Science is not inherently evil. People can be evil. A knife can be used to cut bread or stab someone. Oh and so can a bible be used to club someone to death. Even your God-invented fists can be used for that! The story of Cain and Abel need not have involved Cain’s scientific mindset for inventing a way to kill Abel in a jealous rage. Heck God himself said of himself that he is a jealous God and look at how many people he killed to get his way! I mean he hardened Pharaohs heart to stop him from letting his people go just so he could show off with some plagues, culminating in death in the red sea. Thats kinda twisted if you ask me.

This kind of God It reminds me of that Disney movie Sleeping beauty, where the prince is kept in the dungeon and told he can be set free to have true love’s kiss after he is old and decrepit. Yes, this kind of God lets you get wealthy enough to afford to buy steak once your teeth have fallen out!

Its not the world around us and knowledge of it that is evil, it is our application of that knowledge that can be used for what people call evil. Knowing and understanding can come from science and calling that ‘of the devil’ turns you into a witch catcher with a mentality straight out of the dark ages!

Sorry, that’s just my ‘evil’ scientific opinion though! I am only human. I don’t have the luxury of absolute knowledge of the world around us that God has…

I like the statement you quoted, by the late Arthur C Clark: “A sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”

I believe he’s on to something. I’d say that magic in this context is God’s creative power and science/technology is Lucifer’s way of mimicing God.

The lineage of Cain were scientists, while Seth’s people were simple farmers. Science has – over time – replaced God in our daily lives. We trust medicine in stead of God’s promises of healing. We trust airplanes and cars in stead of Adam’s ability to move with a thought.

But that’s where we’re headed back to, I believe.