Christian Doctrine Does Not Hinder Scientific Discovery

IntroductionMy opponent claims that “Christian Doctrine Does Not Hinder Scientific Discovery”. This means that if I can show that the sum-total effect of Christianity on scientific discovery is that it is a hindrance; my opponent will have been shown to be incorrect.DefinitionsStandard definitions apply, but I would like to clarify the term “hinder” so we can be clear as to what we are debating about.The definition of hinder is; to obstruct or delay the progress of. [1] This means that any obstruction or delay of scientific discovery means that has been hindered. ArgumentsConflicting answersFirst we need to understand that Christianity is a belief system. A person who is Christian may not hinder scientific discovery, the ideology may promote supporting scientific discovery, but this does not mean Christianity does not hinder scientific discovery. The fact is that as a belief system it suggests we already know the nature of reality, and that people who follow the belief system of Christianity should agree with this nature of reality on the grounds of faith. I believe that this does hinder scientific discovery and will attempt to show why I believe this is here.It has been stated above that the Christian Doctrine presupposes a few answers towards the nature of reality. Some parts of Christianity suggest God created the universe recently, and created humans in their modern form. For the U.S, at least, “Forty six percent [of] Americans believed in creationism, 32 [thirty two] percent believed in theistic evolution and 15 [fifteen] percent believed in evolution without any divine intervention. [2] People often have a hard time changing their beliefs even if there is sufficient evidence in opposition of said beliefs. This is made even more difficult when a large amount of emotion is placed behind those believes, and even more difficult still when those beliefs describe how you see reality itself. [3, 4, 5, 6]Since this is the case, the Christian doctrine often influences people to disagree with science as a system; they think that since their beliefs "can’t be wrong" that science "must be". Many of these people who disagree with science in defence of their beliefs may have contributed to scientific discovery, but because of the Christianity, they will contribute nothing. Just by disagreeing with accepted science itself doesn't mean you are not contriburing towards scientific discovery, but the method which many Christians do disagree with science is done in a factitious and irrelevant way, which of course contributes nothing, and often actually helps to hinder scientific discovery.This shows that the Christian doctrine does hinder scientific discovery.Closing statementSince this is the first round I will only provide this argument. I may provide further arguments in the next round. I will also not provide any rebuttals this round as my opponent (pro) did not have a chance to provide rebuttals in his first round.I have shown that the Christian doctrine does hinder scientific discovery, which means that my opponent’s assertion is incorrect, and I am therefore correct.Vote Con. :)Citations1: http://goo.gl...2: http://goo.gl...3: http://goo.gl...4: http://goo.gl...5: http://goo.gl...6: http://goo.gl...