I'm a (at least in my opinion) very rational individual, I prefer to think through my problems and am very interested in science and logic (hell, I'm a software engineer), but I'm also a Christian, and active in my church. This has managed to confuse alot of people, and so I've been asked on several occasions how I justify my religious beliefs and my rational, logical personality. I simply tell them that science explains things as they appear and religion explains things as they are.
Now, there are going to be people who respond by saying that religion is just a bunch of hooey, and they're welcome to their opinions. Personally, I cannot prove the existence of God, simply because I don't have any proof, I believe in God through faith.
So, while alot of people see ID as a collapse of the scientific knowledge of the country, I see it as a collapse of both science and religion. On the scientific side, we have people believing a "theory" that is scientifically shaky at best. On the religious side we have people trying to prove their faith, which tells me their faith is shaky to begin with.
Remember folks, religion and science are orthogonal. Dealing with one doesn't affect the other!
As for your problem with your church teaching ID, I'd say talk to your pastor in private and rationally. If that doesn't help, then I'd start looking for a new church. As for the percieved intellectual bankruptcy of the country, I'd look at the facts. Not that many public schools are teaching ID, and those are the results of one poll. Remember, there are three types of lies in this world: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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I'm sorry to misguide you, I was trying to say that ID is shaky, not evolution.
I'm a (at least in my opinion) very rational individual, I prefer to think through my problems and am very interested in science and logic (hell, I'm a software engineer), but I'm also a Christian, and active in my church. This has managed to confuse alot of people, and so I've been asked on several occasions how I justify my religious beliefs and my rational, logical personality. I simply tell them that science explains things as they appear and religion explains things as they are.
Now, there are going to be people who respond by saying that religion is just a bunch of hooey, and they're welcome to their opinions. Personally, I cannot prove the existence of God, simply because I don't have any proof, I believe in God through faith.
So, while alot of people see ID as a collapse of the scientific knowledge of the country, I see it as a collapse of both science and religion. On the scientific side, we have people believing a "theory" that is scientifically shaky at best. On the religious side we have people trying to prove their faith, which tells me their faith is shaky to begin with.
Remember folks, religion and science are orthogonal. Dealing with one doesn't affect the other!
As for your problem with your church teaching ID, I'd say talk to your pastor in private and rationally. If that doesn't help, then I'd start looking for a new church. As for the percieved intellectual bankruptcy of the country, I'd look at the facts. Not that many public schools are teaching ID, and those are the results of one poll. Remember, there are three types of lies in this world: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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Sorry, it needed to be done. That and a co-worker suggested I post it.