Attenborough reveals creationist hate mail for not crediting God

guardian.co.uk ^ | Jan. 27, 2009 | Riazat Butt

[smokingfrog]

If you have just eaten lunch, DO NOT google "african eye worm."

Have at it...

[Vaquero]

the Lord works in mysterious ways....why not through what we now call evolution.

[americanophile]

"I find that hard to reconcile with the notion of a divine and benevolent creator." Watch that benevolent part, the God of the Bible is wrathful as well...

[agere_contra]

David Attenborough, for all his services to natural history and his storied good sense, believes in AGW. It’s his blind spot.

[demshateGod]

“I find that hard to reconcile with the notion of a divine and benevolent creator.”

So not crediting God with creation is due to a dislike of God says Attenborough.

[libh8er]

If you have just eaten lunch, DO NOT google "african eye worm."

Did you mean this ?

[Dutchboy88]

The difficulty with this position is that, at bottom, evolution relies upon a conviction that random (meaning undirected) mutations arose from a single life form to ascend to every living thing now in existence, whether plant or animal. At least biblical Christianity would contend that the text denies such unattended or unintended events. There is, according to the Scriptures, no such thing.

[MEGoody]

Attenborough reveals creationist hate mail for not crediting God

It is quite possible he does receive such hate mail. There are weirdos everywhere. Getting hate tossed one's way does not mean one's points are valid.

[Steelfish]

Attenborough Take NOTE:
To know the mind of God is to be God!

[P8riot]

"I find that hard to reconcile with the notion of a divine and benevolent creator."

That's because people try to rationalize God using our own finite standards, instead of recognizing how far we have fallen from His.

[Dutchboy88]

Don’t misunderstand me to say that the death threats are justified. That is simply unacceptable. The man cannot see because he is prevented from seeing. And he loves it.

[demshateGod]

“why not through what we now call evolution.”

That might be well and good except God told us otherwise. For evolution to exist would mean God created mistakes; a world that’s imperfect and getting better. Death and suffering are all good things because it perfects the creation. God’s Word tells us otherwise.

[P8riot]

Amen! It also contradicts scripture which tells us that death itself did not exist before the fall. That is why I cannot understand people who call themselves Christian and still adhere to evolution.

[demshateGod]

“That’s because people try to rationalize God using our own finite standards, instead of recognizing how far we have fallen from His.”

Plus, he insists we’re not dealing with a corrupt creation marred by sin.

[demshateGod]

If I believed that nonsense about evolution, I’d through my Bible away and worship myself.

[Vaquero]

God never told you anything.

the bible was taken down by men and sometime written down decades and centuries after they were suppose to have happened. You give a lot of credit to sandle wearing sheep herders, that they took down word to mouth stories that were handed down for centuries at being acurately.

[chuck_the_tv_out]

The worm cannot live in any other way, except by burrowing through eyeballs. I find that hard to reconcile with the notion of a divine and benevolent creator."

Same as the bubonic plague, in fact ANY illness or disease. If people would actually READ the Bible, rather than sit hoity-toity & pass ignorant judgement, they would KNOW what the answers to these easy questions are.

(A) - who ever said God was "benevolent". HE made YOU. Don't YOU apply labels to HIM that you think he ought have.

(B) - what do you know about "divine"? You use the term like it means "lovely". It DOESN'T mean lovely. READ the Bible, and get some idea of WHAT divine actually MEANS.

(C) - Man is CURSED. Man is living in a SPIRITUAL reality, and our corporeal existance is merely a shadow of that reality. These illnesses and afflictions are part of that CURSE. We must be REDEEMED from that curse. God has provided a means through which we can BE redeemed from the curse. God says that he curses a few generations of those who hate him, but blesses HUNDREDS of generations of those who love him. That is why Christian nations are doing well. Even in Africa, the Christians do better. This is from the blessing of God. But we are in a lot of TROUBLE, because we are starting to become like SODOM, and the blessing of God might be LIFTED from us. That would be BAD.

For more information, consult your BIBLE.

[DieHard the Hunter]

> It is quite possible he does receive such hate mail. There are weirdos everywhere. Getting hate tossed one’s way does not mean one’s points are valid.

After the first two or three pieces of hate mail they become mundane, almost boring. You feel sorry for the ball-less wonder who wrote it because he doesn’t have the bollix to say it to your face.

In fact, you wonder when the last time he had rangi-ruru was, and you conclude it must have been a long time ago, that it was probably manual labor, and that he probably didn’t enjoy it. Then you resolve to wear gloves next time you shake hands with him in case you catch an STD.

(Yes, this morning I just opened another one.)

[skeeter]

I'd wager anyone who puts themselves in the public eye receives unwelcome mail of some sort, and yet do not feel it necessary to mention.

Mentioning his only reveals Attenborough's need to bring discredit upon those with whom he theologically disagrees.

Unbecoming behavior in a knight.

[P8riot]

Exactly