(June 23, 2019 at 10:33 pm)mctxegesis Wrote: Top 5 questions against God or the Bible on science
Hi,
As atheists, what would be the top 5 questions/critiques you would have for believers against God or the Bible within a scientific framework?
I guess my critiques wouldn't be so much about God or the Bible as about how some believers interpret those things.
In looking briefly at your blog and the BioLogos site, I'd say you have a good understanding of the issues that concern most atheists. I think you're right to address young-Earth creationists and evolution deniers.
Also it might make sense to argue against that minority of Christians who refuse medical treatment and rely only on prayer. That is an unfortunate misreading of the Bible, it seems to me.
I see you've made one blog entry about hermeneutics, and that seems like a good idea to me. A lot of trouble seems to come from the (mostly modern) idea that the Bible has to be read literally, as if it were a science book, and not a collection of parables and challenges. This over-simple view is a minority position when seen in the whole history of the church. No doubt some of the worst science-deniers aren't interested in anybody beyond their favorite local preacher, but it might make a difference to some people to see that many of the most influential people in the history of Christianity were NOT in favor of taking every story in the Bible as if it were an account of real history. Nor were most important Christian thinkers at all opposed to science. The idea that Christianity and science are incompatible is a surprisingly modern view, and not built into the religion at all.
Again, citing important people from history probably won't influence anybody who loves Ken Ham, but just making people aware that Christians in good standing have not traditionally denied science could open some minds.
Your doing this from within the framework of Christianity seems far more likely to have an effect than arguments from us non-believers. I wish you well.
