Restored: The Bible/Existence of God

lilith wrote:Text.

How I missed this, I don't know. I can't speak in the stead of other forum members, but for me personally, I feel a right to be annoyed. You might say "Let people believe whatever they want" (or similar sentiments), and you know what? For the most part, I agree.

What I do have a problem with is Creationists who demonize scientists, calling them vessels of the devil, saying that their discoveries and years of hard work aren't attempts to further mankind's understanding of our universe, but some kind of ploy to turn man away from God. That's outright offensive. They're just humans like anyone else. We fight against racism and sexism -- why don't we fight against stereotyping or stigmatizing people of certain professions as well? Is it because they can choose what to do, whereas you do not choose your race and gender?

The other thing that bothers me are Creationists who believe that Creationism should be taught in schools as an "alternative", effectively putting myth on equal ground with science, which is ludicrous in my mind. By that token, we should be teaching alchemy as an "alternative" to chemistry, astrology as an "alternative" to astronomy, magic as an "alternative" to physics, etc. If you want to be delusional, that's fine, but pushing it onto other people's kids (which is what would happen if it was introduced to curriculum) is not defensible.

Jesus was a cool guy, he fought evil space aliens and doesn't afraid of anything.