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    Will Christians Only Trust Fellow Christians on Scientific Issues?

    It’s always difficult to generalize, since there are so many different Christians with varying backgrounds all over the world. Because of past conflicts between scientific theories and key aspects of the Christian faith, however, some find it hard to put much confidence in what scientists are saying.

    As Christians ourselves, Andrew Farley and I understand why it’s possible to feel that way. In our book on global warming, A Climate for Change, we acknowledge that science doesn’t have all of the answers, that scientists have sometimes been wrong in the past, and that it’s OK to disagree with scientific theories that don’t have enough evidence to back them up. We even acknowledge that we, the co-authors, disagree in our beliefs on creation and the age of the Earth.

    At the same time, we show why global warming is unrelated to the scientific quarrels of the past; it’s principally about thermometers and temperature readings and easily observable...
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