Part of the agreement was that we abjure such arguments. You can very nicely link several extremely bloody episodes in human history and Christianity. Let's not get into that.No, lets. That charge is leveled at "Christianity" all the time and it is simply not true. You will find NOWHERE in the New Testament where the attrocities which have been perpetrated in Christianity's name have roots in Christian doctrine or Scripture. You have popes and kings who in the name of Christianity went out and (frankly with some justfication) went after the Muslim invaders, and without justifaction participated in things such as the Inquisition. You do not have that as a teaching of Scripture.
Darwinism does not overtly preach the doctrines of a Hitler. However, it's godless paradigm which paints man as just a higher animal and give no basis for a universal moral code (sorry, you all have not made the case with your 'nature' argument) creates an atmosphere where a Hitler, or a Mussolini can take advantage of Darwinian doctrine. Like it or not, even the NWO has some of its roots in this
kind of philosophy.
Evolutionists would do well to look at what their theory has produced.
No true Scotsman doesn't like haggis.
Assuming there are any on the anti-evolution side other than AG still complying with the agreement, could they explain to Dittojed2 why we decided to forgo this particular line of discussion?
Thank you for the heads up, RWP! DittoJed2 is not among those of us who signed on to the agreement of the willing and thus I suggest ignoring such lines of argument altogether. DittoJed2, those of us who are among the willing agree that we cannot read one another's minds and thus will not attribute beliefs and motives. More specifically, we agree not to accuse someone of being a Marxist, a Nazi, etc. because they believe in evolution.
The accusation leads to flame wars - always. The counter argument against the Church likewise leads to flame wars - always, and in-fighting as science threads become doctrinal show-downs between denominations, particularly Catholics v. Protestants. To that end, we also agree that we will never demand another Freeper disavow a belief or swear to a belief he does not hold.
Therefore, to keep the peace on science threads, we eschew all such arguments. I strongly recommend to all on this thread not to engage in any such discussion!