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- From: cjhs@minster.york.ac.uk
- Newsgroups: talk.origins
- Subject: Re: Lionel Tun: evolutionary relic.
- Message-ID: <724970283.26441@minster.york.ac.uk>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 20:38:04 GMT
- References: <1992Dec21.045654.38203@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>
- Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of York, England
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- JONATHAN SCOTT GIBSON (jsg1@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu) wrote:
- : Well, the theory of creation goes like this:
- :
- [ Genesis 1 deleted ]
- :
- : Quoted directly fom Genesis chapter 1 in the
- : New American Standard Bible.
- : That is the theory of Creation to whoever asked. Someone had...
-
- Now quote the next two chapters for *another* theory of creation (by this
- rather quaint use of the word "theory").
-
- [ Homily on selfishness, commitment, freewill, and family values deleted ]
-
- Your subsequent remarks are unrelated to the question of theories for
- how life developed. Lots of Christians will agree with you on the
- theological stuff, and yet still use the evolution to explain the
- origin of life, and geology to explain the origin of mountains.
-
- I hope you were just kidding about the "theory" bit above, as an excuse
- to post the homily. But if this is so, it would be better in another
- group.
-
- Best wishes -- Chris Ho-Stuart
-