Have you ever felt a conflict between your Christian beliefs and scientific evidence?

[cpg35223]

No. Because I don't view the Bible as the literal utterance of God. It is a collection of books written by people who encountered God in various ways, and expressed themselves the best ways they knew how. That tends to eliminate the divide between science and theology almost immediately.

[soliloquyenlightened]

Originally Posted by BigCityDreamer

Is that the novel by Paulo Coelho?

Sorry I missed this. Yes, it is.

[chuckmann]

Originally Posted by BigCityDreamer

I'm wondering whether, as a Christian, you have sensed an uneasiness between your faith in Christ, God or the Bible and what modern science has discovered. And if so, how did you reconcile this in your mind?

Feel free to discuss any specifics that you like.

I've been giving some thought to this, your question. Thanks for posing it.

I suspect that most Christians do not find any conflict with most science. Rather, most Christians disagree with a very few particular tenets of science. After all, most Christians drive automobiles, which result from the sciences of chemistry and metallurgy, or use computers, which derive from electronics, mathematics, and so on. I'm pretty sure that most Christians are not flat earthers, nor do they believe in the geocentric universe.

I suspect that many Christians are not comfortable with a very few pieces of science. For example, the age of the earth, which many fundamentalists still believe to be between 6,000 and 10,000 years old, in definite contradiction to the 4.5 billion years that geology and physics indicate, or evolution, however one might define that term.

I look forward to reading the comments of others in response.

[chuckmann]

Originally Posted by AREQUIPA

Again the Hellthreat. Isn't it remarkable how in the end, threatening the doubter with eternal torture is the only real shot in the Theist locker.

What about those of us who do not accept the doctrine of unending punishment?