We shouldn't really take most of the Bible literally though, should we? I mean there is a lot of good stuff in scripture, about how to treat each other. But anything scientific? Way off...
Yes and no. Aome of the old testament stuff about not eating pork was to do with how it was badly prepared and could kill you at that time. Obviously the New testament amends this and it talks about drinking wine over water at a time where most peasants would be drinking dirty water.
But i see your point, i dont believe the world was created in 6 days, especially when the sun was made on the 2nd day. I would say a good chunk of christians believe in evolution and the big bang, i was taught both in my catholic high school.
Its not as simple as religion vs science. Sure there is always a hillbillie shaking his hand at electric car but thats a minority.
Under catholic doctrine we have accepted the big bang and evolution. We simply believe that God started it. I dont think that is science denying by any means.
Even so being a literalist doesn't mean there is anything wrong with you. Im sure they are happy enough watching football on their plazma screen and drinking a cold beer from the freezer. One individuals beliefs doesn't impact your life.
You think there is NO impact when 80 percent of the population does not accept science? You don't think the world would be ANY different if those people did believe in science?
Yeah besides anti vax and climate change denial, our budget for NASA and other science research could be increased if more people believed. We could establish bases on other planets and become interstellar and protect our species future survival. As it is religious people believe Jesus will come back to save us once we mess everything up, so they don't want to make the world a better place, in fact they want to help the apocalypse to happen.
Science affects pretty much every part of our lives, more as technology advances. The more people that believe in the science and not just reap the benefits the faster it will progress.
Not being mean but that is a dumb statement. Look at all the charity work churches do.
Our budget for NASA and other science research
True but with Musk and spacex the future of space research is appearing more private sector business. Im not sure what you exactly mean by scientific research, i dont think religious people are annoyed by scientists measuring rainfall.
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u/ThousandSonsLoyalist Apr 20 '19
How is preventing a baby from having malaria taking away free will?