He's not running for anything...its just a little invocation. Your leader chose him...get over it.
On Dec 26, 5:26 am, "mike [never forget] 532" <[email protected]> wrote: > Rick Warren: The Serpent Who Hates > Sciencehttp://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. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
