Modern science is the work of Satan!

Here is a portion of an exchange between Funadamentalist Hank and myself from Them Demons is Tricky:

From Fundamentalist Hank:

Modern science is the work of Satan. He gives us all this stuff that we shouldn’t know. He can then make us believe what he wants to. He gives us the art of changing our bodies in ways that God didn’t want. Messing with the DNA and stuff like that. We don’t have any business doing that. If we want something changed we should ask the Lord and not science. Even this computer that we are using is made by Satan. It lets him get his word out to people that are confused by him like you are. You hear about witches and demons and pagan and untrue gods on the Internet and you think it would be fun to have magic and make things happen that shouldn’t. Satan will still be using the Internet right up until the Lord comes back and gets rid of all the evil people and the devil. God has only us; his loyal worshipers to spread his message of love against all that have been tricked by Satan.

In response:

You cry “Satan” every time modern science proves that your Holy Book is simply a book of stories, no more the word of God than any other mythological collection of tales. Science proclaims without doubt that the universe is over 15 billion years old, and you cry Satan! Science proclaims that Dinosaurs roamed the earth for millions of years before the first humans and you cry Satan! Science proclaims that microorganisms most likely were found on Mars and {YAWN} you cry Satan!

Fact is, you cannot deny that with each modern claim your faith loses its clout and your pastors and reverends preach using ancient fear-of-God tactics so that you will continue to put money into their basket every Sunday.

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