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To a creationist of my type, the best love you could extend to me is to convince me that evolution is true.
And I don't think you can love me enough on that.
How exactly is theistic evolution divided against itself? Surely you've seen that the intent of this thread is how te's can be loving towards creationists?
Dear Sayre, Theistic Evolution is divided against itself because it is completely refuted by God's Holy Word. Genesis 2:4-7 shows that man was formed of the dust of the ground, the SAME Day the Earth was made but BEFORE the plants were GREW on the 3rd Day. Since man was FIRST made BEFORE any other living creature, this is Scriptural Proof that man did NOT evolve from any other creature.
They should take the Theistic out of TE since it is NOT God's Truth.
In Love,
Aman
Thanks that helps. Faith is more valuable than ego. Last thing I want to do is damage someone else's faith.
Sayre,
By now you're probably seen firsthand where the most divisive elements are -- TEs and creationists have no reason to be divided amongst themselves if they share a belief in Christ. However, there will always be some who want to take the focus away from Christ and put it on tangential things in order to cause strife -- so that they can "win" that strife, thus glorifying themselves in the process.
The best way to love them is to overlook their flaws and love them as fellow brethren in Christ, even if they choose not to reciprocate --which many won't.
Why...? Why would it be the "last" thing you'd want to do...?
I would have thought that the last thing you'd want to do would be to promote superstition and mistruth......?
I love what my Sunday school teacher said.
He said that, if God would have wanted us to know exactly how He created the earth, He would have given us much more information in Genesis 1.
But He didn't, because He wants us to take creation by faith.
Hebrews 11:3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
Creation is not science ... it is history.
I love what my Sunday school teacher said. He said that, if God would have wanted us to know exactly how He created the earth, He would have given us much more information in Genesis 1. But He didn't, because He wants us to take creation by faith. Hebrews 11:3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. Creation is not science ... it is history.
I am a theistic evolutionist.
My two greatest struggles in faith are loving creationists, and not damaging the faith of creationists.
I half wonder why I bother trying to correct them. Evolution IS a fact of the matter, but sometimes I feel like, if I were to prove that to them, it would damage their faith. My mother is all or nothing - either there is a literal 6 day creation and a literal world wide flood, or there is no God. I would win the battle but lose the war if I were to prove evolution to her. Surely the end goal in all this is to encourage others to have faith, and for that faith to remain strong?
So the question for other Theistic Evolutionists is - why do we bother? Why don't we just let the creationists believe in 6 day creation and be done with it?
And how on earth are we supposed to LOVE them when, from my point of view, they are so dogmatic and deceptive in their arguments?
I think to truly reflect Christ, we ought to spend more time loving those we disagree with. If anyone has any suggestions on how to do this, I am all ears.
I am also a theistic evolutionist and have this same issue. I'm okay with people having different opinions (even if I disagree with them), my biggest quibble is their reasoning for their opinion. Some of them have really great evidence for creationism or evolution, but others cannot back up their position at all and have never put any thought into it.
To answer your question, I continue to bother with this just to get sheeple to think and step out of their subscriptions to ideas they cannot even explain the very basis of and differences of each.
Look at your group, some can argue better than some others.
In fact, the less one could argue, the stronger his/her faith is. This feature has nothing to do with the understanding of evolution/creation.
I've only been saying it here for almost eight years now.And you bought that crap...?
Groovy!Your Sunday school teacher sounds unintelligent and unfamiliar with something called logic.
How would you know?in the end evolution really challenges the faith of believers it seems. getting rid of the idea of special creation
Dear Valentine, Thanks, but you don't realize the difference in Bible believing Christians and Theistic Evols who change God's Holy Word into Myth, Allegory, and Fiction, thus allowing their agreement with the Lies of the ToE which is being forced upon our innocent children in the Publc Schools of America.
Sure we all have faults, but one of them doesn't have to be changing what is actually written into Fables. See if you can find a TE who is also a Literal believer in God's Holy Word? We love our brethren in Christ but look suspiciously upon those who reject God's Truth in favor of man's False Theories which agree with Satan but not with God. God Bless you.
I am a theistic evolutionist.
My two greatest struggles in faith are loving creationists, and not damaging the faith of creationists.
I've only been saying it here for almost eight years now.
Sounds like you've got a serious issue with Theistic Evolutionists. I'm sorry to hear that.
Sounds also like you don't think God's Truth can be shared through myth, allegory, or fiction. I'm especially sorry to hear that -- those are great literary tools that are very effective at presenting deeper truths to their readers.
(on a side note, do you know that there are some people out there who are so caught up in literalism that they think that even Jesus' parables were actual historical events that He personally witnessed happening? Kooky, right?)
And here I thought that the only piece of God's Truth that ultimately mattered was who Jesus was and what He died for. If you want to tack more on to that, that's your business, and neither I nor (I suspect) Sayre will stop you.
After all, Sayre will still love you as a fellow Christian no matter what else you think is important to salvation, and as for myself, well... who am I to try and strip away what makes you entertaining?
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