Nice try, Beth. Nice try to put words in my mouth. H.
---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- from: "BethF" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 08:27:53 -0900 >Evolution is a theory and creationism is a fact, with evidence to prove it. > >Can you show me this evidence? > >--Beth, Pseudo usenet cop >Merlin MTB, BikeE AT, RANS gliss, Trek R200, Kickbike >Owned by Kavik (Samoyed Boy) and Toklat (Keeshond Boy) >Anchorage, Alaska > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 7:36 AM >Subject: RE: Religious argument in the US... Why? > > >> In response to Larry and Jon: >> >> The reason it is the Law of Gravity is that gravity is real and proven. >The >> reason that is the Law of Thermodynamics is that it is real and it is >> proven. The reason it is the Theory of Evolution is that it is a theory >and >> unproven. >> >> And it's unproven for a reason. You can't prove the improvable. You >> certainly can't prove a theory that has ample holes in it. And the biggest >> hole is, what is the first cause? Scientists can't answer that question. >> >> And I believe and am convinced beyond doubt through all possible reasoning >> and human understanding, there is only but one answer as to the first >cause, >> and that is God. It was not until I came to understand, not just believe, >> that there was only one logical answer, that I was able to become a >> Christian. My faith is not based on some pie in the sky, emotional >response >> to some event. My faith is logical, well reasoned and backed by scientific >> and historical evidence. Creation is not a myth. It is an answer. >> >> So, are you going to call me ignorant and narrow minded? >> >> When you go around spouting those kinds of insults, you are going to get >> people riled. The smartest, best educated people I am personally friends >> with are all Christians. That's not to say there are not terribly bright >> people who are atheists and Jews and Muslims and what not. I'm saying >being >> smart and well educated and being a Christian are not mutually exclusive >> states of being. >> >> Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell are not exactly far representatives of >> Christianity or even fundamentalism (I'm not a fundamentalist, btw, I'm >> evangelical -- a Nazarene, as for sect). They are money grubbers and media >> mongers. They do not represent nor speak for the majority of Christians >nor >> even a majority of fundamentalists. They just have the loudest voices. The >> loudest voices always get the majority of the press coverage. You never >hear >> from the majority of Christians in this country because they are largely >> quiet people. >> >> As for what should be taught, creationism, as broadly defined, need not be >> taught as a Christian theory or a Hindu theory, but just honestly. We do >not >> know how the universe began. Some people believe it started spontaneously. >> Some people believe that a creator, a being greater than ourselves is >> responsible. Some people believe this creator is God. Mathematically, the >> odds of spontaneity are almost to mind boggling to even contemplate, which >> is why even some of our brightest scientists believe in a creator. >> >> Evolution is a theory folks. Only a theory. And it should be taught as a >> theory. To teach it otherwise is intellectually dishonest and to teach our >> children to embrace ignorance about their universe. >> >> H. >> >> > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
