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7,000+ Christian Clergy Agree With Evolution

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Army of Juan said:
Hovind is a con artist who makes his livelihood selling creationist garbage to the ignorant masses. He can't get past his own strawman version of evolution and even AIG doesn't want anything to do with him. Defending him makes you look really bad even to other creationist which after looking at your other post says alot.

Please show us these refruted PRATTS you speak of.

I know some people may not like Kent Hovind but theres no need condemn him by calling him a con artist etc
 
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Pete Harcoff said:
...I would say it's pretty darned important.
Agreed!
It's also not a matter of faith and it's a fact that evolution occurs.
I find I put evolution in the same playing field as electricity. We look at it and can't see what it is, but like electricity, we use evolution as a reliable tool.

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YellowStar said:
I know some people may not like Kent Hovind but theres no need condemn him by calling him a con artist etc
Ok, I should have gone with "fraud" but I still get the feeling he's just in it for the money (and there's quite a bit to be had).
 
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I don't see the point on the collection of signatures because whether its an old or young earth, evolution or no evolution, it doesn't matter, believing in what way we got here is not what makes you a Christian. Also creationists such as Ken Ham ALWAYS say that you can be a Christian and believe in evolution and an old earth etc.
 
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PurchasedByChrist said:
then why is it still called a theory?

You misunderstand the scientific usage of the word 'theory':

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory

Evolution theory in the same boat as the atomic theory or the germ theory of disease----are you going to deny that all matter isn't composed of atoms or that germs don't cause diseases?
 
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PurchasedByChrist said:
then why is it still called a theory?

Because the term "theory" in science is used differently than it would be used in everyday terms.

In science, a theory refers to a large body of principles or knowledge that explains certain facts and phenomenon. In the case of the Theory of Evolution, it explains how life diversifies, which is an ongoing process that we can witness today.

Likewise, there are other theories in science, like Germ Theory (how microorganisms cause disease or various theories of gravity (and yes, there are currently multiple theories of gravity; nobody has completely figured out gravity yet).
 
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Pete Harcoff said:
Likewise, there are other theories in science, like Germ Theory (how microorganisms cause disease or various theories of gravity (and yes, there are currently multiple theories of gravity; nobody has completely figured out gravity yet).
Or the theory of electricity.

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Pete Harcoff said:
Ilovecartoons said:
Name ONE verse that implies God might have used Evolution.
"Let the Earth bring forth..." yada yada. No where does it say God merely poofed everything into existence.

Yup, Genesis 1:12 so it is.
 
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Ilovecartoons said:
Bwahahahahaha. Kent Hovind has ALREADY refutted some of those claims. The only reason there's no rebuttal is because most Creationists don't have time to refute it.

The truth is, that guy is using PRATTS.

One PRATT is his claim the magnetic field repolarizes. Hovind refuted that.

Another PRATT is that, by adding energy, you can defy the 2LoT. Hovind refuted THAT.

The fact that hovind doesn't understand the simple theory of evolution, though he harps on it a lot, makes me doubt very much that he is a source of reliable information for the laws of thermodynamics. Or physics and biology in general.
 
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Ilovecartoons said:
They didn't get that idea from the Bible. They got it from outside sources. They need to leave the ministry.

You dare stand opposed to thousands of Christian clergy, men and women of nearly every Christian congregation in America? Men and women who have devoted their entire lives to Christ, who have spent years in study of just one subject: the Bible?

How can you possibly make such an outrageous assertion?

Where did you study the ancient literature of the Bible? Where did you study biblical hermeneutics? Where do you stand before a congrregation and attest to the redemption?

You are an arrogant fraud and a bearer of false witness.

They understand neither what they say nor the things about which they make assertion. {see 1 Timothy 1.7}
 
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Ilovecartoons said:
They didn't get that idea from the Bible. They got it from outside sources. They need to leave the ministry.

They get that idea from God's Creation. If we can not trust the Creation as a witness to God's creative power then how can we trust God's Word? The interpretation of the Bible that is consistent with the Creation is the preferred one, IMHO.
 
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