I just can't

make this shit

up anymore

  • FrostKing@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    The simple answer is, generally no. Most modern Christians are far more moderate and flimsy in their beliefs than one might think. There’s always going to be extremists in any situation, but someone that identifies as a “Christian” in the modern world is generally shaped by the modern world. You’ll be hard pressed to find someone deny basic science in today’s world.

    • NielsBohron@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      You’ll be hard pressed to find someone deny basic science in today’s world.

      They didn’t outright deny it (out loud), but they cast doubt and equivocate about the parts that don’t agree with their preexisting worldview.

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      4 months ago

      Where you living? Because all the white christians in my state most definitely reject education. Hell 90% of the GOP base in America is well on their way of being completely braindead due to their hate for education and science.

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        4 months ago

        The American Bible Belt are Evangelical Baptists, and an odd offshoot of Presbyterian. They’re… special. I know them to be reactive, xenophobic and downright ornery.

        They are also absolutely, rabidly devout.

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        4 months ago

        You’re confusing the belief that their faith trumps education with reject education altogether.

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      4 months ago

      There’s a whole order of Jesuits who are basically the Pope’s scientists, and who curated the ancient knowledge through the Dark and Middle Ages.

      In fact, the current Pope is a Jesuit.