Common sense is what I perceive.
Fair enough to define it that way. However perception is faulty, I think all can agree on that. It's not very accurate to perceive something and then go with your first interpretation.
Science is what other people figure out and then tell me to believe.
This is not right, science by definition is something you can yourself verify. If there is anything in science you don't agree with (like age of the Earth) you can go about trying to disprove it. Scientists will want you to go out and try to disprove it, if you succeed, then we know more than what we did five minutes ago.
The people in this thread that follow science rather than religion aren't just accepting what some person in a lab coat says. Often in school, you can verify well known science and at higher levels you get to challenge theory, possibly even add to it. Some people even do this as part of their jobs.
That's not what Christians believe at all- we believe the only path to salvation is through Christ; believing he is the son of God who died for our sins. It is good to have the lesser details, such as the details of creation, accurate, but in the end all humans sin and can still be saved. The truth is good, but the only truth we really need is Christ.
That was the point. You need to decided whether the Bible is true in the first place. As Slip pointed out, if the Bible is shown to be ignorant about how the world works, then how can God be perfect?
If it helps the meek, weak, poor, old, hungry and sick, then bring it on. Until then, I'll stick to what is powerful. Prayer
This is absolutely horrifying to read. Science is what helps those people, it is the only thing that can help those people. To ignore it in favor of prayer is to let them all suffer.
You guys don't seem to have any understanding of humanity or, you are simply not willing to admit there are religious people and organizations in medicine. That's ok, I figured as much.
Here is the thing, religions are organizations/groups. They have agendas and such. Some will do good things like donate money to research yes.
Science is knowledge, it doesn't have goals or desires. It is simply there for us to use.
All medicine is a result of science. Use of medicine (to cure, or to overdose on) is the work of people. Religion doctrine doesn't contribute to knowledge, but it can contribute to people trying to cure others (or overdoes them).
my post is not understood, so whatever.
