(October 2, 2011 at 6:40 pm)Chuck Wrote:(October 1, 2011 at 6:07 pm)coffeeveritas Wrote: I'm a Christian and I ran a research lab and did published scientific research (published in regular scientific journals, not Christian ones).
I did not mince words.
So . . . are you saying my research wasn't valid because I'm a Christian or I didn't understand what I was doing because I'm a Christian? Maybe I misunderstood what you meant by "I did not mince words." If you were saying something along those lines I would have to say that is a little harsh considering you've never seen any of my research and you've never met me. Wouldn't you agree that the idea that anyone who is a Christian can't be a good scientist is a tad too simplistic? It's hard to think of anyone who contributed more to science in his lifetime than Isaac Newton, but he spent a great deal of time writing Biblical commentary and was undoubtedly a theist. It's hard to really tell what you mean by so short of a phrase so please excuse me if I have jumped to too many conclusions. It just seemed like you thought there was some sort of inseparable divide between theists and science.
