HisFirst Posted November 26, 2016 Group: Royal Member Followers: 21 Topic Count: 315 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 3,491 Content Per Day: 1.26 Reputation: 2,582 Days Won: 3 Joined: 09/25/2016 Status: Offline Share Posted November 26, 2016 Can you be part of the scientific community without compromising your Christianity? I know there are many scientists who are Christians but there must be huge pressure from within the scientific field to bend ones belief system..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woundeddog Posted November 26, 2016 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 6 Topic Count: 44 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1,370 Content Per Day: 0.25 Reputation: 1,054 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/21/2009 Status: Offline Birthday: 07/18/1868 Share Posted November 26, 2016 yes, you can, but the intellectual elite will ridicule you if you do not go with evolution and Global warming~~~~ there is plenty of valid scientific evidence to refute those two views, but in general most scientific guys do their best to twist the evidence to eliminate the very idea of a creator God. God is a God of order and we can scientifically figure out how he did things-- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HisFirst Posted November 26, 2016 Group: Royal Member Followers: 21 Topic Count: 315 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 3,491 Content Per Day: 1.26 Reputation: 2,582 Days Won: 3 Joined: 09/25/2016 Status: Offline Author Share Posted November 26, 2016 Thanks WD for your thoughts, So, Global warming does not have a Christian basis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave LP Posted November 27, 2016 Group: Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 1 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 12 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 16 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/23/2016 Status: Offline Birthday: 10/26/1973 Share Posted November 27, 2016 On 11/25/2016 at 10:05 PM, HisFirst said: Can you be part of the scientific community without compromising your Christianity? I know there are many scientists who are Christians but there must be huge pressure from within the scientific field to bend ones belief system..? Greeting! I'm just a layman myself but I'd like to share a recent poll: "just over half of scientists (51%) believe in some form of deity or higher power" http://www.pewforum.org/2009/11/05/scientists-and-belief/ I'm not saying 51% are Christian, the study didn't get that specific but it does seem to confirm your suspicions many scientists are Christians. What is interesting is the study found only 41% of scientists don't believe, a minority. I think most of what scientists do doesn't depend on what they believe. It's the rare controversial stuff that bears on their worldview that gets all the attention. Just throwing this out there, the guy who invented the MRI, Raymond Vahan Damadian is a creationist. Blessings! -Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted November 27, 2016 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 0 Topic Count: 905 Topics Per Day: 0.19 Content Count: 9,646 Content Per Day: 2.02 Reputation: 5,832 Days Won: 9 Joined: 04/07/2011 Status: Offline Share Posted November 27, 2016 On 11/25/2016 at 9:05 PM, HisFirst said: Can you be part of the scientific community without compromising your Christianity? I know there are many scientists who are Christians but there must be huge pressure from within the scientific field to bend ones belief system..? A question for ALL walks of life (including clergy). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FresnoJoe Posted November 27, 2016 Group: Graduated to Heaven Followers: 207 Topic Count: 60 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 8,651 Content Per Day: 1.17 Reputation: 5,761 Days Won: 4 Joined: 01/31/2004 Status: Offline Birthday: 03/04/1943 Share Posted November 27, 2016 On 11/25/2016 at 9:05 PM, HisFirst said: Can you be part of the scientific community without compromising your Christianity? I know there are many scientists who are Christians but there must be huge pressure from within the scientific field to bend ones belief system..? Great Question And indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. 2 Timothy 3:12 (New American Standard Bible 1977) And Even Preachers Suffer Condemnation Dear friends, do not be surprised by the fiery ordeal that is taking place among you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. Instead, because you are participating in the sufferings of the Messiah, keep on rejoicing, so that you may be glad and shout for joy when his glory is revealed. If you are insulted because of the name of the Messiah, you are blessed, for the glorious Spirit of God is resting on you. 1 Peter 4:12-14 (International Standard Version) ~ Beloved, I Pray That We Will Not Heap How then can they call on the One they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the One of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone to preach? Romans 10:14 (Berean Study Bible) Any More Sufferings Onto The Backs Of His Preachers I will extol you, O LORD; for you have lifted me up, and have not made my foes to rejoice over me. LORD my God, I cried to you, and you have healed me. O LORD, you have brought up my soul from the grave: you have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. Sing to the LORD, O you saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. For his anger endures but a moment; in his favor is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved. LORD, by your favor you have made my mountain to stand strong: you did hide your face, and I was troubled. I cried to you, O LORD; and to the LORD I made supplication. What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise you? shall it declare your truth? Hear, O LORD, and have mercy on me: LORD, be you my helper. 1You have turned for me my mourning into dancing: you have put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; To the end that my glory may sing praise to you, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks to you for ever. Psalms 30 (American King James Version ) ~ Be Blessed Beloved Of The KING The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them. Numbers 6:24-27 (King James Bible) Love, Your Brother Joe ~ Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever. Psalms 119:160 (King James Bible) The Bible contains the mind of God, the state of man, the way of salvation, the doom of sinners, and the happiness of believers. Its doctrines are holy, its precepts are binding, its histories are true, and its decisions are immutable. Read it to be wise, believe it to be safe, and practice it to be holy. It contains light to direct you, food to support you, and comfort to cheer you. It is the traveler’s map, the pilgrim’s staff, the pilot’s compass, the soldier’s sword and the Christian’s charter. Here too, Heaven is opened and the gates of Hell disclosed. Christ is its grand subject, our good its design, and the glory of God its end. It should fill the memory, rule the heart and guide the feet. Read it slowly, frequently and prayerfully. It is a mine of wealth, a paradise of glory, and a river of pleasure. It is given you in life, will be opened at the judgment, and be remembered forever. It involves the highest responsibility, rewards the greatest labor, and will condemn all who trifle with its sacred contents. From The Inside Of My Gideon New Testament Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enoch2021 Posted November 27, 2016 Group: Royal Member Followers: 11 Topic Count: 19 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 3,396 Content Per Day: 0.90 Reputation: 730 Days Won: 4 Joined: 12/21/2013 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/26/1963 Share Posted November 27, 2016 On 11/25/2016 at 9:05 PM, HisFirst said: Can you be part of the scientific community without compromising your Christianity? YES. It's actually the 'ONLY PART' in the REAL 'Scientific Community" --- Chemistry/Biochemistry, Genetics, and Quantum Mechanics: there is no other coherent position. Quote I know there are many scientists who are Christians but there must be huge pressure from within the scientific field to bend ones belief system..? The 'huge pressure' will come from the "Religions": paleontology, anthropology, archaeology, geology, evolutionary biology (lol), theoretical physics 'non-experimental' ---astrophysics, astronomy, and cosmology. Crocheting is more "SCIENTIFIC" than these CLOWNS...COMBINED !!!! The first six pretenders can't get to the First Step of the Scientific Method 'Observe a Phenomenon' ("SCIENCE") without a Time Machine. The three final masqueraders can't formulate Scientific Hypotheses because they lack VIABLE **Independent Variables**; Ergo...CAN'T ISOLATE, TEST, then VALIDATE their Dependent Variables (*Predictions*)...Step 3 Hypothesis (*"SCIENCE"*). Hard STOP!! Once you remove the Equivocation Fallacy with "SCIENCE"; then, there actually is no problem. regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonky Posted November 28, 2016 Group: Nonbeliever Followers: 6 Topic Count: 2 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 738 Content Per Day: 0.20 Reputation: 346 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/28/2014 Status: Offline Share Posted November 28, 2016 Why does the religious right oppose climate change? I never really did understand that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezra Posted November 29, 2016 Group: Royal Member Followers: 16 Topic Count: 134 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 8,142 Content Per Day: 2.35 Reputation: 6,612 Days Won: 20 Joined: 11/02/2014 Status: Offline Share Posted November 29, 2016 1 hour ago, Bonky said: Why does the religious right oppose climate change? I never really did understand that. 1. Because it is pure fantasy, and Christians deal in reality. 2. Because it is a diversion of wealth for non-productive and wasteful expenditures. 3. Because even if it were true, there is no saving this planet from total supernatural burning and cleansing, in order to bring the New Earth into existence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmbld Posted November 29, 2016 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 4 Topic Count: 48 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2,491 Content Per Day: 0.55 Reputation: 1,457 Days Won: 1 Joined: 10/23/2011 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/02/1971 Share Posted November 29, 2016 39 minutes ago, Bonky said: Why does the religious right oppose climate change? I never really did understand that. Well, last I read, the climate has always changed, and since I've read reports that the earth was as much as 4 degrees warmer 6,000 years ago, what is this false climate change hype? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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