Do Fundamentalist Colleges Deserve a "Weary Eye [sic]" in Science Education?

[Smalls]

Originally Posted by redchaserron

Smalls, your belief and outlook is very similar to mine. Scientific discovery doesn't shake my faith, it usually deapens it.

That is exactly how I feel. When the Bible was written, they believed the world was flat. We know, FOR A FACT, that this is not true.

We also know that dinosaurs existed, but they are not mentioned in the Bible. We also know that the earth is much older than the Bible would lead one to believe, if taken literally.

It is not implausible to believe that there is a higher being that drives the mechanisms we discover.

There is a book I started reading a few months ago titled "Thank God for Evolution". I stopped reading it due to a lot of changes personally, but I need to go back and pick it up. It is a very insightful and thought-provoking discussion of why evolution and science can co-exist with the idea that there is a God/Allah/Higher Being/Intelligent Designer or whatever other name you choose to use.

Does my belief in God make me less of a scientist? I think not. Does my career challenge that? Not typically, but it has.

Like I said, religion is a belief system. Science is fact-based. I don't let my beliefs get in the way of facts, but it is rare that a fact challenges my belief.

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