I’m pretty new to all of this. I’ve been brought up in an agnostic (but Christian swinging) household, and recently felt the need to look to God.
During dark times, I found myself praying, and there was a comfort in that I hasn’t felt before. It’s been pretty earth shattering few weeks for someone, like me, who has never been religious.
Given that I wasn’t raised with these beliefs, I find myself challenging them more than I would if I had been presented it as unquestionable truth from a young age. I considered myself to be a logical, fact based person and whilst I know religion does require a leap of faith, there are aspects of the bible that don’t make sense to me and I can’t explain that away.
So, my question is this - How do you deal with the parts that conflict with modern science? Do you ignore the science? Or do you find a way to weave them together?
We have evidence dinosaurs existed, for example (it’s late and I’m tired, please excuse the obvious and childlike example) yet there’s no mention of this anywhere in the bible. Do you ignore the fossils? Do you take the bible literally, word for word to be truth, or use it as God given guidance?
During dark times, I found myself praying, and there was a comfort in that I hasn’t felt before. It’s been pretty earth shattering few weeks for someone, like me, who has never been religious.
Given that I wasn’t raised with these beliefs, I find myself challenging them more than I would if I had been presented it as unquestionable truth from a young age. I considered myself to be a logical, fact based person and whilst I know religion does require a leap of faith, there are aspects of the bible that don’t make sense to me and I can’t explain that away.
So, my question is this - How do you deal with the parts that conflict with modern science? Do you ignore the science? Or do you find a way to weave them together?
We have evidence dinosaurs existed, for example (it’s late and I’m tired, please excuse the obvious and childlike example) yet there’s no mention of this anywhere in the bible. Do you ignore the fossils? Do you take the bible literally, word for word to be truth, or use it as God given guidance?