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Sigh.Sure.
Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
Paraphrase:
Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be [Homo sapiens], they became [atheists],
If science is enough to make them lose their faith, then maybe their faith wasn't as strong you or they thought. Just saying...
Not to mention the gross insult to any god thatCan you quote Paul saying that scientific theories will lead Christians to atheism?
I would argue the opposite - false beliefs, if somebody identify them with Christianity, can lead such Christians to atheism, when those false beliefs are scientifically proven wrong. If you teach somebody that Christianity means believing in the Flat Earth or in the Global Flood or in the YEC, they may loose their faith, after recognizing those are not true.
This isn't paraphrasing. This is just you altering the text of the Bible to say something it's not.
And you make a good point.
But there's more to it than that.
There's hearing it.
Then believing it.
Then embracing it.
Then investing your treasures in it.
Then having questions your pastor/priest can't answer.
Then eventually denouncing your beliefs in favor of atheism.
If you don't want to understand what I'm saying, then I understand.
Else you'd be prompted to agree with me.
Or not.
Ignorance is bliss.
Sigh.
None.C'mon now.
How many people have you met that have said:
"I used to be a Christian. Then I had questions I asked my pastor, and he told me to take a hike. So I did."
Not to mention the gross insult to any god that might exist.
I kind of agree. Its shameful to hold false ideas as truth and dismissing evidence to the contrary, while professing believing in the God who said much about truth, wisdom and purity.Not to mention the gross insult to any god that
might exist.
I would 100% say that it's a question about the strength of their faith over anything else.
Because I refuse to accept your claim that just accepting science inevitably leads to atheism.
I would tend to agree, if I didn't know how powerfully convincing the Devil can be.
I was specifically talking about evolution.
No, I understand 100% what you're saying.
You're adding to the Bible, which is obviously A-OK when someone such as you does it, even though you're a literalist, but hey, literalism can take a long hike off a short pier when you want it to, no?
Technically it can be tested. But it takes a long time to test. Longer than mankind has roamed the earth. And because of that I don't even see it as a subject for a Christian site. It belongs on a Science site. Science is about how. Religion is about why. And "why" is the higher pursuit, IMO. But science is a lot of fun and trying to figure out how creation works brings all sorts of benefits. It's how we can use these cool computers and phones.All theories can be tested, including the theory of evolution. No theory can be proved.
I'll say this much.
Only I can make a deist complain someone is adding to the Bible, can't I?
Technically it can be tested. But it takes a long time to test. Longer than mankind has roamed the earth. And because of that I don't even see it as a subject for a Christian site. It belongs on a Science site. Science is about how. Religion is about why. And "why" is the higher pursuit, IMO. But science is a lot of fun and trying to figure out how creation works brings all sorts of benefits. It's how we can use these cool computers and phones.
It will take as long to resolve the issue regarding evolution as it took the first single cell to evolve, and I just don't have the time.
None.
And it's still science, and your claim is still bunk.
You don't personally know how many Christians have had their faith strengthened by reading about the science of evolution.
Or are they only Christians when they agree with you?
And other Christians. It's not just me who take umbrage with your extra-Biblical claims.
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