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chyron8472
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Religion
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Date created
30-Apr-2018, 3:09 PM

ZigZig said:

Obviously, you are right, there is no risk :

Thank you for your foresight on that matter (THAT is sarcasm).

What does right-wing politics have to do with the idea, that basing one’s relationship with or belief in God primarily on scientific fact, is wrongheaded?

I do not believe that the universe was created in seven (or rather six) 24-hour time periods. I believe that the people to whom the creation story was told would not have understood Big Bang Theory, or gravitational waves, or the movement of the Laniakea Supercluster. Nor do I think it relevant to them at the time. I understand that Jesus himself taught truths in the form of parables, in a way that would be easier for people of his day to comprehend.

One does not need one’s relationship with God to have a foundation in scientific research in order to still respect science as a method of learning about God. Science does not have to contradict faith. But relationship with or belief in God does not have to be founded on science.