 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No not at all, unlike those who just accept what some one wrote in a science book to cover up their own religions agenda, most who have learned how to think for themselves look at the glaring holes in evolution, such as no explanation for how life Begin, no explanation for where all the matter originated that was in the "big bang" No explanation for the complete failure of the fossil record to show just one ( of the billions) of species evolving into the next species, we all know that the fossil record shows EVERY species coming into being intact. After looking at those many holes we reject the religious undertones of the naturalistic cult that those "brightest minds" you mention belong to. And chose to think for ourselves.
2007-11-03 08:53:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 8⤋