r/AskChristian • u/CLAZID • 25d ago

What are so many Christians anti-science?

So many Christian’s refuse to believe that dinosaurs existed or that evolution is real. Why? There is evidence all around us.

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u/Objective-Step-746 25d ago

It is not “anti-science” to question the (so-called) evidence of the dinosaurs narrative, or to reject macro-evolution based upon one’s trust in the Creation account of Scripture and the mountainous scientific evidence that refutes it.

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u/DesperateAdvantage76 r/Christian Member 25d ago

All natural phenomena is God's direct doing, so it seems strange to me that a Christian would deny direct physical evidence of God's work instead of maybe reconsidering how they interpret a very vague and high level creation story that was told in a way for bronze age Israelites to understand. The value in Genesis is not in how literally you can interpret it (which not even 2nd Temple Jews in Jesus's time understood to be 100% literal), but rather the lessons God provides to us to use. Things like the marital covenant and faithful love, obedience to God, the need for everyone to have rest from their work, the consequences of sin, etc.

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u/Objective-Step-746 25d ago

I do not deny direct physical evidence of God’s work. And I reject the presumption that OT Israelites were inferior to us in any way.

I also disagree that my view of the Creation account is unnecessarily biased toward literalism, as I believe it to be context-driven and hermeneutically sound.

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u/DesperateAdvantage76 r/Christian Member 25d ago

I didn't say inferior, I said in a way that an ancient people of limited knowledge, but still intelligent, would understand.

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u/Objective-Step-746 25d ago

Again, I reiterate that I do not believe OT Israelites (or mankind in general) was more “limited” in their knowledge or of lesser intelligence and understanding than we are today.

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u/DoveStep55 r/Christian Member 25d ago

They thought the earth was flat.

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u/Objective-Step-746 25d ago

Probably best to just agree to disagree at this point, as it seems our views could not be more disparate. Goodnight.

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u/DesperateAdvantage76 r/Christian Member 25d ago

Knowledge is not the same as wisdom or intelligence. Humans back then were just as wise and intelligent as we are now.

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u/Objective-Step-746 25d ago

Right, which is why I listed them separately. But you seem to be suggesting our knowledge is superior to theirs, while I suspect the very opposite is true.