daveman
Diamond Member
Do you think Colin Norris isn't angry? Boy's foaming at the mouth.I dismiss that they are angry. I see "militant" more as perhaps being more exasperated and irritated. The theology they were taught may have made no concession of the scientific knowledge we have gained over the centuries. Those who were taught that every Biblical account, indeed every word, must be taken literally by middle school knows this goes against everything they are taught on how to identify metaphors, symbolism, fables, just so stories, etc. Yet in following science, they may become further frustrated when science cannot disprove God.
Militant atheists may become aware that the majority of other religious denominations do not dismiss science and do not take every Biblical verse literally, which may cause further resentment of all the time wasted on religion and scriptural studies. They might think, Why can't people of faith come together?!!? Good question. On top of this, it is not the job of science to redirect them back to religious philosophies. To whom do they turn, whom do they trust?