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I know that some people consider this sort of rhetoric too harsh. But let\u2019s be honest. If Christians are to use the term demonic at all, then would not a movement that (1) lies about science, (2) lies about the Bible, (3) sows division among Christians, (4) demeans those Christians who actually do serious scholarly work in science or Biblical studies, (5) gets Christians to waste incredible amounts of money combating mainstream science when there are so many genuine needs, and, perhaps worst of all, (6) persuades Christians that they are doing God\u2019s work by arrogantly and misguidedly fighting science, instead of learning \u00a0humility, charity, compassion, and appreciation of the Bible for what it is and of science for what it can help us understand \u2013 if organizations that do all of that do not deserve the label \u201cdemonic\u201d then presumably nothing does. I would have no objection to discarding such terminology. But until we give up using such labels, at least let\u2019s use them aptly.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"