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To: bluepistolero
There are no discrepancies.

I agree, not in the grand sense of the concept. I'm only pointing out that you can't nitpick either recorded or natural history using the Bible as a 100% inerrant, literal record.

The point of Peter's denial was that he denied Christ 3 times, in spite of his professed faith; not the who, where, and when of it.

The point of Christ's geneology was that he was an heir to the legacy of King David, not specifically what person was how many steps removed from Jesus.

And in my opinion, the point of the account of Creation was that God was ultimately responsible, not when, where and how He did it. The specifics are not something the Bible even really seems to attempt to address, or else one would think there would have been more than a few pages dedicated to something of such colossal importance. The specifics details of what, where, when and how are something science can address; as long as ultimate responsibility is deferred to God for the existence of ourselves and the universe, I really see no conflict between what any scientific theory and the Bible says.

In any case, the evidence supporting the Big Bang, the gradual change of the earth over billions and years, and biological evolution of life on earth (all of which are separate theories) is too overwhelming to be brushed under the rug just to keep us content with a particular interpretation of Scripture. Science really has nothing to say about why - that is matter that can only be handled by faith.

247 posted on 09/13/2005 10:51:50 AM PDT by Quark2005 (Where's the science?)
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To: Quark2005; topcat54; Dr. Eckleburg
As a Christian, I have to defend the Word of God and contend for the faith once given to the saints. So many times, these threads are not about science, but an attack on religion, and the only religion that is ever under attack, is fundamental Christianity. I dare a one of you to attack fundamental Judaism, the same Word, with the zeal so often displayed here.

It seems to be the purpose, using science as a tool, to marginalize some Americans and to ridicule their beliefs. Further, the theory of evolution, is just that, a theory. It is not science, and the proof of that is, to be science, a theory must be able to meet certain experimental tests and be provable. Evolution can never be proven, using the scientific method.

bluepistolero

251 posted on 09/13/2005 11:04:17 AM PDT by bluepistolero (As you do unto one of the least of these, you do unto me: Jesus)
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To: Quark2005; bluepistolero
Science really has nothing to say about why

But the problem with "science" is that it's continually asserting the "why" of things, especially in terms of evolution. It assumes quantum physics is determined by reality rather than a set of given assumptions.

It is a house of cards built upon the jokers in the deck.

259 posted on 09/13/2005 11:34:10 AM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg (Steven Wright: "So what's the speed of dark?")
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