Honestly Jen, scientific evidence is manipulated more often than you think, you should have seen how many times ppl modified results in experiments in our biochem, organic chem and genetics labs in this past year alone. You are correct in saying things depend on how you look at it. You really should come to the creation science seminars I attend, they talk about this kind of thing, it would be an eye opener, and be open minded to the possibility that the literal creation is possible without tonnes of faith, in fact it takes just as much as evolution. I tried resisting doubts before, it doesn't work, this year I faced them head on, and my good thinking brain has developed more than ever since that decision. now about more or less faith, I think I disagree. If you think about it, if I choose to beleive something/some stories written over 2000 years ago to be literal, that requires significantly more faith than someone who chooses to take them as 'just a story' because there's no one around from then to say it actually happened but I still choose to beleive it to be true rather than just any old story like I do with greek mythology or aesop's fables I hope that made some sort of sense... we should have some sort of in person debate, that'd be more fun, wouldn't you say so?
Hey Josh, I'm not sure if undergraduate university students are responsible for providing the scientific community with information. I wouldn't be surprised about people manipulating results to get good marks! I agree with you that it probably is more difficult to believe in something written 2000 yrs ago than it is to believe something that has perhaps more tangible evidence, but I wouldn't call that faith... I'd call it - well, just firm belief, I guess. I don't think that faith needs to be opposed with the way our society presently understands our world.
than someone who chooses to take them as 'just a story'
I didn't mean "just". There's nothing "just" about choosing to believe the stories literally or not. Choosing to not believe it all literally doesn't need to take away anything from it's value, or the truth that it can communicate.
Perhaps it would be interesting to discuss in person sometime.
You are correct in saying things depend on how you look at it. You really should come to the creation science seminars I attend, they talk about this kind of thing, it would be an eye opener, and be open minded to the possibility that the literal creation is possible without tonnes of faith, in fact it takes just as much as evolution.
I tried resisting doubts before, it doesn't work, this year I faced them head on, and my good thinking brain has developed more than ever since that decision.
now about more or less faith, I think I disagree. If you think about it, if I choose to beleive something/some stories written over 2000 years ago to be literal, that requires significantly more faith than someone who chooses to take them as 'just a story' because there's no one around from then to say it actually happened but I still choose to beleive it to be true rather than just any old story like I do with greek mythology or aesop's fables
I hope that made some sort of sense... we should have some sort of in person debate, that'd be more fun, wouldn't you say so?
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I'm not sure if undergraduate university students are responsible for providing the scientific community with information. I wouldn't be surprised about people manipulating results to get good marks!
I agree with you that it probably is more difficult to believe in something written 2000 yrs ago than it is to believe something that has perhaps more tangible evidence, but I wouldn't call that faith... I'd call it - well, just firm belief, I guess.
I don't think that faith needs to be opposed with the way our society presently understands our world.
than someone who chooses to take them as 'just a story'
I didn't mean "just". There's nothing "just" about choosing to believe the stories literally or not. Choosing to not believe it all literally doesn't need to take away anything from it's value, or the truth that it can communicate.
Perhaps it would be interesting to discuss in person sometime.
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