RE: Why are there so few Christians in Science?
June 30, 2012 at 11:56 am
(This post was last modified: June 30, 2012 at 12:12 pm by Simon Moon.)
(June 30, 2012 at 10:58 am)Drich Wrote: Probably because inorder for one to be considered a legit 'scientist' one must renounce God. Otherwise one's efforts in the field of science are quickly dissmiss on general principle and the theist/scientist is not counted as a 'true scotsman.' I mean scientist, and therefore are omitted from poles like the ones you referenced.
What a load of rubbish.
To be considered a legit scientist one must perform science.
Science entails going where the evidence leads, no matter what. Most theists are unable to do this because they already have their 'answers' in place. Then they try to get the evidence to fit their existing 'answers (or they ignore or twist the evidence). That is NOT science.
There is a scientist named Kurt P. Wise, who gave up a promising career in Geology because he could not reconcile the evidence with a literal reading of the Bible and as he said "if all the evidence in the universe turned against creationism, I would be the first to admit it, but I would still be a creationist because that is what the Word of God seems to indicate."
He was unable to do science because he was unable to go where the evidence took him.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
