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Post by duchessashley on Mar 7, 2009 18:30:36 GMT -5
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Post by Andy on Jul 7, 2009 12:30:33 GMT -5
nice, BSG's a very well done series.
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Post by dizzyjam on Jul 7, 2009 17:25:00 GMT -5
Very short article. I noticed one of the comments on there and found it thoughtful, albeit not from our frame of mind, and figured I'd post it back here for further discussion because the rest of the comments on there tended to be against the church and promoting evolution and such. It's a familiar story with a new ending:
A man was trapped on the roof of his house in a raging flood. A boat came by and offered to save him. "No, God will save me". An hour later later, same thing. The water was almost to the top of the roof and rising when a rescue helicopter came by. Again, the man said, "No, God will save me". The rose and the man died. In heaven he asked God, "Why didn't you save me?", and God said, "Are you kidding me? I sent you two boats and a helicopter". Then the man said, "And why didn't you tell me evolution was true?" And God said, "I gave you carbon and other element dating, tree rings, different life forms in different strata, telescopes, Einsten, Darwin, and 100s of thousands of scientists, and you STILL didn't believe me."
Although I, and I believe most on here, believe in a creator that we can come to know personally through Jesus, one has to wonder why God did things the way He did it and why we take so long to see it the way He wants us to see it. Personally, I wouldn't have a problem with finding another planet out there with life on it. I think it would be neat. I sort of wonder if we would be able to communicate with them or not?
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Post by Andy on Jul 9, 2009 11:49:04 GMT -5
I noticed those comments too, perhaps more interesting than the actual article.
Many of those comments seem to be a response to stereotyped Christian rancor over evolution. I can understand some of the frustration, as "science" tends to be unfortunately dichotomized with "religion" in many christian circles. We need to be smarter than that and give an accurate, truthful view of what scripture says about creation and not go beyond that.
But on the other hand, it's also disappointing to see intelligent people accept "science" as the solution to life's deeper questions. Holding up human advances in technology and the sciences as a surrogate for the metaphysical and for questions of meaning is to commit the same error for which they have criticized others. They're just arguing on the other side of the fencce.
I studied evolution extensively as a Biology major. It's nothing to be scared of as a Christian. Microevolution happens every day, and macroevolution (where species turn into other species) truly lacks credible evidence. We haven't found those intermediate species, and to accept punctuated equilibrium (where evolution takes place really quickly so there's no intermediary species) is to start with the assumption that evolution has already taken place. It takes a lot more faith to believe in macroevolution than to acknowledge a Creator.
I'd love to find life on other planets, it'd just be another argument and testimony of God's handiwork (and they may even tell us so).
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