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Why are so many Christians offended by the most basic science?
When it comes to things like the Big Bang I get it. Events like that directly interfere with what Christians believe in. But even basic science will get them so mad sometimes. I grew up in what one would consider the "Bible Belt" of America and in almost all of my science classes one of my classmates would get offended by something over Christianity. Like, we're talking weather patterns or animal behaviors, basic stuff like that. It got so bad that in my AP Bio class the teacher had to give a disclaimer that basically went like "You don't have to believe what I'm teaching. Just write down the stuff I tell you to write down and you'll do fine". It's so ridiculous to me. How can you get so tied up in religion that even the most basic facts are so offensive to you?
Edit: Omg, stop with the "big bang theory originated from a Catholic priest." I GET IT. There's literally hundreds of comments saying exactly that so STOP.