06-15-2021, 04:52 PM
(06-15-2021, 08:35 AM)Sled21 Wrote: I really have no dog in this fight, as I believe the Bible and Evolution can go hand in hand and are not mutually exclusive. That said, I don't know you Lucidus, you're probably a great guy but you are coming off as one of those smug science worshippers who think science is the answer to everything and is absolute. Except it's not. How many times has a scientific fact later been proven wrong? It was once known reality that the world was flat. The best scientific models are only the best scientific models until a better one comes along that can disprove it. Sometimes science worshippers tend to forget the very basis of science, which is to question everything. Oh, and as for the Bible, you realize there are two books, right? The 1st book is all about wrath and slaying and eyes for eyes, etc. Then this kid was born and a 2nd book was written and it becomes about loving your enemy, forgiveness, etc. The second book supersedes the first. Hence Old Testament vs. New Testament.
We could put that another way. If science is a student learning they stay hungry and continue reading to look for more knowledge and accept when they get an answer wrong by adapting their understanding and moving on. If religion is a student learning they sit there with their arms crossed, claim they have already read the book and know all the answers and nothing can change their mind.
It just seems like an easy out to me. Instead of accepting it’s a vastly complicated reality that we will never fully comprehend people find it easier to listen to the story from the guy wearing the fancy costume and blame/credit god for everything.
