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Re: Common ground in science/Bible debate
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Tue, 10 Apr 2001 18:51:18 GMT
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Jassim" <danieljassim@hotmail.com>
To: <lugnet.off-topic.debate@lugnet.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2001 3:44 AM
Subject: Common ground in science/Bible debate
> Greetings! I've been following the debate regarding science and the Bible
> and it seems the debate has digressed so I thought I'd start a thread • about
> the things I think we should agree on. Feel free to join in but please • keep
> an open mind and use kind words.
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> We should agree that Christianity is one of thousands of religions • practiced
> by the billions that inhabit this planet. There are even faiths still
> practiced today that have been around before Moses. There are other • faiths,
> like those of the ancient Greeks, that are no longer practiced.
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> Each religion has it's laws, beliefs and stories. Some have written works
> while others are handed down orally. Each religion has it's own story of
> creation. The stories in the Bible are just as relevant to Christians as
> were the Greek's stories of the gods of Olympus, which we now call myths.
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> Science reveals the FACTS of our existence while religion helps reveal the
> MEANING of our existence.
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> The theory of evolution is a conclusive scientific explanation for fossil
> and living evidence of plant and animal adaptation over time. Creation
> stories are non-scientific and involve a supernatural being(s) or force • that
> willfully builds the world and the life to inhabit it.
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> I think that these are the main points we can agree on, if you have • others,
> please add.
>
> Dan
>
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| Greetings! I've been following the debate regarding science and the Bible and it seems the debate has digressed so I thought I'd start a thread about the things I think we should agree on. Feel free to join in but please keep an open mind and use (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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