Some of the brightest and most highly educated people Dan and I know are devout Christians. And there are certainly scientists among these- and lawyers and doctors and computer wizards. For them I think it has been a much more challenging journey to faith, as you yourself have found.
On the surface, Christianity seems to be a fairy tale. Virgin birth, miracles, angels getting 80 year old women pregnant, rising from the dead, saved from your sins, abook inspired by God.. As Coby pointed out, the popular form of Christianity is what we hear on TV, or at church. And as I said earlier, there aren't too many people willing to do the reading you have done- most people are too busy just getting by.
I don't know enough about Copernicus, Newton, etc, their lives, their knowledge, to have a clue what conflict they would have felt, if any.
I never heard of the person Cobe mentioned, and if I haven't, my guess is that the majority hasn't. Perhaps the highly well-read and learned people here on this thread have, but really, you must admit you aren't representative of the average joe.
I consider it my job to remind you of the level at which the real world, the average mind functions. You need to be very careful not to be condescending or insulting in your tone. People aren't trying to be stupid, even if it looks that way. |
