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30 Nov 2013, 12:05 am

Well, golly, I guess I can't be a real Christian, then. :P


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30 Nov 2013, 12:14 am

There's Christian Scientists so why can't there be Christian Evolutionists?



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30 Nov 2013, 12:32 am

Because it doesn't make for a fairy tale story like that of Adam and Eve. Allot of christians ( I have a family member that has gone a little too far) tend to look at the world in a naive, unrealistic way. I remember reading some Christian Right article by this mom who was so upset when her kids learned that the sun would eventually burn out in school. She even wrote angry letters to the school board saying that this undeniably true fact of science should never be taught. I believe she even went as far as to suggest that it should be removed from the textbooks! Needless to say, I don't think very highly of fundamentalist religious people.



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30 Nov 2013, 12:34 am

ooOoOoOAnaOoOoOoo wrote:
There's Christian Scientists so why can't there be Christian Evolutionists?


I'm hoping by "Christian Scientists", you're not referring to members of the cult labeled "Christian Science".



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30 Nov 2013, 2:44 am

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I don't believe the author of the creation account was concerned with science. Instead the author was concerned with telling the reader that there is one God who created everything and that we are created in His image.


So was this account written by god, and if so why did he lie, thereby causing so much confusion and angst. Or are you suggesting the far more sensible rationale that the bible is man made and an attempt to explain the known world with the tools and knowledge they had at their disposal.


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30 Nov 2013, 3:04 am

If god exists i think of him or her as a child playing in a sandbox!


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30 Nov 2013, 3:50 am

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03 Dec 2013, 11:11 am

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03 Dec 2013, 11:21 am

DentArthurDent wrote:
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I don't believe the author of the creation account was concerned with science. Instead the author was concerned with telling the reader that there is one God who created everything and that we are created in His image.


So was this account written by god, and if so why did he lie, thereby causing so much confusion and angst. Or are you suggesting the far more sensible rationale that the bible is man made and an attempt to explain the known world with the tools and knowledge they had at their disposal.


I'm suggesting that it was not meant to be taken in a literal sense. The creation account of Genesis would be in error if it was meant to be taken literally, but it wouldnt be in error if it wasn't meant to be taken literally in the first place. I haven't really made up my mind on exactly how it should be taken, but I've read some interpretations that make sense to me.



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03 Dec 2013, 11:30 am

michaudw wrote:
DentArthurDent wrote:
michaudw wrote:
I don't believe the author of the creation account was concerned with science. Instead the author was concerned with telling the reader that there is one God who created everything and that we are created in His image.


So was this account written by god, and if so why did he lie, thereby causing so much confusion and angst. Or are you suggesting the far more sensible rationale that the bible is man made and an attempt to explain the known world with the tools and knowledge they had at their disposal.


I'm suggesting that it was not meant to be taken in a literal sense. The creation account of Genesis would be in error if it was meant to be taken literally, but it wouldnt be in error if it wasn't meant to be taken literally in the first place. I haven't really made up my mind on exactly how it should be taken, but I've read some interpretations that make sense to me.


That tends to be my line of thinking.


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03 Dec 2013, 12:07 pm

michaudw wrote:
DentArthurDent wrote:
michaudw wrote:
I don't believe the author of the creation account was concerned with science. Instead the author was concerned with telling the reader that there is one God who created everything and that we are created in His image.


So was this account written by god, and if so why did he lie, thereby causing so much confusion and angst. Or are you suggesting the far more sensible rationale that the bible is man made and an attempt to explain the known world with the tools and knowledge they had at their disposal.


I'm suggesting that it was not meant to be taken in a literal sense. The creation account of Genesis would be in error if it was meant to be taken literally, but it wouldnt be in error if it wasn't meant to be taken literally in the first place. I haven't really made up my mind on exactly how it should be taken, but I've read some interpretations that make sense to me.


Make sense to you or, rather, appeal to you because of what you already believe.

I think it's quite likely that the Genesis story was originally meant to be taken literally, but even if it was to be taken as some allegory (the context doesn't seem to suggest that by the way), it would be quite a leap of faith to still refer to it as God's word.



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11 Dec 2013, 12:32 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ4iORFL_Jk[/youtube] Just about every Christian in every church I used to attend to were like this guy when it comes to evolution even the pastor!


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11 Dec 2013, 12:35 am

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11 Dec 2013, 12:40 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-14Nhj05L90[/youtube]This is the kind of crap they tried to teach at church.


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04 Jan 2014, 1:44 pm

I think it is likely that Christanity will find a way to come to terms with the science of evolution and make it a non issue for them. Christanity is and has been constantly evolving and I see no reason why it will not continue.