Hi y'all - what about Taylor's second suggestion: abandon Creationism/ Intelligent Design. I think that is striking at the core belief of many in the South. Once they agree to abandon that, they discount Genesis - next the Old Testament....... I'm sure they are sufficiently lubricated to see the slippery slope. Having said that, I know christians here who embrace evolution, but they have such wild excuses and back up plans that I can't begin to comprehend their logic ( more likely lack thereof.) Last week we were discussing this very subject and I was told with a straight face by a christian that god created items in a mature way - mountains were created with a carbon date of millions of years. I asked if god had grown them somewhere else and moved them. The answer was no - all living and natural components of the planet were created with their various carbon dates. I guess this is on the scale of "god scattered fossils around to confuse us."
On Oct 4, 1:49 pm, ornamentalmind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Replace 'get' with 'introduce' > > On Oct 4, 11:44 am, Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > <<This is my point...get those who already support it to teach those > > who > > don't! I have no doubt they could and would do better than anyone > > outside of 'faith'. >> > > > "Getting" people to do anything is pretty difficult. If you feel > > strongly about something, you generally must do it yourself if it's > > going to get done. A faithless person can certainly be effective in > > this role if they can show the believers how it's to their advantage > > to keep church and state separate. > > > That said, the Americans United for Separation of Church and State by > > its very nature an interfaith organization.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
