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To: Coyoteman

*Scripture* or the creation account? BIG difference. The terms are used interchangably by the evos without basis.

What happens here is that someone states that the creation account is literal and the evos immediately extrapolate that into all creationists must believe that ALL Scripture is literally true, kind of like they do with evolution. Evos see variation within species and immediately conclude that speciation occurs; *microevolution* occurs so we have to conclude that *macroevolution* occurs. Well, just because evos do it, doesn't mean that everyone does it; they're just projecting onto creationists.


So they then go on to mock and ridicule creationists for that. That's putting words in people's mouths. Creationists stating that they believe the creation account is literal does not immediately mean that they mean all Scripture has to be taken literally. At least creationists are capable of recognizing narrative, poetry, metaphor, simile, allegory, and other literary style. Something the evos seem to be somewhat challenged in.


660 posted on 12/22/2006 6:55:21 AM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: metmom
What happens here is that someone states that the creation account is literal and the evos immediately extrapolate that into all creationists must believe that ALL Scripture is literally true

It is not necessary to demonstrate that all creationists believe that ALL Scripture is literally true. It is enough to demonstrate that many do. The term "Creationist" itself implies that the person believes that Genesis is literally true. The term "Christian" would be the alternative description of someone who believes that Genesis is allegory, with the general meaning that "God did it", allowing science to fill in details such as evolution.

I once was a Christian. In fact at one time I studied in college with the intent of becoming a missionary. But some in these threads convinced me that I had to believe the Bible, as is, literally, or it is all fiction (or at least not true about a literal God or Saviour). Since Genesis cannot be possibly be true, then I had to reject my faith.

It sucks to know that when I'm dead, I'm dead. It would have been a more pleasant life if I could have kept my faith, and my understanding that the Bible wasn't a science textbook so I could ignore literal interpretations. This is why literal interpretations and attacks on science are dangerous to Christianity. It chases people away from the faith, hardly a Christlike thing for people to do.

664 posted on 12/22/2006 8:29:43 AM PST by narby
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