Atheists like to say that Christians are stupid and unscientific, then how to they explain Gregor Mendel?

Question

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregor_Mendel
http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/AB/BC/Gregor_Mendel.html

Look at the following questions from here...

Was I stupid before becoming a Christian, or did I become stupid after?

Atheists! I am writing a book about stupid Christian Quotes....?
Inspired by Yahoo answers (of course) Help me gather them up...I know you got million of em'.

is the average christian more stupid than most?

Could God make a Christian so stupid that he himself could not comprehend their stupidity?

Are Christian people like stupid little kids that believe in fairy tales like Noah's ark, Moses and allah?

if i ask a question that challenges atheists, it is assumed that i am christian and therefore stupid,?

Acid_Zebra, a-the-ist.... you are half right... I have a tested IQ of 143 and was briefly a member of MENSA. I don't do science though... but I do have degrees in History and Law. I will confess that most of the Science I REMEMBER I learned from reading Larry Niven.

Perhaps the other atheists may want to do a search of Yahoo Ansers archives before they quickly deny saying Christians are stupid. I got over 1500 hits in my search for such questions including the following...

Was I stupid before becoming a Christian, or did I become stupid after?

Atheists! I am writing a book about stupid Christian Quotes....?
Inspired by Yahoo answers (of course) Help me gather them up...I know you got million of em'.

is the average christian more stupid than most?

Could God make a Christian so stupid that he himself could not comprehend their stupidity?

Are Christian people like stupid little kids that believe in fairy tales like Noah's ark, Moses and allah?

if i ask a quest

Answer 1

No, we don't say Christians are stupid. We tell Christians off for ridiculous generalization.

And if you knew as much as you should, you'd know that most of the foundations of modern science were laid down by devout believers. Ironic, ain't it?



(Also, Mendel falsified his results. But he wasn't the only one, and he enabled the evolutionary synthesis, so that's okay.)

Answer 2

I'd never broad brush an entire group like you claim. Many Christians are very bright and scientifically apt (famed molecular biologist Ken Miller comes to mind). I think you're arguing with yourself or maybe you're confusing Christians with Creationists? All Creationists are Christians. Not all Christians are Creationists.

But for future references, never use a case study to back up your point. They are always anecdotal and hold little weight. Doing so is very "unscientific".

EDIT- Larry, do I really need to search through YA to show a bunch of rhetorical questions posted by Christians about atheists? Grow up son.

Answer 3

You can certainly be a Christian and a scientist at the same time. Since your beliefs are your personal beliefs, only you can decide if there's a conflict or not.

However, it's the idiotic Christians who have NO scientific background yet try to disprove things that are "stupid and unscientific"

Answer 4

I am Atheist, I don't think Christians are stupid or unscientific. As a matter of fact, I would never group all christians together like that. Why do you assume all atheists are judgemental, and argumentative?

Answer 5

As has been noted here already, Gregor Mendel was a Catholic monk. Blaise Pascal (mathematician and scientist) was a Catholic and devout man of God. There are many other examples. Most Catholics, myself included, don't buy into this "science vs. religion" argument.

Answer 6

Christians who dare question are scientists, communist atheists who dare question are scientists, Christians who dare question are communist atheists.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copernicus

Predecessors
Early traces of a heliocentric model are found in several anonymous Vedic Sanskrit texts composed in ancient India before the 7th century BCE. Additionally, the Indian astronomer and mathematician Aryabhata anticipated elements of Copernicus' work by over a thousand years.

Aristarchus of Samos in the 3rd century BCE elaborated some theories of Heraclides Ponticus (the daily rotation of the Earth on its axis, the revolution of Venus and Mercury around the Sun) to propose what was the first scientific model of a heliocentric solar system: the Earth and all other planets revolving around the Sun, the Earth rotating around its axis daily, the Moon in turn revolving around the Earth once a month. His heliocentric work has not survived, so we can only speculate about what led him to his conclusions. It is notable that, according to Plutarch, a contemporary of Aristarchus accused him of impiety for "putting the Earth in motion."

Copernicus cited Aristarchus and Philolaus in a surviving early manuscript of his book, stating: "Philolaus believed in the mobility of the earth, and some even say that Aristarchus of Samos was of that opinion." For reasons unknown (possibly from reluctance to quote pre-Christian sources), he did not include this passage in the published book. It has been argued that in developing the mathematics of heliocentrism Copernicus drew on not just the Greek, but also the work of Muslim astronomers, especially the works of Nasir al-Din Tusi (Tusi-couple), Mo'ayyeduddin Urdi (Urdi lemma) and Ibn al-Shatir. Copernicus also discussed the theories of Ibn Battuta and Averroes in his major work.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo

Galileo's championing of Copernicanism was controversial within his lifetime. The geocentric view had been dominant since the time of Aristotle, and the controversy engendered by Galileo's opposition to this view resulted in the Catholic Church's prohibiting the advocacy of heliocentrism as potentially factual, because that theory had no decisive proof and was contrary to the literal meaning of Scripture.[6]

http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/col/cogsys/piaget.html

Formal operational stage (Adolescence and adulthood). In this stage, intelligence is demonstrated through the logical use of symbols related to abstract concepts. Early in the period there is a return to egocentric thought. Only 35% of high school graduates in industrialized countries obtain formal operations; many people do not think formally during adulthood.

Answer 7

Well, Atheists usually only say that christians are stupid and unscientific when we get really mad. And we get mad because the christians keep on insisting that they're right even when they're wrong.

Answer 8

I never say Christians and other believers are stupid or unscientific. I say that they allow a personal bias (there is a god) to cloud their judgment.

Answer 9

Gregor Mendel wasn't stupid and unscientific.

Creationists are.

That was easy.

Answer 10

when have i said christians are stupid and unscientific? knowing many christians are very brilliant people i would never dream of generalizing like that. its much more accurate to tell individual people they are stupid and unscientific.