Posted on 07/04/2004 5:19:27 PM PDT by PatrickHenry
You could - but wouldn't that be a bit excessive?
My undergraduate degree is in political science. Does that make me a scientist, too?
Of course I've heard of peer review. That's when evolutionists get reviewed by other evolutionists.
:sigh: a scientist of politics, yes. a science is simply a study, and a scientist is simply one who studies. your science does not relate to this chemical/biological science that is being discussed however.
a Theologist is one who studies God or other Ultimate Wills, though typically it is the Judeo-Chritian God that is most accepted, as "Theo" means roughly "One most in charge"... note the "One"
Simple. Some of the diversity of life on this planet is a result of evolution, but not all.
While there may be reasonable debates about whether particular aspects of biodiversity were created or evolved, I see the issue as being far more quantitative than qualitative. Of course, there's still the big question about the origin of Man, but even that wouldn't pose a problem if one regards human beings as being more than their biological components: even if non-human anthropods evolved, it would still take an act of God to impart the human soul.
hmmm, intersting... so if God is truly simply "force" (according to that Biblical review earlier) that would mean that
"God Created us in His Image" would be about "in essence, we're all force (or energy, or whatever) and we all came from teh same source"
which would still fit into the Bible neatly.
"even if non-human anthropods evolved, it would still take an act of God to impart the human soul."
bingo!
Evolution was, is and always will be. I'm a conservative, but I see these Creationist rants as a waste of time. Isn't there a special bible-thumper site for this topic??
No, but it may give you an understanding of theology and what it's about.
Evolution was, is and always will be.
and for several eons, scientists believed that matter could come from nothing (worms appearing when it rains, not coming out of the ground)
they also thought they could extract gold from silver, or iron.
and it was also stated in the late 19th centuray that "all things that can be invented, have been invented"
never say never.
Tsk Tsk .. poor thing .. can't handle the truth of the Bible .. huh ..??
And .. I don't thump the Bible .. I believe it!!
LOL.
Completely beside the point, but I just have to say that HBO is playing a really wonderful family movie this week -- "FairyTale: A True Story" -- a Mel Gibson production. It's about the most famous photographic hoax of the twentieth century (before Registered).
Perhaps it's not off topic after all.
Evolution: A fairy tale for adults who should know better.
Wrong-o. The constant errors in media and popular representations of science are at the very top of most scientists' pet peeves (for conservative scientists, people who make the same errors and erroneous assumptions about science on FR are number two.) And the job of a scientist is to take on tough questions, and try their best to answer them.
"The origin of life has NOTHING TO DO WITH evolution either. You can believe God created life and still be an ardent evolutionist."
Well, you certainly made it clear that you do not couple evolutionary theory with abiogenesis. However, you must know that secularists do. If "creationists" always bring up abiogenesis, it is because this is a logical extension of evolutionary thought. Like I said before, theistic evolutionists are not respected either by secular evolutionists or creationists.
Do you think that God created life and then used evolution as a guided mechanism to complete His creation? Or do you think God was passive, allowing evolution to do it all? Can you personally define your position clearly? Do you think a hard core atheist evolutionist would "respect" your views?
Where do you really stand? Do you want the "comfort" Christianity affords, but still want to bow to secular efforts to eliminate the need for God in thought? Remember, this thread started over an attack on "intelligent design." Do you see intelligence in the design of this world, life, DNA?
Every single one of them in the world? Not a person among them have a different view.
Doubtful,
for most,
but not for those who know every thought God has had or will ever make.
"even if non-human anthropods evolved, it would still take an act of God to impart the human soul."
What is a soul? The secularist evolutionist would say that a soul, or anything spiritual, is just the way evolved humans try to explain what is not explainable. They would say that we inately want to exist in some other form than flesh. So, we invent the concept of soul, God, etc. To them we just can't accept we are just a random part of "star stuff" as Sagan would say.
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