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To: Youngblood

No, I am not kidding. One of the reasons I am now divorced was the fact that my ex and her church friends said I needed to give up my career as a scientist because science, as a whole, is Satanic. The logic was that science tries to disprove the Bible and is therefore Satanic. Any human idea that contradicts the literal interpretation of Holy Scripture is Satanic. Evolution is one example. Astronomy is another. A corollorary point is that the Bible teaches obedience to God. I even remember a pastor saying one should believe and not to think. Thinking questions God and that is a path to sin. It is better to be uneducated and be saved than to go to college and fall from Grace. The denominations in question were "Church of God" and the "Assemblies of God" - both are Pentacostal sects.


41 posted on 08/22/2005 7:26:13 AM PDT by doc30 (Democrats are to morals what and Etch-A-Sketch is to Art.)
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To: doc30

Quite logical, even if not reasonable.

The major reason I post is not to persuade "creationists" but to prevent lurkers from falling into the trap.

As you (and I and every scientist posting here) know, logic is based on premises and if they are wrong the entire structure collapses.


53 posted on 08/22/2005 7:59:14 AM PDT by From many - one.
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To: doc30
I even remember a pastor saying one should believe and not to think. Thinking questions God and that is a path to sin. It is better to be uneducated and be saved than to go to college and fall from Grace.

This mentality seems prevalent around here. This is why religion is so destructive.
58 posted on 08/22/2005 8:13:37 AM PDT by Vive ut Vivas
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