Scientific result based on the authority of scripture

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Questions

1. When does it make sense to dismiss some scientific result based on the authority of Scripture?

2. How does your argument differ from historical examples like geocentrism, the heavenly ocean, or others listed in this week's Science and Scripture lecture?

3. Think about some areas where there is a potential conflict between what you read in Scripture and the consensus of modern science.

This could be related to cosmology, evolution, climate change, etc.

4. List some examples online if you cannot think of anything personally.

5. What are some arguments for and against the scientific topic of chose.

6. What are some arguments for and against scriptural/Christian interpretation.

7. Suppose you use the authority of Scripture as an argument against some scientific consensus.

How might you communicate this to a non-Christian science-minded person such that it does not become a stumbling block to them?

8. If you don't use the authority of Scripture as a guiding principle on some of these topics, how can you better communicate scientific results to Christians who do?

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