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Dear Dennis,
Thank you for your message on the matter. I
almost meant to write one myself, but yours comes across much clearer!
What still surprises me is how people are using
"religion" to further their own ends. I would greatly appreciate it if
people who do lip service to their religions would deepen their knowledge
through study and thinking.
The Old Testament was never meant to be taken
literally. It was a collection of myths, history, sanitary advice, and
record of life of the wandering Jews in the Middle East. Christ gave the
world the New Testament to replace the Old. He wanted to
put emphasis on love, empathy, and forgiveness. The Old Testament is
only meant for symbolic interpretation. This new round of fundamentalist
thinking based on the fanatical and literal interpretation of the Old Testament
is really frightening, as it is diametrically opposed to Christian
beliefs. At the moment, we have an uncannily large population of people
who think they are believers of their religions without knowing the basics of
their religions at all. (This goes for more than just "Christians".)
If Christ or Allah would know just how ignorant their current followers
are... they would be frightened out of their wits.
Darwin's theory on Evolution exists perfectly fine
with the Christian God (and many other gods, too). This fresh attack
against evolution in the name of Christ is a lot of igorance mobilized for
political "capital".
Thanks again for clearing up the
issue.
;)
Marianne
PS - I think evolutionis absolutely relavent on an orchid forum: orchids
are one of the best examples of the mechanics of evolution, and to refute
evolution would be to throw into irrational chaos the entire family (it took
long enough to sort them out!).
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