[TXnMA]

Well put!

Although I (a physical chemist) am a strong believer in creation (of everthing in this amazingly extensive universe) by Almighty God, I am insulted by statements like, "There is really a lot to be said for speaking where the bible speaks, and being silent where it is silent. Anything beyond this comes from...well, you know."

That statement is closely akin to saying, "The Bible doesn't describe subatomic physics, so studying it must be a Satanic act."

It was God the Creator who gave us an extremely brief (but accurate) outline of His mighty works in Genesis. And it was that same God (not Satan) who gave us brains so we can strive to understand (and be awed by) the inticate evidence He left of His mighty works of creation.

There is a monstrous difference between faith and self-imposed ignorance.

[chronic_loser]

"There is really a lot to be said for speaking where the bible speaks, and being silent where it is silent. Anything beyond this comes from...well, you know." That statement is closely akin to saying, "The Bible doesn't describe subatomic physics, so studying it must be a Satanic act." I don't think he is saying that. I think (though I could be wrong) that he is saying that it is unwise to stipulate "THE BIBLE TEACHES" when it really teaches no such thing. The history of the church is littered with wreckage of the opinions of men who inferred things from the scriptures which should not have been inferred, much less turned into lynchpins of orthodoxy. The mechanism of creation and development of life is one of those areas, I believe. Crap, we may find out Darwin IS wrong and have to grovel at the feet of Jack Chick, for all that matters. I don't think so, but I am amazed at how non-humbled men of science can be in the face of our ignorance of the actual mechanics of the cosmos. Better to say "it might be" than thow down a gauntlet where not is demanded.