Ravi
Diamond Member
My point is that you embrace magical thinking and that has nothing to do with your spiritual beliefs.A sufficiently advanced technology can also be considered magic. What's your point? The simple fact is that every prophecy in the Bible was fulfilled to the letter.A synonym for supernatural is magic.How about using that massive brain pan to study Scripture, in order to appreciate it's truth and accuracy? Prophecy alone should convince anyone who's honest with themselves that the Bible has a supernatural origin.Science is the pursuit of truth through hypothesis, experimentation, observation and repeatability. Faith in God requires, well, faith. Faith in things unseen. Faith in actions of grace.Why is it so important for the righteous to push against evolution and for mythology? What makes creationism and its twisted cousin 'Intellegent Design' a priority?
Is it arrogance? Are the righteous too proud to be called mammals? Are they so attached to one creation myth to be frightened of scientific endeavor? What of other creation myths? Is the magic of the righteous more powerful than all other's magic?
Is it hubris? Are the righteous so covetous of their status as homo sapiens that the very thought of connectivity to other species is anathema?
Why should the myth of Genesis be taught in science classes? Why should the myth of 'Intelligent Design', a myth that basically says some questions are just too hard to pursue, let alone answer, be taught as science?
Is the level of intellectual curiosity among the righteous so low that the pursuit of truth through scientific method is frightening? With that level of curiosity, it's a wonder mankind ever left the cave to see what is on the other side of the hill, let a.one leave tire tracks on the surface of the moon.
I'm a Christian but my faith does not impose ecclesiastical blinders to science.
why should a lack of faith in the almighty creator god be prerequisite for the discussion of science? is science the state where there has to be a separation from the church, or does the first amendment cease to exist in a science book? how does that happen, anyways? you walk through the doorway of a laboratory and suddenly everything you believe vanishes away? perhaps a bell rings and you leave the lab and go through another doorway where in that room is a priest, would you remember anything about what happened in the lab just moments before when discussing your beliefs with the priest? hypothetically, that is?
Scientists do not exclude God from their personal lives, but they find no use for Him in the pursuit of scientific truth.
In my faith, I have faith in God, but that faith does not forbid me from finding truth in science.
Is it a responsible approach to believe in the musings of a Bronze Age philosopher to explain the natural world, or should we use the massive brain pan we were endowed with to find a true explanation?