@OP
Except religion and science are generally at odds. Can you believe in the Bible literally *and* believe the Earth to be 4.5 billion years old? If the answer is "no", then that's an easy proof to show that religion in fact comes *before* you even begin your experiment via the scientific method. Then there's other direct contradictions between reality and what the Bible says; demons being the cause of sicknesses:
1) A demon of dumbness - Matthew 9:32, Luke 11:14
2) A demon of blindness and dumbness - Matthew 12:22
3) A demon possessed son (with epilepsy) - Matthew 17:14-21, Mark 9:17-25, Luke 39-42
4) A woman with a spirit of infirmity (bent forward) - Luke 13:11
http://www.biblestudying.net/demons2.html
So what do you suggest we do? Take the religious route and try faith healing, or go with scientific discoveries to try and cure these things?
To believe that science and religion aren't at odds is to take the first step of deconversion. You just don't know it yet.
Except religion and science are generally at odds. Can you believe in the Bible literally *and* believe the Earth to be 4.5 billion years old? If the answer is "no", then that's an easy proof to show that religion in fact comes *before* you even begin your experiment via the scientific method. Then there's other direct contradictions between reality and what the Bible says; demons being the cause of sicknesses:
1) A demon of dumbness - Matthew 9:32, Luke 11:14
2) A demon of blindness and dumbness - Matthew 12:22
3) A demon possessed son (with epilepsy) - Matthew 17:14-21, Mark 9:17-25, Luke 39-42
4) A woman with a spirit of infirmity (bent forward) - Luke 13:11
http://www.biblestudying.net/demons2.html
So what do you suggest we do? Take the religious route and try faith healing, or go with scientific discoveries to try and cure these things?
To believe that science and religion aren't at odds is to take the first step of deconversion. You just don't know it yet.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
