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To: Gordon Greene
I think the more "fundamental" you get, either as a religious zealot, or a screaming, "scientific" heritic ... the more apt one is to miss the whole point. Looking at God or Evolution "literally" is examining the forest at the level of bark.

IMHO, move back away from it, take it all in, and the two come together beautifully (at least in my mind). God made the earth in 6 days and took a day off. Some folks believe that, fine with me. Because of the proof of evolution, there is no God ... and some believe that ... also fine with me. But if you have a deeper faith and have a secure grounding in your faith, you'll see evolution is absolutely real, something humans could figure out, but never be able to accomplish themselves ... leaving only wonder. So what could "cause" this incredible process to not only function beyond time, but perfectly "automatically?" There's where I find my concept of God. I'm not going to limit him to a 6 day a week union worker taking Sunday's off to watch the Jets. In my mind Evolution is a fact, and so is God. You just have to step back to a point where they will converge and you'll see the whole picture.

I smile ... its a non-issue (for me).

33 posted on 12/05/2009 5:38:23 AM PST by ThePatriotsFlag (http://www.thepatriotsflag.com - The Patriot's Flag)
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To: ThePatriotsFlag
I smile ... its a non-issue (for me).

I find pseudosciences such as creationism interesting so it's something of a pet issue for me, but I will readily acknowledge that in the grand scheme of things the evolution/creationism debate simply isn't that important as compared to issues such national defense and economics.

Those are the issues that conservatives need to rally around.

38 posted on 12/05/2009 6:50:53 AM PST by GL of Sector 2814 (One man's theology is another man's belly laugh --- Robert A. Heinlein)
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