Brian, no one is forcing you to accept modern science. We live in a pluralistic culture blessed with freedom of religious belief, in a country in which people’s allegiance to different religious authorities (Bible, Qur’'an, Vedas, etc.) is respected.
However, you are likely to discover that even in a pluralistic culture such as ours, insistence on a literal interpretation of a religious text (including the Qur’an or the Bible) is likely to exclude you from participation in modern science. This may or may not be important to you. If you do decide to pursue a career in physics, however, you will discover that geocentrism is no longer credible (there are those on Catholic answers who reject the earth’s revolution about the sun). In biology, Young Earth Creationism is no longer credible. In geology, a universal flood is no longer credible. Of course, you are free to hold all these beliefs from older science, but they will not fly with professional scientists.
Petrus
Good, the pro’s are flawed in their thinking, this is why it’s always going to be that way, it’s no longer science any more, it’s about grants, working positions, general politics, and the messages being spoon fed to the masses are being eaten right up.
Where I have an issue with modern science is that once one theorie is created, it goes obsolete in short order, this is why I question it to extreem regards, and the more things I see proven that were already displayed in the bible in the first place, the more I lean towards the word as the final authority.
I look to history as well, I see advances that were well ahead of their time, buried in obscurity, only to be reinvented at a later date, a time when people were ready to accept them, we are facing the same thing here. Some of these advances are so simple though, it boggles my mind why it took so long for man to figure them out, manned flight, the electric motor, the battery, electricity, etc. etc. etc. these are not difficult things to accomolish, but look how long it took for them to develop. The reason it took so long is because the scientists of the times insisted things were one way, when it took visionaries to ignore their pressure, to strive forth and delve into these new technologies, and in the end, prove the authorities wrong.
If I were to follow your logic, I would be an athiest, for the athiest thinks all things can be explained through science, if this is the case, why are you even bothering to read the bible, or believe in God, if you reject his word, you are rejecting him. If I were to follow your logic, I would not be pursuing my own particular field of expertice in the scientific community, plan on some new ways of thinking about certain physics when I have completed my work, the likes of which is going to tear down many past theories we currently and steadfastly maintain a strong grip as to it being the law with no margin for question, for I have questioned it, you need to as well.
