Posted on 05/05/2020 11:07:50 AM PDT by fishtank
please check your freep mail
I did. You strike me as a “No True Scotsman” type of Christian.
You continue to dodge. I told you what my entirely Christian belief was, yet you continue to hide. You say that you’re not taking issue with ToE on the basis of origins, yet everything that you post demonstrates that is not the case.
Can you answer the question? Finally? Do you think that ToE addresses the origin of life?
“I told you what my entirely Christian belief was”
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No, you’ve consistently refused to tell me why you reject the account of creation in Genesis. If you’re looking to rehash tedious arguments re:Darwinism, there are plenty of sites online where people cut and paste back and forth ad infinitum in silly pissing contests. That doesn’t interest me, though, I prefer Socratic reasoning - using reason and rationale, starting from A to get to Z.
However, I thought you were looking for the answer as to why you cannot be a Christian or a Darwinist, why it’s either/or. If you scroll back you’ll find that was your question. Apparently you’ve abandoned any consistent thought on that and are just flailing about now.
However, since you can’t come up with a good enough reason in your own mind as to why reject the Genesis account, then you must know the rest any of your following reasoning is pretty suspect.
That would cause no end to discomfort, I imagine, as you try to convince yourself it’s not true. but you just can’t escape the doubt - you can’t, because you have no valid reason or excuse for doubting the Creation account. All you’ve done is gotten upset that you were even asked to come up to produce a a solid reason to reject it. Interesting avoidance reaction/defense mechanism psychologically, though.
As I’ve started in several other posts, you continue to dodge. You only recently asked me about Genesis, so that is entirely immaterial to the discussion.
Yon won’t tell me if you believe that ToE (which you inaccurately refer to as Darwinism) addresses the origin of life. You persist in hand waving and in referring to accounts that don’t exist.
You show all the signs of a person of weak faith. That’s OK—I accept that. I’m happy to be a Christian who sees no contradiction in following Jesus and considering ToE as accurate. I do hope that you find your faith, though.
Oy, such bizarre attempts at gaslighting:
“referring to accounts that don’t exist.”
Huh? Makes absolutely no sense at all, a patently goofy thing to pull outta the air. It’s really just babbling - seriously.
RE: the attempt to gaslight on Darwinism itself. Let me assist, but you really got to learn to think things through from now on and learn to do even the most basic and minimal of research (and being that the term is new to you, it’s yet another warning sign you might want to heed on your ability to think logically on the topic):
https://lmgtfy.com/?q=darwinism+dictionary&pp=1&iie=1
“I’m happy to be a Christian who sees no contradiction in following Jesus and considering ToE as accurate”
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Uh-huh. Yeah, That’s why you became enraged (scroll back) and whined when it was pointed out you can’t be both a Darwinist and a Christian. I noticed the joy.
But therein is both your problem and the answer to it: you are not a Christian - that term has specific meaning to actual Christians. You are a Darwinist, hoping if you sprinkle a little Jesus on something it won’t be bad. You can claim again that doing just that assuages your guilt enough for you to go on. Good luck with keeping on with it.
Do you even read what you post? Most of your responses to me refer me back to previous comments of yours that have nothing to do with the question at hand.
It is you who has a real problem. I am most definitely a Christian and I have no issue with accepting ToE as entirely consistent with my (and anyone’s) Christian faith.
You, on the other hand, are of such weak faith that you persist in the denial that God is greater and more creative than you give Him credit for.
I suggest that you ponder that. You may find your faith strengthened in the process.
Exit question: Are Catholics Christians?
It;s fine you choose to claim to be a Darwinist-Christian - you can choose to be known as a Crack Addict Christian or a Bank Robber Christian. Free country and all that. The thing that’s going zoom over your head is that the term “Christian” has meaning to Christians - that’s something you can’t understand, but Christians can,
The term Christian does have meaning to Christians, myself included. You, however, view yourself as a member of a clique whose responsibility it is to affirm the Christianity of others.
You seek to identify the “True Scotsmen”, as it were.
Your Christianity is therefore questionable.
You didn’t answer my exit question.
“You didn’t answer my exit question.”
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You were - and are - in mortal terror of answering my *initial question*. Rather than press you on trying to come up with an answer to it, I’ll spare you the upset. You’re dismissed.
The original question was mine, not yours. Yet you dodge like a democrat.
I accept your surrender.
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