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Do you have an example of the Church rejecting science in the last 100 years?
by tarruda 7y ago
Do you have an example of the Church rejecting science in the last 100 years?
- nanny 7y agoWhat? They're all over the place, especially in the US. edit: I go to one, despite it.
- ArnoVW 7y agoQuestion of semantics is mixing up your conversation here I think. Is "the church" the religious authority (i.e. the Vatican), or just simply anyone religious? Because the Vatican has not persecuted people for their scientific views for a long time, but I agree with you that it's not that complicated to find examples of religious people being anti-scientific. The question is : how many are there, and how representative are they.
- smileysteve 7y agoIn the U.S. it's strict creationism that's the biggest anti-science aspect of many of the protestant religions. Snopes monkey trial was so divisive that very few people I have met in Georgia are aware that intelligent design is a thing. Each of these people more or less accepts that their church doesn't believe in Dinosaurs.
- nanny 7y agoGood point, now that I re-read the comment I replied to. This comments section is talking about church in general, but he specifically wrote "the Church". Anyway, what I'm mainly referring to is evolution and the age of the Earth and the universe. Around 40% of people in the US are Young-Earth Creationists. https://news.gallup.com/poll/170822/believe-creationist-view-human-origins.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/170822/believe-creationist-view...
- isbvhodnvemrwvn 7y agoCatholicism isn't the only christian denomination.
- _emacsomancer_ 7y agoYes, but without any other context, 'the Church' in English is hardly likely to refer to say, the 2nd Baptist Church of Los Angeles.
- m463 7y agoI have attended church lots of times throughout my life and I've never seen a conflict with science. I literally see more conflict with science in people's daily lives, such as the grocery store.
- sudosteph 7y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Earth_creationism#Adhering_church_bodies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Earth_creationism#Adheri...
- humanrebar 7y agoYEC on its own isn't anti-science as much as about metaphysics. The main objections are more about why God would create fossils that look millions of years old. That is an interesting point, but it is a theological point, not a scientific one. That being said, there are a lot of folks who are bad at metaphysics involved in the discussion that tend to drown out the more coherent takes on the subject. But this is a broad and diverse area of discussion. It's not fair to say "The Church" is anti-science with respect to a metaphysical subject.
- brookside 7y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgj7czB51Vc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgj7czB51Vc This anti-evolution christian rock song was popular (among religious kids) in my high school.
- dragonwriter 7y ago> Do you have an example of the Church rejecting science in the last 100 years? Which Church, and by which (heirarchical/formal vs. popular) view of the position of the Church in question?
- humanrebar 7y agoI think it's fair to recognize the diverse group of people in the "church" and to be careful casting ire around. There are quite a few scientists and intellectual heavyweights involved, for instance.