Does this make sense?

Question

Does it make sense to use religion to deny advances in science just because it doesn't fit into what the Bible says? Wasn't that what the Dark Ages fostered?

zealot144: I have NEVER emailed you. Get over yourself.

Answer 1

As a christian I can definitely say that...

No it doesn't make sense. From my point of view it shows the amazing complexities of life and makes me appreciate science.

I was just reading an article yesterday in Wired the showed the start of the grand unified theory of everything.

http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/11/surfer-physicis.html

Why would I deny this? Now that's a state of Insania!

Answer 2

I must smile. Once again, your predilection for inanity evidences itself.

You are correct, of course. Most people “just believe”. They deny advances in science because of religious convictions. They deny germ theory (or once did), they deny (what…?).

Hmmmm!

OH, yes! They deny EVOLUTION! Many of them, as you suggest, simply because of conviction or faith.

Some of us, educated and modern, deny evolution because it is fundamentally a trait of faith and has so many holes that even intelligent atheists deny it (see Berlinski in “Uncommon Dissent”).

The answer to your question: NO. It does not make sense to deny advances in science because of religious convictions. HOWEVER, it is important to consider which denials accrue from blind faith, and those which accrue from sound mental appraisal.

Please do not e-mail me again about how stupid I am or how weak my sources are.

Attend to your question. Be rational and logical, as you purport to be. You use the phrase “Just because it doesn't fit into what the Bible says”. Do you know what the bible says? Do you? I think not.

But, you are convinced that you do. Become the student that you present, be the authority you claim. Consider all inputs. Then ask your question again, if you have the courage.

Until you are a bible scholar, you can in no way legitimately limit the possibilities of knowledge therein contained.

Know your enemy.

Answer 3

Yes, and if it were up to some religious leaders, we would be living again in the dark ages. The good thing is that not all religious leaders are against science. But I know quite a few of those leaders that use FEAR in science as a mean to control their "flock".

Answer 4

In the dark ages there was a supernova witnessed and documented by millions of people around the world, except catholic Europe because the church said that it was a sign of the devil and to see it or recognize it would be to recognize the devil. Once again the church trying to control science and peoples minds.

Answer 5

You make perfect sense. Some people are afraid to progress in God's world because of the "fear" teachings in their religion - especially the one that says the Bible is God's Word. Many an honest, intelligent, but fearful person has limited themselves, and has been denied the God-given liberty to explore this world with objectivity because of it. I know that's not what God wants.

Answer 6

No, it doesn't make sense, and yes, that's what the Dark Ages fostered.

Answer 7

But some science should have been left in the brain of it's inventor. You take atomic energy, according to the government and scientist it is the savior of mankind. Free power. It produces about a quarter of our energy or less and in dangers us two fold or more. It is all how you look at things.

Answer 8

Define "advances"

Remember there are a lot of things in science are just theories. Which can not be proved to be true or false.

The bible though not a book of science, is very accurate in the science it does discuss.

It is man's interpretations that conflict with 'true' science.

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Answer 9

No, it doesn't make sense. Yes, that's what happened in the Dark Ages.

Answer 10

No; it was that type of thinking that fostered The Dark Ages.
I apologise for the cheap shot. ;)