To me it is not the facts that are the problem, it is the lens by which we look at them.
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religion without science is blind
Rob, I've had the unique opportunity to live in an Amish neighborhood in Northeast Ohio. It is like looking into the mindset of a 2000 year-old Biblical community.
Their education stops at the eighth grade. They've had NO science education. They read at a 5th grade level. They aren't stupid, but they are incredibly ignorant about things that don't matter to them. Actually that makes sense, when you think about it.
Case in point...
There was a lunar eclipse awhile ago. An amish neighbor who had a telescope invited the neighborhood to view the eclipse. He patiently explained to anyone who would listen about the relationships between the Sun, the Moon and the Earth that allowed an eclipse to occur. They had to imagine for a moment that the Earth rotated and the Sun DID NOT go around the Earth. Some bought it, others didn't. In the end, he was ridiculed and the Bishop (in an Amish community, he's the one who tells you which way to spit) asked my neighbor to give up his telescope. Too much education will steer you away from God.
So, on clear evenings, my Amish neighbor and I, set up his telescope in his back yard (several acres, mind you) away from prying eyes. We study God's Creation and talk about photons and sub-atomic particles and galaxies and string theory and all that neat stuff, with an occasional middle finger extended in the direction of the Bishop's house.
Now, to segue back to the original topic so I don't get yelled at...
Question: How do creationists explain stars?
Answer: I don't know, but the Amish sure as Hell can't.
(:raig
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