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What? They're all over the place, especially in the US. edit: I go to one, despite it.
by nanny 7y ago
What? 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.