Intellect and faith can certainly mix, but there is a significant group of Christians, several examples of which can be found on RIA who are evidently weak minded and disparage any science that doesn't fit with their absurdist and infantile world view.

I'll keep this short. Here's a list of noted Christian scientists, Some will certainly surprise you.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_thin kers_in_science

this is comepletly untrue. That is all that needs to be said.

With the current Big Bang ruckus, it's worth pointing out that a very religious man, more specifically a Catholic priest, Georges Lemaître, originally proposed the Big Bang theory (he didn't refer to it as the Big Bang theory). He was also elected to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. In other words, he helped to determine what the Church's views on science were.

At the risk of further alienating my fundamentalist friends, I have to mention that rejecting well established (but admittedly not proven, you can't really prove any theory, but that's another topic entirely) theories such as the Big Bang or Evolution IS a disregarding of scientific contributions.

It's invalid to assume that all Christians reject science, but unfortunately, many do.

I'll finish this up with an Einstein quote: "Science without Religion Is Lame, Religion without Science Is Blind".

Christians and those who call themselves "Bible-believing Christians" are not always correct; but neither are scientists and their loyal followers. The latter is especially true in this day and age, when "science" has been so blatantly politicized and become so agenda driven in many sectors.
The "weak-minded" are those who follow any dogma blindly....and that includes science and junk science.

Do the names Copernicus, Bacon, Kepler, Galileo, Newton, and Mendel sound familiar to you? That's right -- they were learned intelligent men, and they were well-known for that. They also believed in God. Somebody had brought up the fact that they have all passed away, which has nothing to do with anything. They are still excellent examples of how there are believers who are highly intelligent.

Someone else had brought up the fact that these learned men were all from the past, which calls for an update to this comment. I know of two modern examples (late 20th-21st centuries) of how a person can promote science and still have faith in God. I had a science teacher when I was in 10th grade who told me that she was a Christian, and even had a Bible in her classroom on a shelf, visible for all to see. And even now, I am acquainted with a Christian gentleman who is also an astronomy professor. I'm sure these two people (and others in their position) wouldn't appreciate being called "dumb" or "superstitious" for having faith in the Lord. I say the Christian faith can only be enhanced by the wonders of God's spectacular and awesome creation.

http://www.bede.org.uk/boyce.htm

http://www.christianity.co.nz/science1.htm

I agree that I probably shouldn't be making this assumption, but I can safely assume that by rating this a 5-star will get me many more disagrees for the day.

It's MooseKarloff's world, we just live in it.

Quite contrary. I think you have to be strong to be a Christian, especially when a person has to contend with verbal abuse for their beliefs. I could say that people who are strictly science and won't listen to anything else are weak minded, but that's not my style. Everybody has their own point of view, and thinks their way is right. I think rather than to attack one another for our personal beliefs that everybody should just learn to accept that people are going to have different views.

There may be some out there who don't lead you to discount this assumption, but the vast majority of Christians I've known in my life and I've shared my faith with have been well educated individuals--  Including those who have their Doctorates in various scientific fields.

It certainly depends which Christians. For example, there are some I would trust for all my questions about astrophysics. Others will argue with you about how people once rode dinosaurs to get from place to place.

I am strong-minded, educated and I excelled in science in school. So there! :)

If that were so, than the assumption applies respectively to non Christians.