Well as long as we're in an iconoclastic mood, I hope this doesn't spoil anyone's Easter fantasies, but this is where Easter Eggs REALLY come from:
Posted on 03/21/2006 8:10:55 AM PST by PatrickHenry
The spiritual leader of the world‘s Anglicans does not believe that creationism -- the Bible-based account of the world‘s origins -- should be taught in schools.
"I don‘t think it should, actually. No, No," said Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, reflecting on the bitter education debate over religion and science that has so divided the United States in particular.
Williams, head of a church which has no problem with the Darwinian theory of evolution, told the Guardian newspaper: "I think creationism is, in a sense, a kind of category mistake, as if the Bible were a theory, like other theories."
Asked if he was comfortable with the teaching of creationism in schools, the mild-mannered and usually cautious theologian said: "Not very. Not very."
In the battle to bring God into the classroom, Christian conservative supporters of creationism and intelligent design seek to deny or downgrade the importance of evolution.
Intelligent design proponents say that nature is so complex that it must have been the work of a creator rather than the result of random natural selection as outlined in Charles Darwin‘s theory of evolution.
Williams‘ stance echoes the position of the Roman Catholic Church, the world‘s largest single Christian denomination, which has weighed into the debate by praising a U.S. court decision that rejected the intelligent design theory as non-scientific.
Catholicism, which has never rejected evolution, teaches that God created the world and the natural laws by which life developed.
British businessman Peter Vardy has funded schools in northern England that came under attack for teaching creationism in biology classes.
But the creationist movement has certainly not taken hold as strongly in Britain as it has in the United States.
"Religion has become politicized in America. That is not the case here. This is not a major issue," religious commentator and broadcaster Clifford Longley told Reuters.
"There is no intellectual credibility given to creationism in this country. There is no parallel between English evangelicals and American evangelicals.
"When I wrote an article saying there were no creationists in Britain, they both wrote to me."
"Natural Causes" seems to be invariable fatal and impossible to diagnose. You never hear about someone with a "bad case of natural causes." (Well, maybe Saddham.)
Romans Ch 1 deals with this issue pretty directly, and does so far better than I could in an FR thread. It's a good read that I'd reccomend to anyone looking for an answer to this question.
I was looking for a "yes" or "no" answer to a simple question. Why not a simple "yes" or "no" answer?
As for the rules, keep in mind that I wasn't the one that made them.
But you do endorse those rules. You must believe that sending Jews to Hell forever is the right thing to do, correct?
Can you find:
Science 255:181-4
So far, I can't seem to get it online and I don't know why. It must be something I'm doing wrong.
Even our Creo friends might like it.
I don't know. For 6000 years life on Earth has been aliving Hell for Jews. Maybe Satan's Palace might be a step up.
Besides according to some around here Hell will be where all the fun guys will be anyway.
Great article.
It's in the AAAS members only area.
I am a member. Because it's more than 10 years old it sends me elsewhere and then I gert nothing.
Do you have the authors and title?
I certainly wouldn't want to send eternity with the self righteous twits who think they have found the golden ticket.
As I've said, however, anyone who does not come to faith in Christ is condemned.
Where did those who died before Christ lived end up?
Norell. M.A. and Novacel, M.J. (1992) The Fossil Record and Evolution:Comparing Cladistic and Paleontologic Evidence for Vertebrate History. Science, 255:1690-3.
Are you saying, then, that your claim was completely without factual basis?
oops, make that novacek.
Yes, I noticed that. But you're right about where it should be posted. I really try to stick with either political news (such as school board battles or litigation), or else science news (which is, after all, news). If someone else were to post it, I'd ping for it.
Well as long as we're in an iconoclastic mood, I hope this doesn't spoil anyone's Easter fantasies, but this is where Easter Eggs REALLY come from:
You probably put toothpick swords in Peeps and make them fight in the microwave.
yup, Pat we need a new thread. Maybe I should contact the real Pat Henry?
Note to self: pick up peeps, toothpicks and a six-pack on way home.
It's interesting, however, that one of the few 'noids to comment hurled the same insults at the Archbishop of Canterbury that they do at scientists -- gay, liberal, not truly Christian, etc.
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