How LDS theology is friendlier to science than mainstream Christian religions

[Morley]

...LDS theology is friendlier to science than mainstream Christian religions.

(Bold is mine.)

The original point of the thread was to discuss how friendly Mormonism was to science. There are at least two aspects of that. The theology itself may be friendlier to science and the members themselves may be friendlier to science. I thought it would be fairly easy to argue that the theology is friendlier to science, but the topic seems to keep coming back to whether members themselves are more open to science. Sure, they should be related, but I don't know if I would be willing to argue that second point. There are a whole lot of things we members believe that aren't in accordance with our theology. And frankly, I'm not really that interested in whether Latter-day Saints themselves are friendlier to science than other Mainstream Christians. I don't know what that buys us if we know whether that is true or not. I looks like maybe it was a mistake to try to turn this thread into a good discussion on science and religion.

Maybe we should start another thread on the topic of science and religion without the discussion on measuring the science-friendliness of the members. Like, I guess that could be a data point, but it is only one data point in the larger discussion. A few people have brought up some interesting points that are worth discussing, I'm just not sure this context provides a fair treatment of the topic.

John, I'd be interested in reading what you've got. Please make your case.

[Gadianton]

I'll admit it's not often I hear the argument that it doesn't matter if you're doing poorly in school, as long as it's a good school!

However, if that's the discussion John wants to have, I think a case can be made. I don't think the prophet getting post-hoc revelation is a great argument.

The obvious thing about Mormonism though is that it originated in the 19th century, and so It could build the base on materialism, modernism, and humanism. So Orson Pratt and some science types seemed legitimately drawn to it.