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To: Fatalis
Creationists do a great service to the Devil by insisting that disbelief in evolution is necessary for Salvation, or that belief in evolution is incompatible with Christianity.

I understand your point. I'm not an evolutionist or a creationist. I'm stuck trying to make up my mind and I've ridden the pendulum several times. Too many times, I guess. I've argued against every option so many times that I don't know what to believe anymore. None of the options seem to really make sense up close.

How do you rectify the sequence of events proposed by evolution with those presented in the bible? Do you really believe that God chose to mention grasses before the sun as some sort of figurative literary device? What is that supposed to teach us?

Is every biblical event that contradicts scientific evidence to be regarded as figurative? Even the resurrection? Where does that leave us?

178 posted on 12/09/2004 3:20:25 PM PST by bigLusr (Quiquid latine dictum sit altum viditur)
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To: bigLusr
I just believe that whatever science discovers, God is the author of it. If there appear to be conflicts between the Bible and science, and I can't resolve them, I just shrug and live with a little cognitive dissonance.

I'm not aware of any scientific evidence against the Resurrection.

194 posted on 12/09/2004 3:56:46 PM PST by Fatalis
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