On Dawkins

"As a scientist," Richard Dawkins writes in The God Delusion, "I am hostile to fundamentalist religion because it actively debauches the scientific enterprise. It teaches us not to change our minds, and not to want to know exciting things that are available to be known. It subverts science and saps the intellect."

I do not agree with his views on religion, but I think he has just echoed what I think is a big problem with many Christians today. I don't think it is the fault of 'fundamentalist religion' per se though. Fundamentalist religion, if studied correctly, should tell us that God has given Man a responsibility to discover the natural world, and that there is tremendous value in Science and and its knowledge worthy to be known. The problem thus, I feel, is a sheer apathy of non-theological subjects in fundamentalist religion caused by the individual himself. This, I feel, is not only not glorifying to the Creator, but also makes the Christian culture weak in the area of Reason, a consequence entirely unintended by a correct understanding of Scripture. Needless to say, it is also one of the greatest obstacles to the intellectuals' consideration of Christianity as the truth, a stumbling block between them and Christ.