This was posted: "You speak of science as if it is an entity unto itself - something that SHOULD BE VIEWED AS OPPOSED TO RELIGION. "[/b}
Well, actually, Science has presented itself as opposed to faith, so it is really no wonder that Christians, and for that matter, members of non-Christian faiths, are feeling more and more "anti-Science."
More and more you hear that Science is "based on facts," and "faith is based on myth." Well, no, actually Christianity has a much great accuracy record than science does.
You hear Christians referred to as "ignorant" and already someone representing science has "apologized for being educated," as if those of us who question science are not educated.
Science is the making of observations based on things we see.
This accounts to why Science is so often wrong, and yet, it is used to challenge Christians time and time again. We're told if we can't see God, He doesn't exist.
They couldn't see germs and told Pasteur he was nuts, but he wasn't.
They couldn't see the atom, but it was there.
They couldn't see the neturons and protons, but THEY were there.
They couldn't see gravity, but it is there.
They'll come back and say, "Well, sure, but you know, with gravity you can see the affect it has on things! So you can prove it exists!" A Christian says, "With God, we can see the affect it has on things, He has proven He exists." We're laughed at, mocked, ridiculed, and labeled "uneducated," and "unintelligent."
Science has BECOME the religion of many.
It has become the GOD, the IDOL of many.
Science is based on what man sees, but claims to hold the truth.
Faith is based on what man cannot see, and IS the truth.
Yet, the way science presents itself, it is "cold, hard, accurate, fact."
People point to God's word and say, "That's full of flaws. Look! Here in this chapter it says things happened in THIS order, and over here it doesn't even MENTION this thing!" But they never point to Science and go, "Hey, remember when they told us that the earth was flat? Or - how about how they swore that you couldn't fly out of the atomosphere? Or what about when they thought it was a great idea to wear a dirty lab coat so you could show how experienced you were? What about when they gave estrogen to cancer patients thinking it was a cure, and then found out it was a killer?"
Science went from a theory - to a faith.
Science asks Christians to set aside our blind faith, and accept their theories.
And when science did that, they DID make science an enemy.
