Originally posted by whodey
This should tell us that the church has chosen to wage war with science because the findings of science have been deemed to be heretical with Biblical teachings as in the day of Galileo. In fact, the church is the one who has drawn an imaginary line in the sand by saying either choose the Biblcial teaching or the educated scientific findings.
I suppose it ...[text shortened]... ll enough versed in both, which is rare to say the least, you would not have this discrepency.
People in science are trained to reason based on evidence that has be substantiated experimentally, evidence that can be reproduced if necessary. Of course people trained in the sciences are going to be more skeptical of religion.
Especially since the concept of natural selection flies in the face of Genesis - actually, the whole Bible. People
are animals. Natural selection is entirely consistent with genetics.
Religious texts are inconsistent, have mistakes, and some of what is written in those texts cannot be proven to be true.
I respect moral values, the stories in the Bible, and what we can learn from them. Very much so. I take those into consideration and I am satisfied so I have no need for the ritualistic aspects of religion or belief in an all-powerful all-knowing undetectable being.