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- From: m23364@mwunix (James Meritt)
- Subject: Re: Chuck Missler and imminent Armageddon
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- In article <schumach.725651223@convex.convex.com> schumach@convex.com (Richard A. Schumacher) writes:
- }
- }>I have found Chuck [Missler] to be a most helpful teacher. He does go on
- }>a bit about astronomy and warfare but where he does concentrate
- }>on the fundamentals of life in Christ, he is mature and insightful. It's
- }>straight down the line, conservative Christianity.
- }
- }But how can you tell? I mean, if he commits such shameless and
- }ignorant howlers when we can check up on him (that is, when
- }he talks about science), why should one trust his judgment on
- }other matters?
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- This is really a central point in most religions and other "wild" theories
- espoused about things that we cannot (any longer) detect. If we can check
- SOME of the stuff, and it is not as claimed, why should we believe the claims
- made that we CANNOT check? This is one of the central problems between
- biblical literalists and science - it just isn't the way stated. And if
- the "facts" stated we KNOW are wrong, that cases doubt upon the rest.
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- Ibid other oddities. When we can tell that at least part is wrong, why trust
- the stuff we can't check?
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