I'm not a Christian either. But, even I've read that in Hosea 4:6, it says, "My people are destroyed because they lack knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you as my priest. And because you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children."
Pretty steep penalty for listening to the masses that say, "Let God do the thinking for you."
That, and I like that even that book says one should look for knowledge. We shouldn't give up scientific research. The powers that be gave that to us.