Posted on 08/23/2008 6:33:32 AM PDT by Soliton
A Fort Wayne man says he has finally nudged the United Methodist Church “into the 21st century” on the subject of evolution.
Al Kuelling, 67, a retired engineer trained in physics, wrote two of three proposals on evolution adopted as church policy at the denomination’s 2008 quadrennial national conference this summer in Fort Worth, Texas.
The votes capped a yearslong quest by Kuelling to have the church explicitly recognize evolution as a legitimate foundation of science and acknowledge that it is not at odds with theology.
But the endeavor at times has put Kuelling at odds with his pastor and his bishop.
“Methodism has been sidestepping the issue of evolution for quite a while now,” Kuelling says, adding he believes it had to be confronted to keep young people from leaving the church.
“I walked from my commitment to be a minister, and I walked away from the church for over a decade over this,” he says.
“Now Methodism is joining many other denominations around the world that find no conflict between religion and science.”
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And one of the UMC’s bishops, a dissenter, claims that Christ’s birth was not virginal, nor that His rise from the dead was physical.
But you have proof to the contrary, right?
Snake handlers advocate evolution too. They just choose to lead by example.
Do you follow religious teachings for moral content or because of magic shrouding the teacher?
Magic? Following Christ?
Yeah, the UMC is imploding.
“But you have proof to the contrary, right?”
Darwin’s theory is a theory. Faith is faith. It’s pointless to argue about this.
My point was about the UMC and what has occurred inside it over the last decade. It has become apostate.
APOSTASY INTREP
Challenge bad science with better science. Don't try to attack good science with creationist voodoo.
Without empirical evidence, voodoo is as valid as the sermon on the mount.
A Creator does not need to provide empirical evidence in order to create.
I believe that a creator needs green tomatoes and malt vinegar to make a pot pie. Without empirical evidence, ALL statements are equivalent.
Perhaps equivalent to you and I but not for a Creator.
define “Creator”
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