Tired of the religious right putting down science

[Toxic]

I'm planning on taking my kids to the dinosaur exhibit at the local zoo. One of their favorite shows is "Dinosaur Train" on PBS kids. I approach evolution the same way I do other science subjects I have issues with such as global warming. (BTW, I've noticed a lot of libertarian atheists and agnostics reject climate "science". Where do you fall on that?) Anyway I let them take in the information, then when they have questions I explain what the "science" teaches and where I disagree and the scientific and/or religious reasons for my disagreement. Just because some people of faith have a hard time striking that balance doesn't mean it's not there.

As far as climate science goes, I'm open to all theories. It's just hard to get the truth with so many political agendas clouding things up. Pun intended.

 

[LibertyRevolution]

How to explain global warming:
The climate of Earth changes. Welcome to Earth.

Theory of evolution:
Its just a theory... It is our best scientific guess at how things work, it could be wrong, most theories turn out to be...
The entire idea behind a theory is to put the idea out there to be proven wrong, so that science can move forward..
As opposed to having pure faith that God did it, because it was written in a book by some guy..

I think that evolution is right, I think that species can change into new species.
I just don't think it was a natural process..

 

[Prophet Muhammad]

Religion has long been against science (not just Christianity, but most, if not all, of them).

I suspect it's because religious leaders see science, reason, and enlightenment as a threat to their power.

Here's a good reading suggestion:

Historically, religious leaders have tortured, imprisoned, or killed scientists who dared promote their "heresy" (any science or reason that showed that religious hocus pocus for what it is).

They can't do that anymore (in this country anyway- though they probably wish they could), but they can still use their power to try and keep people as ignorant as possible.

In western civilizations it's always been secular authorities which have done the torturing and executions, not the religious organizations. Even in the Spanish Inquisition, the Catholic Church did not execute a single person, it was the state who did.

 

[Revolution9]

Can you hold your mind in the palm of your hand? Then why expect the conciousness of God to be held in the palm of your hand?

Rev9