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- From: jani.patokallio%acc1bbs@ssr.com (Jani Patokallio)
- Newsgroups: talk.origins
- Subject: Re: Creation vs. evolutio
- Message-ID: <7981.170.uupcb@ssr.com>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 18:54:00 GMT
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- Organization: Advanced Computer Concepts BBS, New Rochelle, NY 914-654-1981
- Reply-To: jani.patokallio%acc1bbs@ssr.com (Jani Patokallio)
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- In article <1992Nov15.123852.26913#nmsu.edu> sdoe@nmsu.edu (Stephen Doe)
- writes:
- -> In article <n0e24t@ofa123.fidonet.org> Richard.Rearden.#.914/901@f8.n10.z1.fido
- -> et.org writes:
- ->
- -> >a sign of the times'. Here is whatEvolution truly is. All Evolution is, is
- -> >man's attempt to prove there is no God.
- ->
- -> No, evolution seeks to provide an explanation for the incredible
- -> diversity of life on this planet, given one or a few progenitor
- -> species. Doesn't actually mention God one way or the other.
- -> Scientific theories usually don't, you see. Oh did I mention I know
- -> Christians who believe evolution is correct? But there not *real*
- -> ones, are they?
-
- This has been discussed before. Evolution and belief in God are not mutually
- exclusive, unless you interpret the Bible extremely literally. And even
- then you might get away with believing in both, since the theory of
- evolution itself doesn't say anything about (a)biogenesis.
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