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To: Havoc
Where is the story of God telling anyone how he designed stars that produce specific gasses? Either you believe the scriptures as God's word, or you don't.

Just so I'm understanding you.

You aren't saying we should limit our knowledge to what is in scripture, right? I mean science, history, philosophy, mathematics, geography, archeology, geometry.. you're not proposing that we do not explore those areas of knowledge past what is in scripture.

Right?

409 posted on 05/27/2004 10:31:30 PM PDT by D-fendr
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To: D-fendr

Nope. I merely say don't speculate and attribute your speculations to God.

I think I've made myself clear any number of times on the matter of pursuits of knowledge. I just don't kid myself or anyone else that any such pursuit is going to be without it's crowd of dishonest detractors within. I think I've noted the reference in Egyptology to the curious happenstance of the tomb of a 22nd dynasty pharaoh being cut into and modified in order for the building of a tomb for a 21st dynasty pharaoh to be built right next to it.
The 22nd dynasty pharaoh died before the 21st dynasty pharaoh while the historians report it the other way around.
While investigating this curiosity, one archeologist from France refused to visit the site where the evidence is irrefuteable - and would only work from line drawings of the site in discussing the issue - the line drawings are useless for such a thing and that is the point of using them. Not all people are out for truth - some are actually out there to suppress the truth because it harms their particular agenda or worldview.

On the other hand, there are some who prefer history to teaching because they can excuse what they do in their own minds by pointing to history. Knowledge is a tool that can be shaped and used as a weapon. The modern American press is well aware of this and has done it's level best to do just that. So too have many others.. including some groups that have been around for an awful long time.


424 posted on 05/28/2004 5:31:27 AM PDT by Havoc ("The line must be drawn here. This far and no further!")
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