the TRUTH shall set us free

[1denomination]

This is a qoute from the creationist board here.

In general, TE's think YEC's are uneducated, reasoning that IF YEC's were smarter, they would accept evolution.
In general, YEC's think TE's are unspiritual, reasoning that IF TE's were more spiritual, they would accept biblical creation.
Both sides feel the other side has not looked objectively at the evidence for the other side. In this, I think both sides are right.

A wise statement, that I belive belongs somewhere in the book of Proverbs.
God bless

 

[Calminian]

This is a qoute from the creationist board here.


A wise statement, that I belive belongs somewhere in the book of Proverbs.
God bless

But you'll never find anything like that in the proverbs. The proverbs are actually pretty dogmatic and you don't find any middle of the road lessons in it.

I also disagree with the premise of the comment. The argument has nothing to do with intelligence. There are many intelligent people who not only reject the creation, but also the resurrection. For YEC's it's about the integrity of scripture. YECs don't think TEs are not saved. It truly isn't a salvation issue (nor even a spiritual one). But it is a logically foundational issue to the gospel.

I personally am concerned about the skeptics who hear these old earth theories of christians and then look at the text and realize the straight forward reading of the text contradicts them. On a different board I had an interesting debate with a skeptic and a TE. The skeptic was better at defending a young earth interpretation of scripture than most christians. He was actually out debating the TE on the text. Imagine a skeptic bringing an TE back to the text. This is the problem I see with OECism (which I would included TEs as a part of). Ultimately their interpretations don’t only looked forced to YECs but also non believers.

 

[1denomination]

But you'll never find anything like that in the proverbs. The proverbs are actually pretty dogmatic and you don't find any middle of the road lessons in it.

as for the proverbs I was simply speaking of the wisdom in the statement, I feel this is very much the situation on this board.

I also disagree with the premise of the comment. The argument has nothing to do with intelligence. There are many intelligent people who not only reject the creation, but also the resurrection. For YEC's it's about the integrity of scripture. YECs don't think TEs are not saved. It truly isn't a salvation issue (nor even a spiritual one). But it is a logically foundational issue to the gospel..

The comment doesnt say that it is an intellectual issue, it does on the other hand say that most TE's think it is.

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