Nick Arnett wrote:
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> > Behalf Of Richard Baker
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> ...
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> > The thing is, it's not possible to prove the Big Bang. How would one
> > even go about trying to prove it?
>
> But this guy is questioning the very notion of order arising from chaos, as
> though science couldn't possibly deal with such a concept. Hello? We don't
> need God to show how that happens. From my point of view, God created a
> universe made of stuff that works that way; if there's a miracle there, it's
> that such things exist, not how they behave.
>
> How much education will it take for people to realize that understanding how
> creation works, whether in evolution, the birth of the universe, or
> whatever, doesn't rule out God's existence? I suppose I run the risk of
> offending some friends (not here, I suspect) by saying that every time I see
> some Christian slogan or symbol decrying Darwin, I immediately tend to
> assume that it belongs to someone who ever learned much of anything about
> the science of evolution.
>
> And on this subject, is anyone here familiar with Dr. Charles Townes and his
> talks on science and Christianity? He's speaking near here on Feb. 8th and
> I'm thinking of going. He's the inventor of the laser, a Nobel laureate and
> the flyer for the talk says he "will speak on the modern convergence between
> science and religion into a unified way of understanding reality."
All this reminds me of something I saw a bit of on TV, where some
Christians were arguing the point that Christianity is favorable to the
scientific method, that Christians invented it, and that the pursuit of
science was a great way to come to understanding more of God's
creation. I changed the channel before it got much past 1700 or so in
the history of science and Christianity. (I think it came on after a
church service someone was watching over the holidays, and we changed
the channel so as to be sure not to miss any football. I couldn't tell
you which channel, but I suspect whichever religious channel Cox cable
carries in my area, which I'm not going to look up right this minute.)
Julia
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