Rick Warren: The Serpent Who Hates Science http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/115325/ "From the very beginning of creation, God gave man dominion over all that was made, even over the dinosaurs." Warren's recorded remarks about science, available on the Saddleback's revised site, are very important for a couple reasons. Throughout his teachings, Pastor Rick reminds his followers that
The Bible commands us to remember the influence we have on an unbeliever. Melissa Etheridge, are you listening? This recording shows that Warren wants his followers to be nice while evangelizing to shift the view point of the scientific community away from science and towards a New Earth fundamentalist thought process (not to say that you can't believe in God and in science). More importantly, this snippet demonstrates that Warren feels that he and his followers should act nicely towards non-believers, gradually bringing them around to thinking along a fundamentalist lines, to "change" their ways of thinking. It's not them and us...To act like it's them and us sets us a false barrier that we need to break through as believers...These are people who need to know Christ just like you and I need to know Christ. If you and I start to act like it's a them and us kind of a thing we're never gonna reach the scientific community or those who think qoute unquote scientifically...Obviously science is willing to change... Here's how Rick came to believe in creationism and rejection evolutionism (from a PDF of the site before it was revised): I believed that evolution and the account of the Bible about creation could exist along side of each other very well. I just didn't see what the big argument was all about. I had some friends who had been studying the Bible much longer than I had who saw it differently...Eventually, I came to the conclusion, through my study of the Bible and science, that the two positions of evolution and creation just could not fit together. There are some real problems with the idea that God created through evolution... My prayer is that you will have this same experience! And just to let you know what that brainwashing experience entails, here's what Pastor Rick said about dinosaurs: The Bible's picture is that dinosaurs and man lived together on the earth, an earth that was filled with vegetation and beauty...man and dinosaurs lived at the same time...From the very beginning of creation, God gave man dominion over all that was made, even over the dinosaurs. Warren also urges his followers to eschew in vitro fertilization and stem cell research: *Deciding against any infertility options that allow embryos to be frozen and later discarded. (This is a tough decision for couples who have yet to have a child.) *Deciding to speak out against overzealous stem cell research, even though you know it slows down the process of finding a possible cure for someone you love. Rick Warren's approach of being open and friendly is simply sneaky. He's deceptive in his kindness, much like the fundamentalist's snake. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
