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Re: Geez, its hard to stomach all of this
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Wed, 23 Dec 1998 20:18:53 GMT
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Jim Baker writes:
> Also sprach Tom McDonald:
> : If you believe the bible _and_ that God used evolution, you had better know
> : your bible and your Darwin to verify their agreement. Many people find them
> : irreconcilable.
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> This is te point I get hung up on .... I don't see the two accounts as
> being irreconcilable ... unless you take every word in the bible as
> absolute, literal truth. If you take that extreme view, then yes,
> science disproves many of the bible's claims, but if you consider that
> God designed and guided the process of evolution, you can rationally be
> a Christian who accepts modern science.
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> / _ _ / _ _ I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it.
> ()(-(//((-/
> ============= Jim Baker -- Weather Weasel Extraordinaire ==============
Part of the understanding of evolution is that it does not require an "outside"
force. Thus the two are not only irreconcilable, but also irrelavent in
association. Choices are: (1) either one is true and the other in not. or (2)
niether is true (*)
(*)in context of the origin theory.
Barry
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| Also sprach Barry McFarland: : Part of the understanding of evolution is that it does not require an "outside : force. Thus the two are not only irreconcilable, but also irrelavent in : association. Choices are: (1) either one is true and the other (...) (26 years ago, 23-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Well, I'm not sure I agree. I have read of gods that were the "cause" of the particular set of laws that apply in this universe(1), and the "cause" of their consequences. Under that analysis, (whether these gods could subsequently work (...) (26 years ago, 24-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Geez, its hard to stomach all of this
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| Also sprach Tom McDonald: : If you believe the bible _and_ that God used evolution, you had better know : your bible and your Darwin to verify their agreement. Many people find them : irreconcilable. This is te point I get hung up on .... I don't (...) (26 years ago, 23-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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