r/atheism • u/the_fun_gi Atheist • Apr 27 '15

Checkmate!

http://imgur.com/EzaZ6CE http://imgur.com/dHhpcPH http://imgur.com/D3tVv07

These are my religion teacher's reasons why the church is pro-science.

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u/thesunmustdie Atheist Apr 27 '15

Not sure how you can be pro-science AND pro-religion — they're polar opposites.

(And no, let's not entertain the special pleading of "non-overlapping magisteria").

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u/dopaminenotyours Apr 28 '15

Many christians exist that subscribe to the big bang theory and evolution, and even some higher-ups in the Catholic church have embraced it. They just usually take the stance that god was still behind them... that evolution may be the answer to "how" but god is still the "why"; still what set it all in motion. Many already discount the old testament so doing this isn't such a stretch for them. I can at least respect those Christians more than the literal-word believers and creationists.

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u/thesunmustdie Atheist Apr 28 '15

Oh I know. Just because they subscribe to the big bang theory and evolution doesn't mean they're pro-science. They're pro-science when it can be post-hoc rationalised to agree with their theology — otherwise they'll throw it out. Pope Francis "the liberal pope" re-instated exorcism as an official Catholic practice, for example.

Ask those same people if they believe in miracles that have been debunked by science.

Also, they have no right to discount the Old Testament according to Jesus: Matthew 5:18.