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To: SeaLion
Even an evolutionist like myself can still believe in Matthew 5:9

Sorry, D' but not so. For how can anyone who believes in evolution, believe in God the Creator? And Matthew 5:9 implies the Living God, the God of Creation.

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

To calim to believe the words of Christ, would impy a believe in Christ, and how can one justify that when one believes in evolution, for did not John in John chapter one say:

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him; and without Him was not any thing made that was made. The word "Word" is Jesus.

So, when you consider what evolution really teaches, even though most to those who claim to believe in it can not define it, and what God claims in Genesis chapter one, their is no common ground .

Either the evolutionist are not telling the truth or Jesus is not telling the truth, and that my dear is war.

114 posted on 09/13/2005 7:06:03 AM PDT by newsgatherer
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To: newsgatherer
To calim to believe the words of Christ, would impy a believe in Christ, and how can one justify that when one believes in evolution, for did not John in John chapter one say: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him; and without Him was not any thing made that was made." The word "Word" is Jesus.

I'm still resolved not to enter into "war." So with genuine respect (and not with any snobbishness, honestly), I really have to insist that, if you have belief that the Bible is to be taken literally, as I myself was originally raised to believe, then it behooves you to learn (as, yes, I did) sufficient Koine Greek to read and understand it in the language of its composition. John states that In the beginning (arkhe) was the Logos--a beautiful word in Greek, borrowed into other languages as the root for logic--but no, let's not go there...

Logic would tell you, however, that we may have different understandings of Jesus. You could be right, or I could be right, or indeed we could both be wrong. Science won't tell us that--and its not a question to take to science.

But if you believe your religious belief has already provided you with all answers about the world, you don't need science. Leave it alone, don't try to pervert it

204 posted on 09/13/2005 8:33:02 AM PDT by SeaLion (I wanted to be an orphan, but my parents wouldn't let me)
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To: newsgatherer

"Blessed are the peacemakers"

Thats the same bumper sticker phrase most lib's use to imply they are religious.


210 posted on 09/13/2005 8:47:24 AM PDT by wallcrawlr (http://www.bionicear.com)
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