Just because "A", that doesn't mean "B"

[laptoppop]

OK, lets see if we can correct some misconceptions around here. For this thread, I suggest that we fill it with statements of the form "Just because ""A"", that doesn't mean "B". Keep it nice, PLEASE!

Here's a couple to start off with:

Just because someone is a TE, that doesn't mean they aren't a godly wonderful person who loves the Lord, seeks to grow, and who loves the scriptures.

Just because someone is a YEC, that doesn't mean they are an uneducated ignorant person.

Just because someone uses a more literal approach to interpreting the Bible, that doesn't mean that person cannot understand and appreciate the poetry, imagery, allegory, etc. of various parts of the Bible.

 

[chaoschristian]

or go south and get Mod locked really fast.

OK, here's my contribution:

Just because someone is YEC, doesn't mean that they are conspiring to undermine public education and turn the nation into a Bible thumpin' theocracy.

Just because someone is TE, doesn't mean that they are card-carrying members of the EAC and are plotting with the Illuminati to establish world hegemony in the name of the beast.

 

[Late_Cretaceous]

Just because someone is TE, doesn't mean that they are card-carrying members of the EAC and are plotting with the Illuminati to establish world hegemony in the name of the beast.

Shhhhh!

 

[Mallon]

Just because you think you can debunk evolution, doesn't mean that creationism is right by default.

 

[Deamiter]

Just because someone is a YEC, that doesn't mean they aren't a godly wonderful person who loves the Lord, seeks to grow, and who loves the scriptures.

Just because someone is a TE doesn't mean they're calling Jesus a liar, or that their theology is inconsistant with the Bible.

 

[RPGfreak]

Just because evolution says there is no God doen't mean its not a religion. (Cuase it is you know.)

 

[Melethiel]

Just because evolution says there is no God doen't mean its not a religion. (Cuase it is you know.)

 

[Sammael]

Just because evolution describes a chemical and biological process doesn't mean it has any correlation with Elohim whatsoever.

Just because evolution is supported by decades of experimental biology results, thousands of scientific journal essay entries, millions of scientists, and has for the large majority withstood scientific scrutiny, doesn't mean that it is a religion.

Just because the apparent contradictions someone may percieve within The Word and physical reality don't allow you to see past the false dichotomy doesn't mean others can't.

 

[chaoschristian]

Just because evolution says there is no God doen't mean its not a religion. (Cuase it is you know.)

I think, maybe, the spirit of this thread eluded you.

Lighten up, laptoppop did us a service by giving us this means to poke sticks at ourselves for a while.

Let's not get this mod locked before the fun is done.

 

[random_guy]

Just because nearly every single scientist, university, and biology researcher accept evolution doesn't mean that there's a massive conspiracy.

 

[Pats]

Just because a YEC may post something you have seen refuted a thousand times does not mean that person in intentionally bearing false whitness.

Just because a TE says the Scriptures contain myth does not mean she also doesn't think all of the scriptures contain the truth.

 

[Dannager]

Just because a YEC may post something you have seen refuted a thousand times does not mean that person in intentionally bearing false whitness.

Just because a TE says the Scriptures contain myth does not mean she also doesn't think all of the scriptures contain the truth.

I think I like these the best.

 

[chocolatecheesecake]

...... whats a TE or YEC? hahaha hmmmmm ingorance yes!

 

[Pats]

...... whats a TE or YEC? hahaha hmmmmm ingorance yes!

I am sure rmwilliams may come along and post the spectrum of abbreviations for us, but here's a few that will help you navigate in OT (Origins Theology.)

YEC=Young Earth Creationist
Typically, these are fundamentalists who take the Biblical creation account to be literally describing the events of creation occuring about 6,000 yrs ago and taking God 6 days to do so.

OEC=Old Earth Creationist
These guys vary, but they are also creationists whose interpretations and explinations of the age of the earth vary.

TE=Theistic Evolutionist
EC=Evolutionary Creationist
Most of these view the Scriptural creation account as allegorical/myth that is not describing literal historical events but rather conveying timeless truths.

 

[Pats]

I think I like these the best.

Thanks.

 

[rmwilliamsll]

using a metaphor A=The place is crawling with evolutionists, watch where you step.

doesn't mean you are B=calling people cockroaches.

I am sure rmwilliams may come along and post the spectrum of abbreviations for us, but here's a few that will help you navigate in OT (Origins Theology.)


for creation-evolution-design debate spectrum of positions see:
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/wic.html
http://www.antievolution.org/people/wre/essays/ea.html
http://www.calvin.edu/~lhaarsma/week6.html
http://members.iinet.net.au/~sejones/faqiposs.html
http://www.ncseweb.org/resources/articles/1593_the_creationevolution_continu_12_7_2000.asp
http://blueletterbible.org/faq/creation.html

 

[kenneth558]

Just because TE is scientific (i.e., many scientists think, speak, and write scientifically about it) doesn't make it true.

Just because God's miracles are unscientific (i.e., we can't replicate them using scientific method) doesn't mean they didn't happen.

 

[Dannager]

Just because TE is scientific (i.e., many scientists think, speak, and write scientifically about it) doesn't make it true.

Just because God's miracles are unscientific (i.e., we can't replicate them using scientific method) doesn't mean they didn't happen.

And the corrolaries, because this thread is about balance:

Just because YEC is in the Bible (according to fundamentalist interpretations) doesn't make it literally true.

Oh, and something doesn't need to be replicated for it to be scientific, kenneth558. All that is required is observation. If that were true, the sun would be unscientific as we certainly cannot replicate self-sustaining fusion at that scale.

 

[RPGfreak]

Just because God's miraclues are improbalble doesn't mean they are impossible.

Just because someone is smart doesn't mean that they are right.

 

[Mallon]

Just because you got your degree from a diploma mill, doesn't give you credibility.

Just because some of the stories of the Bible are conveyed through myth, doesn't mean those stories don't speak truth about the Lord.

Just because science doesn't allude to God, doesn't mean science rejects God.

Just because I interpret my Bible literally, doesn't mean I have to accept what it has to say about the shape of the earth, the design of the cosmos, or the consistency of the atmosphere.