Re: "literal 6-days of creation" - I once got a great explanation on that from a wonderfully wise, witty Rabbi. I asked how he reconciled "6 days" with the evidence of the age of the earth being billions of years and life in many millions.
He said "tell me, Ben - how long is one day in the lifetime of God?" That one question made me realize how applicable is the phrase "everything's relative" and taking things literally that were perhaps meant to be metaphorical may not be correct. -Ben -----Original Message----- From: Jon Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 2:26 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Religious argument in the US... Why? Exactly, and to paraphrase Howard's excellent post, as my girlfriend is fond of saying, what else can you expect from a country founded by Puritans... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Here's my take, FWIW. <snip> > > For the record, not all creationists believe in a literal 6-days of > creation. To believe God created the Heavens and the Earth is not to throw > out all science and all evidence of evolution. What many people object to is > the teaching of evolution, with no push or guidance from a creator -- a > godless evolution, as a form of intellectual dishonesty (evolution is, after > all, just a theory), The majority of creationists don't even believe in the Christian God either. Which creationist theory shall we teach? http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mreligio.html This page shows almost 2 billion Christians worldwide, with Atheists at 1.7 billion, and the rest of the religions having about 2.3 billion followers. Christians win but are still in the minority of humans. I can see it now, "Class there may be some higher being out there, but we don't know where, who, how, or what it is, but it might be there. We may figure it out when we DIE, depending on which theory you believe in though. Please write a 2 page report for homework." There is nothing to teach. Either you believe or you dont. Promoting faith is what the church does, not school teachers. I succinctly remember my science teachers saying that some people do not believe in evolution. What else would you have them do? Evolution is not a theory. Many may believe that evolution in human's is theory, but to totally ignore the huge amount of scientific data that proves that every other form of life on earth evolves is extremely narrow minded. I'm not even going to argue this point. Perhaps it's this kind of narrow mindedness is why secularists want to keep religion out of their lives. You said it yourself, Darwin wasn't so sure that there was not a God. He was open minded. Believing in a power that has not been observed by any human instrument, while discarding facts that have been proven, is not open minded. There is a chance creationists are right, but they are definately not open minded about it.That's not to say that there is no higher being, it just shows that there is nothing to teach. There are no facts. You also leave out the fact that not all creationists believe that evolution and creationism are incompatible. jon (active-minded ;-)) ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
