Posted on 12/11/2009 5:57:16 PM PST by Jim Robinson
"My question would be; if evolution can be seen as an effective method to provide variety among species, and the necessary change that lets them survive and prosper with challenge and time, then why cannot evolution be seen as an efficient method to design various creatures and entities?"
"I don't know if that is what you were thinking of with that question. I'll need to think about that more if you want more answer."
I don't know what I was thinking of with that question, or whether I was thinking of anything in particular. It's just one of those permutations that come up.
I do want you to think further about if you will. The answer to it would seem to revolve around just how involved God was with how the world and all in it came to be.
Some see God as a baker, toiling endlessly to produce scores of animal cracker beings to fill the Earth. I don't see Him that way.
I see God as a potter, lifting the clay and shaping it, making it into something that will be useful to Him for His own purposes, and breathing into it His breath as He brings it to life.
Perhaps the spinning Earth was only needed as a potter's wheel. As Mr. Thompson has said, He does work in mysterious ways.
Dizzying concept, no?
That is a great question. I think (I am not answering for the Catholic Church) it has to do with the hierarchical relationship between Mary and all other women including Eve. Mary had to be greater than all other women, including Eve who was conceived immaculately from Adam's rib. For most of human history the natural relationships among humans was to have exalted royalty. To introduce Mary and Jesus to the world, at that point in human history, in any other state would have made an already difficult task even harder.
No, I knew it wasn’t posted to me, my question is about you threatening legal action against a poster here.
Ok. A feeper has let others think that I have tracked her posts, hen in fact she has tracked mine.
Thanks for your reply. I am still not sure I understand but that’s alright. It has been a very interesting conversation and I have learned alot. Blessings and Merry Christmas! I am off to hit the hay.
So now you are seeking his identity so that you can take legal action?
It’s a she and she has defeamed me. Tell me wye not. I am willing to learn.
You know what - take you flippant attitude and have your priest do a whipping on you. NEVER EVER speak disrespectful about the HOLY SPIRIT to me again. You got that, chump?
That makes two of us. I'm terribly jet-lagged. I was in Asia all last week. Ping me tomorrow and maybe I can give you a more cogent answer then.
Cheers
ROFLMAO!!!!
Just because you did not like that I outed your hostile posts (btw, I got several “thank you” freepmails for that), and you did threaten (twice) to track my posts, to which I responded “Go ahead”.
How am I a phony? Really.
And I also work in the “legal world” as does DH. You do not scare me, just make me laugh.
- love
- joy
- peace
- patience
- kindness
- goodness
- faithfulness
- gentleness
- self-control
The Roman Catholic Church adds to this list generosity, modesty, and chastity. How are you doing on those?
Ok. A feeper has let others think that I have tracked her posts, hen in fact she has tracked mine.
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No, I stated that you threatened to track my posts, not that you have.
*sigh* and again, I only listed posts from THIS THREAD that ONE night.
You “outed” me?! How so? Tell me. Outeed me as what?
I said Jesus carried our sins. Per the catechism of the Catholic Church:
“In other words, Jesus freely offered himself up to death to free us from sins, as it was written in Scripture and in his Father’s divine plan.” (601)
Are you sure you have no relationship with GGG? Like him, you are so good at baiting people some might even call you a master.
Your hostility. Post #627.
really?
Is this what you think defamed you?
To: metmom; CaptRon
He is just upset because I called him hostile and listed posts on THIS thread, that I considered hostile, to support my claim.
So he goes all “three mile island” on me and starts with the threats to keep track of my posts.
927 posted on Saturday, December 12, 2009 10:05:48 AM by reaganaut (ex-Mormon now Christian - “I once was lost, but now am found; was blind but now I see”)
was told I was less than honest last night.
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Not by me either, I said you were hostile. I never called you a liar NOR did I imply you were less than honest.
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