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Nessa wrote:Do you think a Scientist who is a Christian....
Is at a disadvantage?
Absolute disadvantage. Christians create God so they don't have to deal with reality.
Less intelligent?
Absolutely. They surveyed 1000 atheists, and the overwhelming majority said that Christians aren't as smart as the purely scientific minded naturalists.
Has more bias than a non Christian Scientist?
Everyone knows Christians are biased creatards. Christians can't look at anything objectively. Stupid Christians just use the God of the gaps argument, because they're too stupid to come up with the correct answer.
Nessa wrote:Do you think a Scientist who is a Christian....
Is at a disadvantage? - I don't know. I doubt it.
Less intelligent? - I don't know. I doubt it.
Has more bias than a non Christian Scientist? - Not typically, but I suppose it could happen. For example, if you're a YEC paleontologist your beliefs are going to interfere with your ability to look at your data impartially. I doubt that kind of conflict comes up much, though.
I appreciate you giving your thoughts.edwardmurphy wrote:Nessa wrote:Do you think a Scientist who is a Christian....
Is at a disadvantage? - I don't know. I doubt it.
Less intelligent? - I don't know. I doubt it.
Has more bias than a non Christian Scientist? - Not typically, but I suppose it could happen. For example, if you're a YEC paleontologist your beliefs are going to interfere with your ability to look at your data impartially. I doubt that kind of conflict comes up much, though.
What about my well thought out response?Nessa wrote:I appreciate you giving your thoughts.edwardmurphy wrote:Nessa wrote:Do you think a Scientist who is a Christian....
Is at a disadvantage? - I don't know. I doubt it.
Less intelligent? - I don't know. I doubt it.
Has more bias than a non Christian Scientist? - Not typically, but I suppose it could happen. For example, if you're a YEC paleontologist your beliefs are going to interfere with your ability to look at your data impartially. I doubt that kind of conflict comes up much, though.
Seems like you already gotta 'like' for your well thought out response...RickD wrote:What about my well thought out response?Nessa wrote:I appreciate you giving your thoughts.edwardmurphy wrote:Nessa wrote:Do you think a Scientist who is a Christian....
Is at a disadvantage? - I don't know. I doubt it.
Less intelligent? - I don't know. I doubt it.
Has more bias than a non Christian Scientist? - Not typically, but I suppose it could happen. For example, if you're a YEC paleontologist your beliefs are going to interfere with your ability to look at your data impartially. I doubt that kind of conflict comes up much, though.
How rude!!!!
Having been around scientists all my life, a good many of whom are Christians, I dont find this to be an accurate assessment. I'd say the great majority of Christians / scientist have no problem accepting ToE as valid.crochet1949 wrote:Just Maybe -- Scientists who are Christians simply don't go tootin their horns about it. I looked it up once and found that Lots of famous scientists / an astronaut or two Are Christians.
It's Almost , like, if a person Doesn't believe in evolution, they must have a screw loose Somewhere. That they aren't smart enough to be Real , Top-notch scientists.
That attitude just erks me a bit.
noNessa wrote:Do you think a Scientist who is a Christian....
Is at a disadvantage?
Less intelligent?
Has more bias than a non Christian Scientist?
It's one thing to say that evolution is obviously true, while simultaneously believing that it's part of God's design for the Universe. I don't believe that, but I wouldn't be dismissive of someone who did. It's something else entirely to believe that the Universe is 6,000 years old and evolution is a hoax. That's an irrational position that favors a religious interpretation over massive scientific evidence to the contrary. That's not going to keep someone from competently researching the heart, nanotechnology, or some other field that has nothing to do with the origins of life or the Universe, but there are fields of study where belief in YEC is definitely going to interfere with a person's objectivity.crochet1949 wrote:It's Almost , like, if a person Doesn't believe in evolution, they must have a screw loose Somewhere.
That they aren't smart enough to be Real , Top-notch scientists.
No, I have really changed sides. I'm just tired of all these stupid Christians. They're all a bunch of pie in the sky morons.Kurieuo wrote:There is something odd about this thread. Like people have changed sides or something in answering Nessa's questions. Rick, I bet if we came out and said the opposite to what we did, that Ed and Audie would have also had opposite responses.
I knew you weren't a true Christian!RickD wrote:No, I have really changed sides. I'm just tired of all these stupid Christians. They're all a bunch of pie in the sky morons.Kurieuo wrote:There is something odd about this thread. Like people have changed sides or something in answering Nessa's questions. Rick, I bet if we came out and said the opposite to what we did, that Ed and Audie would have also had opposite responses.
They need to get a grasp of reality.
Try it. I didnt change sides yet, not likely to.Kurieuo wrote:There is something odd about this thread. Like people have changed sides or something in answering Nessa's questions. Rick, I bet if we came out and said the opposite to what we did, that Ed and Audie would have also had opposite responses.