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To: tacticalogic

To be a scientist, at least since St. Augustine, you need to be willing to interpret scripture in the light of facts.

Intellectually I can understand rejecting the world for a vision you read in a book, but in practice I have no interest in doing so.

If I had grown up in family that taught me that doubting the literal word of scripture would subject me to eternal punishment, and if I found myself in a position to lose all my friends and family by accepting the findings of science, I would probably stick with friends and family.


421 posted on 01/05/2009 11:05:09 AM PST by js1138
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To: js1138
To be a scientist, at least since St. Augustine, you need to be willing to interpret scripture in the light of facts.

Somehow, that just doesn't have quite the same perjorative ring as "self-imposed ignorance".

424 posted on 01/05/2009 11:31:15 AM PST by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: js1138; Alamo-Girl

What *facts*?

Should Scripture be interpreted in light of the current interpretation of the data which is more likely to be wrong than not?

That still doesn’t qualify *science* as an accurate tool to interpret Scripture with.


427 posted on 01/05/2009 11:50:46 AM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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