General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Religious belief interferes with people's understanding of evolution (NPR) [View all]RainDog
(28,784 posts)Last edited Sat Jan 21, 2012, 08:04 AM - Edit history (1)
so, please produce your evidence for your claims.
science is theory. yes. that's the way science explains itself. this is diff. than your use of the word.
scientists are more truthful than literalist interpreters of religious texts when it comes to things like the age of the earth, humans, the origin of bacteria (which is observable in real time -and yet literalists lie about this?!)
having a degree isn't the issue - it's training and the ability to actually produce experiments, understand them and share them with others who can verify things for themselves.
So - proof.
I will be happy to explain to you why the gospels, for instance, were not written by the names given to them, and can point out that they have diff. genealogies for Jesus, which means at least one of them is wrong, again, for instance.
the problem with some religious folks is that they think the bible is a science text and it's not. and they have teachers who do not accept this either and they lie to people like you.
so, if your acceptance of Christianity relies upon belief in things that are obviously not even in the bible, other than metaphorically, I am telling you that your faith is based upon lies. If you can understand that the bible uses metaphorical language... as it does THROUGHOUT... then you'll understand that you don't have to defend lies to have a religious faith.
it's not enough for you to simply make a claim with no evidence. that's what hucksters do to suckers.