The Christian and Science

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“Lest we slip into critical attitudes toward science, we must remember that science began with a mandate God gave in creation. God commanded Adam and Eve to have dominion over the earth and to subdue it…. The scientific enterprise is a part of that task.” - R.C. Sproul(link is external)

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Gallup: Far Fewer in U.S. Regard Childhood Vaccinations as Important

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“The declining belief in the importance of vaccines is essentially confined to Republicans and Republican-leaning independents, as the views of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents have changed little over the past 24 years.” - Gallup(link is external)

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Is Biblical Counseling Anti-Science?

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“Terms of derision are often used to dismiss others or the beliefs they espouse. Their use is, at its root, intellectual laziness. Rather than building a reasoned case for disagreement (or seeking a clearer understanding of the opposing idea), an epithet is launched to ‘settle’ the disagreement.” - GARBC(link is external)

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“Science is most ill-served by its ostensible friends who declaim its authority the loudest.”

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“One can fully grant the existence and usefulness of experts and expertise, yet also recognize from whence skepticism can derive. The problem is this: while credentialing experts solves one ‘cheap talk’ problem, it creates another, less recognized cheap talk problem. It’s the latter from whence skepticism derives.” - Law & Liberty(link is external)

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Secular vaccination foes defend a needless religious exemption

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“The anti-vaxxers have been out in force at the Connecticut State House ….The object of their ire is House Bill 5044, which would do away with religious exemptions that allow children who attend public or private schools to pass on vaccinations.” - RNS(link is external)

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