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To: bondserv
You could easily replace the word CREATIONIST with the word CHRISTIAN and your statement would have been just as accurate.

No, you couldn't. Not remotely. I know plenty of scientists who are Christians. My boss is one. Pardon my frankness, but those scientist Christians view creationism with contempt and ridicule.

I am outspoken in my conservative views, even in a field that, admittedly, is rife with liberals, and even in a university that, notoriously, is among the most radically leftist in the world. Regularly in the course of political discussions with other scientists, the issue of creationism (unfairly) gets thrown in my face. It's the low SAT score on the transcript of conservatism. The best answer I can give is something like, "well, not all conservatives are creationists..."

Actually, what I say is, "very, very few conservatives are actually creationists," but I know from places like FR that there are many more of them than I am willing to admit to my colleagues.

437 posted on 11/01/2003 6:50:58 PM PST by Physicist
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To: Physicist
but I know from places like FR that there are many more of them than I am willing to admit to my colleagues.

Zogby America Report

Among the people who are more likely to believe that God or some intelligent design did play a role in the creation of life and the universe are four-fifths or more of born-again Protestants (86%), Republicans (81%), and those with household incomes of $25,000-$34,999 (79%). Also sharing this belief are an average 75% of 30-49 year-olds, residents of small cities and rural areas. More women (74%, including 62% who strongly disagree) than men (63%) agree with the majority.

440 posted on 11/01/2003 6:57:00 PM PST by AndrewC
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To: Physicist
No, you couldn't. Not remotely. I know plenty of scientists who are Christians. My boss is one. Pardon my frankness, but those scientist Christians view creationism with contempt and ridicule.

I feel for your boss. Standing on the Word of God is difficult when your detractors can effortlessly tear down your testimony from your own book.

I will pray that he finds the courage to stand on Christ's Word, rather than the ever-changing ideas of men. Peer pressure can be detrimental to spiritual growth. I know this from personal experience.

463 posted on 11/01/2003 7:44:20 PM PST by bondserv
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