Dr. David Tee, whose real name is Derrick Thomas Thiessen, recently wrote:
Unbelievers are very short-sighted when it comes to the topic of science. They think that science is the authority that provides all the answers, or will do so with enough research.
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But we and most Christians know better. Just a little research shows how bad science and scientists can be. Of course, unbelievers only give lip service to the destructive and harmful inventions that science, in general, has discovered and developed over the millennia.
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We cannot forget that ‘science’ brought the world Covid. The ironic aspect of this disease was that the inventor, science, could not create an antidote. The so-called vaccines were worse than the disease and never could stop the disease or reinfection.
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There is good reason for that. Scientists are not immune to sin, deceit, and are not omnipresent or omniscient. They are fallible human beings who have limited knowledge, and most of them are under the influence of evil.
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What unbelievers want believers to do is not what they will do. But that is a side point. The real issue is the so-called blind trust in science, even though much of scientific research is unethical or does not follow any rules of morality.
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Other examples is where ‘science’ developed heroin as cough medicine, radium for use in everyday items like toothpaste, forever chemicals which is a problem that has not been solved, thalidomide given to pregnant women to ease morning sickness, and even asbestos which took decades to clear up and even then it is not a job that has been completed (Ibid).
All of these examples and many more provide legitimate reasons to question and distrust science. No one knows the motivations behind the scientists’ work or why they included certain ingredients in medicines and everyday use items.
No one should be trusting scientists given their track. The original article [written by my friend Ben Berwick] we quoted provides another example of why believers should not trust scientists or even consider the words of unbelievers. They dismiss the experience, education, and other qualifications of believers simply because they hold to the religious views they disagree with.
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Rather, it is the reverse, as Christian believers have God helping them get to the truth. Unbelieving scientists do not want the truth; they want a natural answer, and that is their fatal flaw.
They are not looking for the right answer but one they can accept and live with. Unfortunately, too many scientists claiming to be Christian follow that ideology over what God has said in the Bible.
God has not said we cannot do science, but if we do participate in any form of that research field, Christians must follow God’s instructions over their unbelieving secular counterparts. We are not to lie, be unethical, but do science according to his will and for God’s glory.
That means we remove any element of sin in the process so that God can bring Christian scientists to the truth and the solutions. We do not follow the blind and deceived, for that takes us away from God and the truth, as well as solutions for the problems of this world.
No, we do not trust science as science is not an authority on anything, and that research field and its participants are not greater than God. God has the answers and the power to solve life’s problems. We do not put our trust in those who are mere humans who do not have the answer or the power to do the same thing.
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Thiessen says he has four science degrees, yet he refuses to name the the colleges he attended or how and where he “earned” his doctorate:
We find those quoted statements hypocritical because the author of those words does not believe one word we say, even though we have 4 scientific degrees behind our names.
Does anyone really believe Thiessen has four science (not scientific) degrees behind his name? When pressed on where he studied and got his degrees, Thiessen says “God knows and that’s all that matters.” This allows him to present himself as some sort of expert, when, in fact, he is anything but. Thiessen knows that if he ever posts his CV, it will likely reveal that he is a fraud or his “degrees” came from unaccredited institutions or diploma mills. Scientist, he is not.
Bruce Gerencser, 68, lives in rural Northwest Ohio with his wife of 47 years. He and his wife have six grown children and sixteen grandchildren. Bruce pastored Evangelical churches for twenty-five years in Ohio, Texas, and Michigan. Bruce left the ministry in 2005, and in 2008 he left Christianity. Bruce is now a humanist and an atheist.
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I found myself surprised to agree with Doc Tee’s comments about science-as-religion and then he went off the rails with doing “… science according to his will and for God’s glory.” Well, ideologues can conduct science “for God’s glory” and interpret science as God wants it interpreted. I’ve read enough of Tee’s circular ramblings to know it’s his style. Tee disaaproves science-as-religion but religion-as-science is OK. It must be frustrating to have a face to face discussion with him.
Thiessen defends his “four science degrees” claim here:
https://theologyarchaeology.wordpress.com/2025/08/14/are-theology-archaeology-degrees/
It’s a hoot. 🤣🤣
I don’t really care what educational achievements Tee claims, the proof of the pudding is in the eating or, in Tee’s case, the writing. There’s almost not a single sentence he writes that I can’t take issue with. Grammatically he’s dreadful, a clear indicator of his lack of proper education. Writing style not withstanding, his reasoning is impossible to understand by anyone with the slightest grasp of logic. He just doesn’t understand the scientific method. He seems to think it’s some isolated part of human existence, standing on its own, when in reality it’s the foundation on which everything we know about the world is based. Science essentially is observation and testing, reaching provisional conclusions, and incorporating them as needs be. Science and the scientific method is actually the only way we have of determining reality.
As for his comment on Covid, I can say only that it’s par for the course with this cretin. Covid’s origins may still be unclear but it wasn’t actually created by scientists, and the vaccines were remarkable in the speed at which they were produced and in their effectiveness at halting the relentless spread of the disease. A tiny proportion of individuals reacted badly to the vaccine, as is inevitable with any drug, but this was a minute number when assessed against the overall benefits.
Geoff—Your comment made me imagine this scenario:
Diner, sending back dish: “This is the worst pudding I’ve ever tasted!”
Restaurant manager: “B-but our cook graduated from the C.I.A.*”
*—the Culinary Institute of America.
And this:
“Give me all your money.”
Victim runs. Would-be mugger is on his tail”
“You can’t catch me. I was the State Champion 100-yard sprinter in 1976!”
He moaned that I do not believe him about his scientific credentials. Well Derrick, demonstrate your credentials, either by demonstrating an understanding of the scientific method (something he has singularly failed to do), or by providing photos of your qualifications.
Dr. Tee is obviously unable to do this.
Oh GASP! (and SIGH!) Tee is exhausting to read. I wonder if “Revival Fires” could be Derrick’s alter ego. They generate about the same sort of nonsense. Tee can endlessley debate, (with himself) the meaning of the word science but circles around to say he doesn’t claim to be a scientist and “We do not publish our institutions for legitimate reasons.” OK that I can believe. Accreditation and reputation are legitimate reasons to respect and honor credentials, or to disrespect, dishonor, and disregard them. “Revival” openly and crudely flings feces at observers like a bored zoo chimp while Tee flings feces camoflaged with with copious verbiage, but no less nonsensical.
I can only conclude that “Dr. Tee” loves hearing the sound of his own voice droning nonsense. I agree his writing style is poor, and he doesn’t know how to even think. He reminds me of Curtis Yarvin, the antisocial “philosopher” of Silicon Valley. Both Dr. Tee and Yarvin love the sounds of their own voices spouting nonsense.
As I understand it, the scientific method is a process. And, as in any process, mistakes can be made or data mis-interpreted. In such cases, scientists go “back to the drawing board” in their search for answers. Folks like “Tee” make it seem as if scientists are deliberately deceiving us ignorant rubes who glorify them. In reality, we trust and respect scientists because, even when they’re wrong, they have reached their conclusions on verifiable evidence that can be re-used to reinvestigate. The “evidence “ we get from Tee are their prejudices and interpretations of Bible versus, which can’t lay any claim to being true save for believers’ claims they are.