Re: Why Christians Are Viewed Poorly

Rich Blinne wrote:

> Why are Christians and specifically conservative Christians viewed
> poorly by society in general and secular scientists in particular?
> Let's look at a stereotype for a moment, namely conservative
> Christians are not interested in the truth. We know that this is
> untrue but how do we undo this misperception?

I would say that it is not just secular scientists but also many
christian scientists who may see conservative Christians in a
particularly poor light, mostly because of the disastrous impact of
their policies on public education and their adherence to often poor
scientific arguments (YEC, ID).
The stereotype may not be true in general but there seem to be many
instances in which it seems hard to argue that some Christian
conservatives are interested in the truth. Quick to reject evolutionary
science, environmental science (ozone hole, global warming), etc.
In addition, it seems that in name of Christianity many policies exist
which seem to be quite unchristian in nature. The politics of the last
few years shows ample examples of this.

So let me ask a question. What have the conservative Christians done to
promote Christ's message? If Christ were to visit our earth today, would
he be happy with what he would see? Would he be happy with the
conservative Christians? Personally I believe he would be quite shocked
to see what happened to His message of Love.
Received on Sat May 20 22:01:17 2006