My father went to a Baptist university, back in the day. His physics teacher taught them the Big Bang (and in the 1950s, that was waaaaay out there), but reminded them that something had to say "Go."
I was always taught that belief in God did not preclude science. It bothers me that mainstream protestantism, which used to be the hotbed for religious humanism, is now leaning toward biblical literalism.
Sadly, too many Americans seem to think taking responsibility for themselves means bringing a lawsuit. Had there been active discrimination, that would be one thing.
Your "elitist bitch snob" comment (welcome to the club, by the way.) reminded me of a guest we had in my "London Theatre" class in college. He was talking about his very Labour party views. When he left, the teacher turned to me and said, "that man is one of nature's aristocrats."
A really bad Christian wouldn't be worried about it or working on it. ;-)
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Date: 2009-05-05 02:35 am (UTC)I was always taught that belief in God did not preclude science. It bothers me that mainstream protestantism, which used to be the hotbed for religious humanism, is now leaning toward biblical literalism.
Sadly, too many Americans seem to think taking responsibility for themselves means bringing a lawsuit. Had there been active discrimination, that would be one thing.
Your "elitist bitch snob" comment (welcome to the club, by the way.) reminded me of a guest we had in my "London Theatre" class in college. He was talking about his very Labour party views. When he left, the teacher turned to me and said, "that man is one of nature's aristocrats."
A really bad Christian wouldn't be worried about it or working on it. ;-)