Post by Arlon10 on Jun 16, 2017 10:26:08 GMT
Politics, religion and science are three different things. Lately they've become all mixed up and confused with each other, especially in the popular (mis)understanding. The poorly educated often expect all three to get the same answers. If all scientists get the same answers, it's a good sign. If all theologians get the same answers, it's a good sign. When a majority of politicians can agree on something, it's a necessary thing, and to that extent at least a good sign.
Politics, religion and science do not however get the same answers and that's actually fine since they don't answer the same questions. Quite naturally if different questions are answered there will be different answers.
The "right" and "left" are political categories. Those categories do not exist in science. This can be especially obvious when attempting to discuss politics in the engineering building on campus. There are quite a variety of religious denominations and distinct differences can appear. Some might favor the political left, some might favor the political right. Observe the discussion on this board about Tim Farron.
Generally speaking (remember to be careful with generalizations(1)) religion appears to favor the political right. Christianity is however unique among "religions" and has a history of favoring the political left significantly more than other religions. Remember though that "right" and "left" are actually political alignments.
A curious development lately is that Christianity has become the "definition" of religion for too many people. Christians do tend to be more outspoken and active in more of a variety of affairs. A person identifying as "religious" is automatically assigned to the "Christians" as if there isn't really any other choice.
You probably have heard the term "religious right" more than "Christian right." There might be good reasons for that.
(1)Generalizations can be necessary in dealing with groups. It could be a mistake however to ascribe all the tendencies of the group to a particular individual.
Politics, religion and science do not however get the same answers and that's actually fine since they don't answer the same questions. Quite naturally if different questions are answered there will be different answers.
The "right" and "left" are political categories. Those categories do not exist in science. This can be especially obvious when attempting to discuss politics in the engineering building on campus. There are quite a variety of religious denominations and distinct differences can appear. Some might favor the political left, some might favor the political right. Observe the discussion on this board about Tim Farron.
Generally speaking (remember to be careful with generalizations(1)) religion appears to favor the political right. Christianity is however unique among "religions" and has a history of favoring the political left significantly more than other religions. Remember though that "right" and "left" are actually political alignments.
A curious development lately is that Christianity has become the "definition" of religion for too many people. Christians do tend to be more outspoken and active in more of a variety of affairs. A person identifying as "religious" is automatically assigned to the "Christians" as if there isn't really any other choice.
You probably have heard the term "religious right" more than "Christian right." There might be good reasons for that.
(1)Generalizations can be necessary in dealing with groups. It could be a mistake however to ascribe all the tendencies of the group to a particular individual.
