Do you consider the Pope a Christian? Do you think acceptance of a scientific theory precludes one from being a Christian?
Do you think the Pope thinks the Bible is the word of God? Do you think someone must interpret the Bible exactly as you do for them to believe in the Bible? Do you think the are of the Earth is a salvational issue? Do you think it is OK to lie about what was actually found in fossils?
“there is much scientific proof in favor of evolution, which appears as a reality that we must see and which enriches our understanding of life and being as such.” Pope Benedict XVI
I said, “They’ve found T-rex bones with blood cells still in them.”
You said in reply, “That is not true. They found fossilized remains of their structure and remnants of their soft tissue structure and protein remnants.”
I thank you, Freeper allmendream, because you forced me to dig up what I had read originally. Here’s the link from 2005 ...
http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/2005/03/28/ostrichosaurus-discovery
... with a follow-up from 2006 ...
http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2006/0306AAAS.asp
... where a creationist scientist Dr. Menton talks about what *appear* to be red-blood cells under a microscope. Dr. Schweitzer the old-earth scientist, made the same observation.
There is also a follow-up from 2007 ...
http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/2007/04/13/t-rex-big-chicken#fnList_1_1
The money quote here is the report that the non-creationist, “Dr. Schweitzer has reported that the protein collagen has been recovered from her T. rex soft tissue specimen.”
I am not a scientist. If you have more recent information than this regarding the latest on this find, I would love to see it. I don’t stay on the cutting edge of what’s going on in paleontology.
To answer your questions:
A) Pope, if trusting Jesus, and knows Jesus, and the outgrowth of this faith and relationships are the good works prepared for him, is a Christian. I don’t know the man’s heart. I can cite scripture to back up everything if you need me to.
B) No. So long as the scientific theory does not contradict what the Bible teaches, no, acceptance of that scientific theory does not preclude one from being a Christian. But the Bible does teach to be wary of oppositions of science that are not science.
C) If the Pope teaches or believes things that oppose the Bible, then no, he does not believe the Bible is the Word of God.
D) I don’t interpret the Bible perfectly, so no, I am not the standard for measuring the Bible.
E) “Do you think the are of the Earth is a salvational issue?” I don’t understand this. Try again Sir please.
F) I do not think it is OK, even if I made the comment in good faith. But, please Sir, tell me of the observations made since I read the aforementioned links, that show that the latest consensus understanding since 2
G) Regarding the Pope quote: There are plenty of Bible verses I could list for a literal 6 days of creation. The evolutionary narrative for the origin of the earth contradicts the narrative of Genesis in many ways. If the Pope is speaking of micro evolution, then that is true, in that Chihuahuas are the same species as St. Bernards, and you could selectively breed them into each other. If he is speaking macro evolution where species A turns into species B lizard—>duck, then no, I dis-agree. God made them all as narrated in Genesis.
Three more questions for you, adding to the four you have not yet answered ...
5) What would you do with evidence for a young world? Would you admit error?
6) The evidence at http://www.direct.ca/trinity/y3nf.html compels me to believe the Bible is the word of God. I have not yet seen a response that did not consist of anything better than “Handwaving” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handwaving) after an admission that the math works. What’s your take?
7) Since you are human, you have lied, hated, lusted, stolen just like every man, and are thus guilty on judgment day before a God that will send you to eternal hellfire for your crimes, or to heaven because you believed in and followed Christ. Are you prepared for this day?