Under my memory, I thought you were a creationist, but I must be wrong. Does that mean you accept evolution?
Species certainly adapt. We can do that pretty quickly under certain conditions, and science finally accepts that. In school, ToE is the only thing I accepted w/o critical thought. Sometime in my 30's I went through the 'noisy Christian' rhetoric about how you have to accept literalism, or chuck the Bible entirely. After a bit of that my Faith got messed up for a while, which often happens when you challenge preconceptions.
I'm not certain ToE has everything correct, and I rather favor the idea that every answer to life the Universe and everything that our species has, has some problems with it. Those answers I've examined in detail certainly do! Here I should note that Gen 1 is declaring G-d to be above the gods of the neighboring tribes. This is how the original audience heard it. Trying to turn that into something it's not, is problematic.
As far as what actually happened, I still think it's a fascinating pursuit. There are all sorts of possibilities, including our species developing naturally, with G-d adding His Spirit to one person; sort of "pushing things along," if you will. Currently the scientific community seems to be overlooking the great lessons of the ancient world, namely; how did they have such advanced knowledge and ability, so long ago? I mean local indigeneous people all over the world say of ancient structures "gee, we don't know how it got here. It was here when we first showed up." I'm pretty sure velociraptors didn't do it
Another interesting thing is that when language first showed up, it was by all accounts modern. And you are aware that the whole Mayan thing didn't predict any end of the world at all, but just the completion of a 26,000 year cycle, re: the plane of our solar system aligning with the plane of our galaxy?
I mean tell me - how did they know
that? Our species has done some things that seem to violate the logical order of ToE.
I know it's not high. I would say about 1-5%. Even if they are 1%, they're a noisy 1%.
Ok. I think part of that may be related to our media; something about good news doesn't sell?
I'm not saying the reason they are in jail is because they were Christian. I'm saying that if the country is dangerous because of a lack of Christian values, it makes no sense that Christians would be the ones getting in trouble. Surely, they'd be the good ones?
Hhmmm ... you seem to be suggesting that the prison population is disproportionately high in C's, vs the general population? I admit I don't know either way, but I don't think that's the case. Let me ask this: why would someone facing trial deny being a Christian? And what bearing does this have on the last say, 10 years of how they lived their life vs those ideals?
And if you wish to cry "no true Scotsman," I will point out that really doesn't apply to Christianity. Jesus said we can know them by their fruits, and it is our duty to discern good from evil. (This does not equate to condemnation, nor even determining if someone is a "true" C or not, just behavior)
Whenever I've started discussing evolution etc. the thread has been closed.
We have a sub-forum for exactly that. Society, physical and life sciences, Ev
It probably has specific rules / policies stated somewhere, but CF is good at making those hard to find.
If you have difficulty, it's possible to start a thread in user support or MSC asking for that detail. I really don't know their policy on debate, but it seems designed for it to me?
Hi! No I do not. I think that would pervert the Gospel. I also think it would pervert the intended foundation of this Country (which is being violated in enough ways without adding a challenge like this)
