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Originally posted by kveldulv
here's a good summary
http://www.religioustolerance.org/scirel_ov.htm
That depends a lot on what you're defining as a scientific fact.
How about (Christian) Bibles being taken faaaaaaaaaar less literally ?
ref:
http://www.faithreason.org/index.html
And another
Effect:
Creation of the Lutheran church maybe ?
That and the Renaissance. But a lotta things changed then.
And no, I'm not Christian, but I took 12 years of private christian education on the chin, so I know a thing or 2 about it 
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Interesting articles kveldulv...thanks.
The religious tolerence website is a good one...I've been there many times before.
I'm a little disappointed this time though...as that article says nothing about Christians adapting due to science...even though that is what the article is 'suppose' to be about??
Religious beliefs, particularly those based on a sacred text, change much more slowly. In fact, many faith groups stress the unchangeable nature of their beliefs. There are three main methods by which religions modify their teachings.
In Christianity, for example: Some Biblical passages that were once considered to be literally true are now interpreted symbolically. Heaven is no longer considered to be somewhere "up there." Hell is no longer believed to exist inside the earth.
Does the bible actually say that Heaven is 'up there' and Hell is 'down there'? Just curious....
Over the past century, Bible passages that describe torture methods inflicted on Hell's inhabitants (worms, pain, flogging, heat, thirst and flames) have been downplayed and often treated as symbolic. They are viewed as representing a person's isolateion from God.
his has nothing to do with science?
Some Biblical passages are ignored. We no longer burn some prostitutes. Sections of the Bible that condoning and regulate slavery are no longer followed. The Bible contains dozens of passages that are profoundly immoral by today's secular and religious standards of behavior. These verses are largely ignored today.
Again, nothing to do with science, but a moral shift in society.
Still other passages are interpreted as perhaps being valid for the culture and age for which they were written, but not binding in a different society or era. Male control over women, restrictions on female ordination, prohibiting women from certain professions, etc. have being largely rejected as sexist by mainline and liberal Christians.
Yet again, a moral basis for change, not scientific.
I haven't read the other articles yet, as my eyes are starting to play games so it's time to hit the hay....but I'll try to get to them tomorrow.
Thanks for the links.